Dramatop 2016 Archives

Complete ranking of Korean dramas in 2016 based on viewer ratings

gdhunter February 6, 2017

It’s time to say goodbye to the exhausting post series that is Dramatop: Korean Drama Rankings 2016. The goal of Dramatop is simple and easy to achieve (although data gathering and ensuring their accuracy is tiring), and that is to rank Korean dramas based on their…

Korean drama ranking based on peak ratings

Descendants of the Sun, Goblin still no. 1 in drama ranking based on peak ratings

gdhunter February 5, 2017

Dramatop is almost done! After the changes in the schedule since January 30, we have decided to cut one scheduled post (Top 20 Highest Rated Episodes) of the series. Nevertheless, that ranking will be available on our website’s Dramatop page which will be…

Descendants of the Sun, Goblin top drama ranking based on final episode ratings

gdhunter February 5, 2017

If we rank kdramas based on their first episode ratings, of course, we would not forget to rank them based on how good (or bad) they performed during the final episode. Unlike in the previous list, there are almost no changes in the…

Legend of the Blue Sea, Goblin top drama ranking based on first episode ratings

gdhunter February 4, 2017

I am so glad that we’re finally moving on to another ranking category because the three previous lists contain no surprises at all. The new list ranks kdramas (separately for FTA and cable category) based on their first episode ratings. Waaa, ratings again? You’re…

5 highest-rated Fri-Sat dramas in 2016

gdhunter February 4, 2017

Cable networks, especially tvN, are famous for their dramas that air during Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 pm KST. For last year, tvN and JTBC are the main competitors on this time slot. OCN had 38 Task Force aired also on these days…

5 highest-rated Wed-Thu dramas in 2016

gdhunter February 4, 2017

SBS ruled the Mon-Tue time slot with Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim on top of the list. Although it has three of its six Wed-Thu dramas on the Wed-Thu ranking, Descendants of the Sun is unbeatable so it is KBS this time that holds…

5 highest-rated Mon-Tue dramas in 2016

gdhunter February 4, 2017

Before anything else, I would like to give some background regarding the drama airing schedule in Korea. This is for some international fans who don’t know yet (or those who didn’t bother to know) how the schedule is like for Korean dramas.…

5 highest-rated SBS dramas in 2016

gdhunter January 29, 2017

KBS may have Descendants of the Sun to boost the combined average nationwide ratings of its 10 dramas, but DOTS is not enough to beat SBS whose 5 out of 10 shows are included in the list of 10 highest-rated dramas in…

5 highest-rated MBC dramas in 2016

gdhunter January 28, 2017

2016 is not a good year for MBC. Only one drama got an average rating higher than 10%, making the combined average ratings of 9 dramas from the network to be 7.56%. That number is far lower than KBS’ 10.39% and SBS’ 11.74%.…

5 highest-rated KBS dramas in 2016

gdhunter January 27, 2017

We just completed yesterday the top 10 list of kdramas that dominated 2016 in terms of TV ratings, so now we move on to the top 5 dramas from KBS, MBC, and SBS. We are not including a separate ranking for tvN…