[HanCinema's News] "Crash Course in Romance" tops Good Data Report for sixth straight week

On February 20th the Good Data Corporation released the latest iteration of the Good Data Report, which tracks the performance of various South Korean television dramas across non-traditional metrics such as social media traffic. For the fourth straight week, "Crash Course in Romance" was the most popular drama surveyed. A total of 23.8% of all surveyed social media references being linked to the romance drama.

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Second place went to "Taxi Driver 2" in its debut week with 13.1 of all social media references. The Disney+ drama "Big Bet" was third place with 9.7% for the beginning of its second season. "Big Bet" is also available on Hulu in some regions, such as the United States. For performers, Jung Kyung-ho was the most popular leading actor for the fifth straight week. His leading lady Jeon Do-yeon was in third place, tied with Lee Jae-hoon, the leading actor for "Taxi Driver 2" in his debut.

The data for this iteration of the Good Data Report was taken between February 13th and February 19th. References to eighteen television dramas and six streaming dramas were analyzed via social media to create these rankings. "Agency" was in fourth place, "Red Balloon" was in fifth place, and "The Glory" was in sixth place, with hype for "The Glory" being particularly noteworthy as the drama's second part doesn't begin airing on Netflix worldwide until March 10th.

Written by William Schwartz