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Netflix K-Drama Teach You a Lesson storms all-time top 10
Published 08:53 5 Aug 2026 BST
Updated 09:06 5 Aug 2026 BST
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Squid Game has a rival
A Netflix K-drama has pulled off a feat only Squid Game had managed before it. Teach You a Lesson, the action series released on 5 June 2026, has blitzed its way into the streamer’s all-time Top 10 chart for non-English TV in under two months.
Teach You a Lesson has become the only Korean series other than 2021’s Squid Game to have each of its seasons occupy the top three spots and break into the all-time Top 10, as Screen Rant reported.
The show reunites the creative team and several cast members from the acclaimed drama Juvenile Justice, giving it a built-in fanbase before a single episode aired.
Reaching that mark in under two months is a rare turn of pace for a subtitled series, and it lands the show alongside Squid Game as the benchmarks for Korean success on the platform.
The achievement underlines just how firmly Korean drama has embedded itself in Netflix’s global output.
While few titles are likely to match the cultural earthquake of Squid Game, the genre’s steady stream of hits, alongside another tense Netflix thriller, shows the appetite for gripping, subtitled storytelling is only growing.
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