‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ joins ‘Squid Game’ in Netflix’s list of top 10 most popular shows


The continued global popularity of the Korean drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” has pushed it to enter Netflix’s list of the top 10 most popular non-English shows.

Netflix released the latest chart of the most popular TV shows and films for the period Aug. 8 to 14.

Actress Park Eun-bin in “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” (Netflix)

Under the non-English TV list, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” which stars Park Eun-bin, Kang Tae-oh and Kang Ki-young, is No. 1 for the fifth time out of the six weeks in the top 10, with 69.3 million hours viewed, higher than the 67 million hours viewed it garnered the previous week.

“Extraordinary Attorney Woo” placed in the top 10 in 51 countries and regions including No. 1 in Bolivia, Peru, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.

In addition, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” joined “Squid Game” and “All of Us Are Dead” in the top 10 most popular non-English shows list “based on hours viewed in their first 28 days on Netflix.”

It placed eighth with 288.62 million hours viewed in the first 28 days on Netflix.

In the drama, Park Eun-bin plays the role of Woo Young-woo, an attorney with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who works in a law firm.

Here are Netflix’s top 10 non-English TV shows for Aug. 8 to 14 based on the number of hours viewed:

TV (Non-English)

1. Extraordinary Attorney Woo: Season 1 - 69,360,000

2. Pasión de Gavilanes: Season 2- 23,950,000

3. Another Self: Season 1 - 21,990,000

4. Alchemy of Souls: Season 1 - 17,840,000

5. Good Morning, Verônica: Season 2 - 12,630,000

6. Alba: Season 1 - 11,670,000

7. Good Morning, Verônica: Season 1 - 9,420,000

8. Pasión de Gavilanes: Season 1 - 9,090,000

9. A Model Family: Season 1 - 7,060,000

10. Café con aroma de mujer: Season 1 - 6,980,000

Most Popular TV (Non-English)

The Top 10 most popular TV (Non-English), based on hours viewed in their first 28 days on Netflix.

1. Squid Game: Season 1 - 1,650,450,000 (hours viewed in first 28 days)

2. Money Heist: Part 5 - 792,230,000

3. Money Heist: Part 4 - 619,010,000

4. All of Us Are Dead: Season 1 - 560,780,000

5. Money Heist: Part 3 - 426,400,000

6. Café con aroma de mujer: Season 1 - 326,910,000

7. Lupin: Part 1 - 316,830,000

8. Extraordinary Attorney Woo: Season 1 - 288,620,000

9. Elite: Season 3 - 275,300,000

10. Who Killed Sara?: Season 1 - 266,430,000