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Korean Reality Shows in Netflix's Global Top 10

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Culinary Class Wars and Physical: 100 lead with six weeks each in Netflix's global Top 10 for non-English TV, more than any other Korean reality season. Single's Inferno is the only show with all five of its seasons in the top 10 below.

Data as of (Netflix's week of September 28 – October 4)

Chefs in white and black uniforms standing at two rows of cooking stations, from the official Culinary Class Wars trailer
Pictured: the opening line-up of chefs in the official trailer for Culinary Class Wars, #1 with six weeks in the global Top 10, three of them at No. 1.
Korean reality seasons ranked by weeks in Netflix's global Top 10 for non-English TV, through the week ending October 4, 2026
Rank Show Season Genre Premiere Weeks in Top 10 Peak rank Most hours in a week Most views in a week Source
1Culinary Class Wars흑백요리사: 요리 계급 전쟁Season 1competitionSep 17, 20246144.3M4.9MNetflix Top 10
2Physical: 100피지컬: 100Season 1survivalJan 24, 20236145.42M—Netflix Top 10
3Culinary Class Wars흑백요리사: 요리 계급 전쟁Season 2competitionDec 16, 20255146.1M5.5MNetflix Top 10
4Single's Inferno솔로지옥Season 3datingDec 12, 20235424.5M3.6MNetflix Top 10
5Single's Inferno솔로지옥Season 5datingJan 20, 20264245.1M4.6MNetflix Top 10
6Physical: Asia피지컬: 아시아Season 1survivalOct 28, 20254332.5M5.2MNetflix Top 10
7Single's Inferno솔로지옥Season 2datingDec 13, 20224520.28M—Netflix Top 10
8Physical: 100피지컬: 100Season 2survivalMar 19, 20243130.9M6.1MNetflix Top 10
9Single's Inferno솔로지옥Season 1datingDec 18, 20213425.8M—Netflix Top 10
10Single's Inferno솔로지옥Season 4datingJan 14, 20253524.9M4.8MNetflix Top 10
11The Devil's Plan데블스 플랜Season 1survivalSep 26, 20232314.7M2.3MNetflix Top 10
12The Influencer더 인플루언서Season 1survivalAug 6, 2024248.2M1.3MNetflix Top 10
13Jae-seok's B&B Rules!유재석 캠프Season 1varietyMay 26, 20262513.2M1.8MNetflix Top 10
14Three Idiots in Kenya케냐 간 세끼Season 1varietyNov 25, 2025257.9M1.9MNetflix Top 10
15Kian's Bizarre B&B대환장 기안장Season 1varietyApr 8, 2025269M2MNetflix Top 10
16Single's Inferno Reunion솔로지옥 리유니언Limited seriesdatingFeb 14, 2026275.8M1.6MNetflix Top 10
17Better Late Than Single모태솔로지만 연애는 하고 싶어Season 1datingJul 8, 202521010.8M1.6MNetflix Top 10

"Weeks in Top 10" counts every week (Monday to Sunday) a season appeared in Netflix's global Top 10 for non-English TV, from the first published list (June 28 – July 4, 2021) to the latest (September 28 – October 4, 2026). Peak rank is its best weekly position. The last two columns are its biggest single week. Netflix's views figure is hours viewed divided by the season's runtime, and its data file gives views only from mid-June 2023, so earlier weeks show "—".12 Premiere dates come from Netflix's announcements and Wikipedia.613192021 Ties are broken by peak rank, then weeks spent at that peak, then most hours in a week. Each season counts on its own. Only unscripted titles produced in Korea count, so Physical 100: Italy and Physical 100: Mexico (made abroad) and the concert special BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang are left out. Six more Korean seasons charted for a single week: Zombieverse (좀비버스; #5), Super Rich in Korea (슈퍼리치 이방인; #8), Better Late Than Single Season 2 (#8), The Devil's Plan Season 2 (#9), Crime Scene Zero (크라임씬 제로; #10) and Ready or Not: Texas (이서진의 달라달라; #10).122 For scale, the scripted drama Squid Game (오징어 게임) Season 1 spent 32 weeks on the same list.1

The top 10

#1

Culinary Class Wars, Season 1 흑백요리사: 요리 계급 전쟁

6 weeks

Culinary Class Wars premiered on September 17, 2024. One hundred chefs competed: 20 established "White Spoon" chefs under their own names and 80 lesser-known "Black Spoon" challengers under aliases. The judges were restaurateur Paik Jong-won (백종원) and Anh Sung-jae (안성재), chef of Mosu Seoul, which Netflix described as Korea's only Michelin three-star restaurant.34

It entered the chart at No. 1 in its first week (September 16–22, 2024) and stayed there for three straight weeks. Netflix says that made it the first Korean unscripted series to rank No. 1 on the non-English TV list for three consecutive weeks. Its biggest week was September 30 – October 6, with 44.3 million hours viewed.13

