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Top 100 Novels in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest novels in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 188 novels tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Madea's Class Reunion, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Don Quixote lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 26k, and the largest, Madea's Class Reunion, reaches around 1.4M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each novel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Korea, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 1.7k 23.0 29.6% Novel
77 Prince Caspian 1.7k 40.4 69.3% Novel
78 In Flanders Fields 1.6k 55.2 31.1% Novel
79 The Pillars of the Earth 1.5k 41.5 62.2% Novel
80 Notes from Underground 1.4k Novel
81 Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus 1.4k 40.3 100.0% Novel
82 Jonathan Livingston Seagull 1.4k 32.1 63.1% Novel
83 Epistle to the Galatians 1.3k 30.0 100.0% Novel
84 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1.3k 44.3 72.9% Novel
85 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1.3k 55.1 86.4% Novel
86 The Trial 1.3k 33.8 47.3% Novel
87 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 1.3k 47.0 85.8% Novel
88 Hush, Hush 1.3k 34.0 82.2% Novel
89 The Book of Five Rings 1.2k 45.3 0.0% Novel
90 Baka and Test 1.2k 34.8 100.0% Novel
91 The House of the Spirits 1.2k 40.1 60.7% Novel
92 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 1.1k 54.0 100.0% Novel
93 The Little Engine That Could 1.1k 52.0 100.0% Novel
94 ESV Study Bible 1.1k 46.6 59.2% Novel
95 Book of Common Prayer 1k 50.6 71.7% Novel
96 Rigveda 1k 31.9 25.8% Novel
97 The Four Agreements 1k 29.7 74.1% Novel
98 The Lightning Thief 974 36.7 63.4% Novel
99 Critical theory 938 40.0 67.7% Novel
100 Lady of the Lake 917 44.7 71.5% Novel

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each novel by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest novel in South Korea?

Madea's Class Reunion currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in South Korea.

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