Korean dramas continue to attract a large audience on Netflix. While “Squid Game” remains an unmissable phenomenon, many other Korean productions are experiencing tremendous success. Stay tuned for the best K-drama on Netflix in 2025.
Best K-drama on Netflix in 2025
When Life Gives You Tangerines
Among the new dramas, “When Life Gives You Tangerines” is gaining increasing popularity among viewers. Since its release, IU and Park Bo Gum’s pairing has generated widespread anticipation, and the presence of established actors like Moon So Ri and Park Hae Joon further enhances the quality of this romance. The series is set to become Netflix’s second-most-watched series of 2025 so far.
Its original format, with four episodes airing weekly in March, departed from the platform’s usual practice of releasing full episodes or weekly. This choice was well-received by audiences and critics, contributing to the series’ success.
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
At the same time, medical dramas continue to attract a large audience, and this is particularly true for “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call.” This genre enjoys a broad fan base, as evidenced by global series like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Hospital Playlist.” In 2025, “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call” confirmed this trend and gained widespread popularity.
Although its total viewing hours are still lower than those of “When Life Gives You Tangerines,” the series is close to second place, with only 700,000 views. Joo Ji-hoon, who starred in “Kingdom,” returns to Netflix after five years as Baek Gang-hyuk. His performance has been widely praised, making this drama a must-see.
Weak Hero Class 2
The drama “Weak Hero Class” has been a huge success this year, with two main seasons released. The first has been available since March, and the second season will premiere exclusively on Netflix in 2025. Both seasons have been a huge success.
Taken separately, they remain behind When Life Gives You Tangerines, The Trauma Code, and Bogotá: City of the Lost. But taken together, the two seasons of Weak Hero Class outsell all new Korean dramas of 2025, except for Squid Game. This result underscores the growing importance of this franchise.
Squid Game
As for Squid Game, it maintains its position as the undisputed leader on Netflix. Season 2, released at the very end of 2024, generated the majority of its views in 2025. This massive launch confirms the series as one of the platform’s best original productions. In 2025, Season 2 totaled 840.3 million hours of viewing, or approximately 117.3 million views.
When combined with the figures from the end of 2024, the total exceeded 1.46 billion hours, which corresponds to 203.8 million views. At the end of June, Season 3, which concludes the saga, was released online. In just four days, it had already recorded 438.6 million hours watched, or 71.5 million views. This meteoric rise is impressive, but we’ll have to wait until the end of the year to fully assess its impact.
