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The global craze for "The Tyrant's Chef" has been proven in numbers.
tvN's "Chef of the Tyrants" ranked third globally in terms of viewing time in the second half of 25 years of all series contents served on Netflix.
According to the Netflix's "What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report" released on the 21st, "Chef of the Tyrant" recorded 588.3 million viewers during the period. This is a figure that predicts the global craze of "The Tyrant's Chef" with the top performance following "Wend's Day Season 2" (1st place/964.1 million hours) and "Stranger Things Season 5" (2nd place/879.7 million hours), which have global fandom.
"The Tyrant's Chef," which was released on tvN, TVing, and Netflix in August last year, is a romantic comedy drama that takes place when a time-slip chef meets the king, the worst tyrant and absolute taste holder. With a unique narrative that combines time-slip fantasy with romance and traditional Korean food, it has surpassed 100 million cumulative viewers on Netflix in three weeks after its airing, and the final episode has become the top-rated film of 2025 with a top ratings of 20% on tvN.
Studio Dragon, which is supplying works through various platforms at home and abroad, is proving its production competitiveness by steadily producing K-drama megahits every year in addition to "Chef of the Tyrants." In the first half of 2023, when Netflix's half-year viewing report was first released, Netflix series "The Glory" caused a global syndrome by ranking third (622.8 million hours) in viewing time, and "Queen of Tears" in the first half of 2024 also ranked third (682.6 million hours) in viewing time, showing the essence of K-romance.
An official from Studio Dragon said, "For this year's OTT original series, 'Yumi's Cells Season 3' and 'Becoming a foodie legend' will be released globally through television, 'True Education', 'Boy in the Front Line' and 'Slowly and Intensely' through Netflix, and 'Goldland' will be released globally through Disney+. We plan to continue our position as a K-drama master by producing well-made contents."
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