[HanCinema's News] "Our Blues" Tops RACOI Chart
By William Schwartz | Published on
According to data recently released by RACOI (Response About Content On the Internet), "Our Blues" is the most popular drama across a wide variety of metrics important to the South Korean television drama market. The data used to come to this conclusion was collected during the second week of June, defined as June 5th to June 12th. This was also the final week during which "Our Blues" was airing new episodes.
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During this time "Our Blues" logged 2,346 message board posts, 11,487 comments, 8.422 million viewed videos, 737 news articles, 124 videos, television ratings of 9.5%, and 5.8% among the 20-49 year old demographic. This 1.917 million viewers nationwide, 1.258 million of whom were aged 20-49. "Insider" was the only drama to outdo "Our Blues" in terms of news articles, mainly due to the controversy of the prison themed drama depicting an extended gambling scene in a Buddhist temple.
"Link: Eat, Love, Kill" outdid "Our Blues" in terms of videos while "It's Beautiful Now" had better ratings and viewers in the 20-49 age demographic. The legal drama "Why Her?" had better numbers than these three dramas in general, although it did not outperform "Our Blues" in any one metric. RACOI is a subdivision of the Korean Broadcast Advertising Corporation (KACA) and conducts this research on behalf of the trade organization.
Written by William Schwartz
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.