According to figures recently released by Netflix, the intense teen drama series "Hierarchy" earned 26.6 million hours viewed in its first three days of availability. This made "Hierarchy" the second most popular non-English series for that particular week, and the fourth most popular series overall if English series are also included. The data for these Netflix releases was tracked from June 3rd to June 9th. "Hierarchy" was also the most popular show for Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
"Hierarchy" was one of four South Korean shows on this particular Netflix chart, and all of the other ones have been available for longer. "The Atypical Family" in third place saw its fifth straight appearance in the top ten with 19.8 million hours viewed. "The 8 Show" in sixth place had 10.3 million hours viewed in its fourth straight week on the chart. "Queen of Tears" in ninth place had 19.7 million hours viewed in its fourteenth week on the chart.
Official Netflix rankings are based not on hours viewed objectively, but hours viewed divided by hours available per show, and "Queen of Tears" has a low rank because all sixteen episodes are now currently available to stream. All seven episodes of "Hierarchy" premiered worldwide on the streaming platform on June 7th. "Hierarchy" stars Roh Jeong-eui as a transfer student striking back at a vicious social order at a prestigious high school.
Written by William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema's travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea's public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net. He also has a substack at williamschwartz.substack.com where he discusses the South Korean film industry in broader terms and takes suggestions for future movies to review.
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