The ₩300 million prize went to Black Spoon chef Kwon Seong-joon (권성준), who competed as "Napoli Matfia". In May 2025 the show won the television grand prize (daesang, the top award) at the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards, the first entertainment program to receive it.45

#2

Physical: 100, Season 1 피지컬: 100

6 weeks

Netflix billed Physical: 100 as its first Korean reality survival series: 100 contestants in peak physical shape, from athletes and Olympians to a former Navy SEAL, competing in tests of strength and endurance for ₩300 million. Its nine episodes ran from January 24 to February 21, 2023. It was created by MBC producer Jang Ho-gi (장호기).68

It debuted at No. 7, rose to No. 2, and reached No. 1 in its third week on the chart (February 6–12, 2023). It held the top spot the following week with 45.42 million hours, the second-biggest single week in this table. Netflix calls it the first Korean reality series to top its global non-English TV list. The winner was CrossFit athlete Woo Jin-yong (우진용).179

#3

Culinary Class Wars, Season 2 흑백요리사: 요리 계급 전쟁

5 weeks

The second season premiered on December 16, 2025, with a new White Spoon line-up and two masked "Hidden White Spoons", chefs eliminated in Season 1 who returned for a second chance.410 It opened at No. 1 with 5.5 million views in the week of December 15–21, alongside the Korean film The Great Flood at No. 1 on the non-English film list, and held No. 1 the next week too.111

In the week of December 29, 2025 – January 4, 2026 it drew 46.1 million hours, the most for any single week in this table. The season was won by Choi Kang-rok (최강록), one of those two returning chefs.145

#4

Single's Inferno, Season 3 솔로지옥

5 weeks

Single's Inferno puts a group of singles on a deserted island, the "Inferno", which they can only escape as couples. Two singles who pick each other win a night away at "Paradise", a luxury hotel.1213 Season 3 premiered on December 12, 2023 and ran for 11 episodes.13

It debuted at No. 4 and stayed in the Top 10 for five straight weeks, from its first episode to its last, and Netflix says it reached the Top 10 in 31 countries. Its viewing hours grew every week, peaking at 24.5 million in its final week on the chart (January 8–14, 2024).112

#5

Single's Inferno, Season 5 솔로지옥

4 weeks

Season 5 premiered on January 20, 2026, making Single's Inferno the first Korean reality series on Netflix to reach a fifth season.14 It ranked No. 2 for its first three weeks, the series' highest position so far, and drew 45.1 million hours in the week of February 2–8, the most of any Single's Inferno week.115

A six-episode reunion followed on February 14, 2026 and spent two weeks on the chart on its own (#16 in the table). Netflix has since renewed the show for a sixth season, its first unscripted title in Korea to get one.1315

#6

Physical: Asia 피지컬: 아시아

4 weeks

Physical: Asia, which premiered on October 28, 2025, took the Physical: 100 format across borders: 48 athletes from Korea, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Türkiye, Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines, including boxer Manny Pacquiao and former UFC champion Robert Whittaker. Showrunner Jang Ho-gi said the set covered an area the size of five soccer fields and used 1,200 tons of sand.16

It debuted at No. 3 with 5.2 million views in the week of October 27 – November 2, 2025, and had its biggest week for hours (32.5 million) in its fourth and last week on the chart.1

#7

Single's Inferno, Season 2 솔로지옥

4 weeks

Season 2 premiered on December 13, 2022 with 10 episodes.13 It entered at No. 10 and climbed to No. 5 in its fourth week (January 9–15, 2023). Netflix put its four-week total at 65.08 million hours, more than Season 1.112

#8

Physical: 100, Season 2 피지컬: 100

3 weeks

Subtitled "Underground", Season 2 premiered on March 19, 2024 and moved the competition into a giant underground mine set, with challenges spread over an area the size of three soccer fields.17 It went straight to No. 1 with 6.1 million views in the week of March 18–24, the most views for any single week in this table (Netflix's views figures start in mid-2023). Netflix says the season reached the Top 10 in 87 countries.17

#9

Single's Inferno, Season 1 솔로지옥

3 weeks

The first season premiered on December 18, 2021 with eight episodes, hosted by Hong Jin-kyung (홍진경), Lee Da-hee (이다희), Kyuhyun (규현) of Super Junior and rapper Hanhae (한해).1318 Netflix says it was the first Korean unscripted series to make its global non-English TV Top 10.12

It entered the chart in its third week of release, at No. 8 in the week of December 27, 2021 – January 2, 2022, then spent two weeks at No. 4, with 25.8 million hours in the week of January 3–9.1

#10

Single's Inferno, Season 4 솔로지옥

3 weeks

Single's Inferno was the first Netflix Korea unscripted series to be renewed for a fourth season.12 Season 4 premiered on January 14, 2025 with 12 episodes.13 Its first week brought 23.1 million hours, which Netflix described as the strongest first week the series had had, and it peaked at No. 5 the following week (January 20–26).114

Sources

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