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South Korean dramas continue their undeniable hot streak on Netflix. After an incredibly strong eight weeks on the platform, the breakout K-drama teach you a lesson has officially joined Netflix’s most coveted list: The Top 10 Most Popular Non-English TV of All Time.
If there was ever any doubt that Netflix’s global audience is hungry to watch Korean television, you can officially put it to rest. join the vast shadow of squid game Trilogy, money heistAnd hip, teach you a lesson has officially reached the tenth spot on Netflix’s all-time charts.
It is technically the fifth South Korean drama series to appear on Netflix’s all-time list. squid game, we are all dead, GloryAnd extraordinary lawyer wooAll of which appeared in various iterations of the lists over the years with only squid game Surviving in recent years.
Let’s look at the numbers, analyze its week-to-week performance, and see where the series will likely end up after the premiere’s 91-day window closes.
Non-English TV Top 10 of All Time (as of July 26, 2026)
With this week’s Tuesday data dump, teach you a lesson The line has officially been crossed, pushing the previous #10 title out of the headlines.
The all-time non-English TV top 10 currently looks like this:
| 01 | Squid Game: Season 1 | 265,200,000 | 8:19 | 2,205,200,000 |
| 02 | Squid Game: Season 2 | 192,600,000 | 7:10 | 1,380,100,000 |
| 03 | Squid Game: Season 3 | 145,800,000 | 6:08 | 894,300,000 |
| 04 | Money Heist: Part 4 | 106,000,000 | 6:42 | 710,200,000 |
| 05 | Lupine: Part 1 | 99,500,000 | 3:59 | 396,300,000 |
| 06 | Money Heist: Part 5 | 99,200,000 | 9:05 | 900,700,000 |
| 07 | Money Heist: Part 3 | 80,000,000 | 6:30 | 519,800,000 |
| 08 | La Palma: Limited Series | 70,300,000 | 3:04 | 215,700,000 |
| 09 | Lupine: Part 2 | 68,400,000 | 3:47 | 258,900,000 |
| 10 | Teach You a Lesson: Limited Series | 60,200,000 | 10:41 | 643,300,000 |
Note: Views are calculated by dividing total hours watched by runtime (full view equivalent).
It’s worth noting how big the hours watched metric is for this show. Clocking in at a whopping 10 hours and 41 minutes, the K-drama has garnered an astonishing 643.3 million hours of viewing. If it were ranked purely based on hours watched (the old Netflix metric), it would actually sit number five In this list, surpassing Lupine: Part 1 And Money Heist: Part 3.
week-by-week performance
So, how did it get here? As we saw in our preview earlier this year, the hype surrounding the show was palpable, but Friday releases can sometimes get off to a slow start in their first weekend.
teach you a lesson A textbook example of large-scale verbal development.
| 1 | From May 31 to June 7, 2026 | 68,700,000 (new) | 6,400,000 | 1 |
| 2 | June 7 to June 14, 2026 | 225,800,000 (+229%) | 21,100,000 | 1 |
| 3 | 14th June to 21st June 2026 | 126,200,000 (-44%) | 11,800,000 | 1 |
| 4 | June 21 to June 28, 2026 | 78,200,000 (-38%) | 7,300,000 | 1 |
| 5 | 28 June to 5 July 2026 | 49,900,000 (-36%) | 4,700,000 | 2 |
| 6 | 5th July to 12th July 2026 | 38,700,000 (-22%) | 3,600,000 | 2 |
| 7 | 12th July to 19th July 2026 | 31,400,000 (-19%) | 2,900,000 | 6 |
| 8 | 19 July to 26 July 2026 | 24,300,000 (-23%) | 2,300,000 | 7 |
You can track the show’s entire run by using our Netflix Top 10 search tool.
that huge +229% jump Week 2 is exactly what you want to see for a new series. From there, it held the global #1 non-English position for four consecutive weeks.
91-day trajectory: where will it end?
As seasoned Netflix data nerds know, Netflix bases its “all-time” top 10 lists on a show’s first 91 days of release. teach you a lesson Premieres on Friday, June 5, 2026, meaning its 91-day window will officially close Friday, September 4, 2026.
Currently, we have 51 days of data (as of July 26), with 60.1 million views. We have about 40 days left (or all 5 weeks plus the last 5 days).
Our standard 91-day forecast:
Based on its current trajectory, the decline in viewership has stabilized at around a 20% to 25% weekly decline. If we forecast this standard decline rate over the remaining 40 days:
- Week 9: ~1.73 million – 1.84 million views
- Week 10: ~1.29 million – 1.47 million views
- Week 11: ~0.97 million – 1.18 million views
- Week 12: ~0.73M – 0.94M views
- Week 13: ~0.55 million – 0.75 million views
- Week 14 (last 5 days): ~0.29 million – 0.43 million views
It does an extra project 5.5 to 6.6 million views Before the window gets slammed shut. Therefore, we predict teach you a lesson will almost finish its 91-day journey 65.6 to 66.7 million views, This means that it probably won’t move up the charts.
Although this is a phenomenal result that places it firmly in the top 10 list, unfortunately it looks like it will run out of steam before it can catch on. Lupine: Part 2 (68.4m) or la palma (70.3m). It will sit comfortably at the #10 spot for the foreseeable future.
“Bull Case” Prediction:
However, if teach you a lesson manages to stabilize and slow its weekly decline to just 10% to 15% — a sticky trajectory we sometimes see with K-dramas driven by dedicated fanbases — the math becomes a little more interesting. Under this strong grip, the chain can pull an additional 7.8 to 9.4 million views In the remaining 40 days.
This will make the final 91-day tally massive 67.9 to 69.5 million views. At this stage, it will be successfully dethroned Lupine: Part 2 (68.4M) for the #9 spot. That said, crunching the exact numbers reveals overtaking la palma For #8 (70.3M) is mathematically unlikely, requiring the show to effectively flatline with zero to minimal decline for the next month.
Will there be a season 2?
With numbers like that, the immediate question is always about renewal. While the show is currently billed as a “limited series,” we’ve seen Netflix slap that label before when the audience data is too good to ignore (hello, indomitable And watchman). We are currently tracking all renewal status updates and rumors teach you a lesson Season 2 here.
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