[Last Updated on July 14, 2022]
“Extraordinary Attorney Woo” has topped the weekly most buzzworthy drama ranking again, this time with a whopping buzz share of 53.86% according to analytics firm GOODDATA.
A share is the percentage of total online drama-related discussions in Korea that mention a specific show in a given period. Good Data measures this metric every week to gauge the popularity of the series in forums, social media, videos, and other online platforms.
During last week, from July 4 to 10, more than half of the total drama discussions was about the new legal series starring Park Eun-bin and Kang Tae-oh. Good Data analyzed a total of 21 dramas during this week.
This share of more than 50% makes “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” the most buzzworthy or talked about Korean drama this year to date, unseating previous no. 1 “Twenty Five Twenty One,” which recorded a peak share of 38.00% on its final week of broadcast. (See our ranking of the most buzzworthy Korean dramas in 2022.)
“Extraordinary Attorney Woo” was only in its second week during the said ranking. Its popularity nearly tripled to 115,316 points, up 197% compared to the first week. It even surpassed the 154% increase obtained by “Twenty Five Twenty One,” which previously held the highest record under the same conditions (second week versus first week comparison).
Meanwhile, tvN drama “Alchemy of Souls” placed second in the ranking with a share of 10.63%, followed by SBS’s “Why Her?” with 6.32%.
| Rank | Network | Drama | Share (%) | Change in Position* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENA | Extraordinary Attorney Woo | 53.86 | 0 |
| 2 | tvN | Alchemy of Souls | 10.63 | 0 |
| 3 | SBS | Why Her? | 6.32 | 0 |
| 4 | KBS2 | Gold Mask | 4.26 | +2 |
| 5 | tvN | Eve | 3.55 | -1 |
| 6 | KBS2 | Jinxed at First | 3.30 | +1 |
| 7 | KBS2 | Cafe Minamdang | 3.10 | -2 |
| 8 | tvN | Link: Eat, Love, Kill | 2.55 | 0 |
| 9 | KBS2 | It’s Beautiful Now | 2.08 | +1 |
| 10 | MBC | Doctor Lawyer | 1.86 | -1 |
In a similar ranking for drama actors, Park Eun-bin also took first place for the second consecutive week. She is followed by her co-star Kang Tae-oh, who moved 9 places up compared to the previous week to enter the top 10 ranking for the first time.
Two more of the drama’s cast saw a big jump in popularity and made the list, with 4th placer Joo Hyun-young and 8th placer Kang Ki-young improving by 53 and 25 places, respectively. Joo plays the best friend of Park Eun-bin’s character while Kang portrays the latter’s senior colleague at work.
| Rank | Network | Drama | Actor | Change in Position* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENA | Extraordinary Attorney Woo | Park Eun-bin | 0 |
| 2 | ENA | Extraordinary Attorney Woo | Kang Tae-oh | +9 |
| 3 | tvN | Alchemy of Souls | Jung So-min | +1 |
| 4 | ENA | Extraordinary Attorney Woo | Joo Hyun-young | +53 |
| 5 | tvN | Alchemy of Souls | Lee Jae-wook | +1 |
| 6 | SBS | Why Her? | Seo Hyun-jin | -3 |
| 7 | tvN | Eve | Seo Yea-ji | -5 |
| 8 | ENA | Extraordinary Attorney Woo | Kang Ki-young | +25 |
| 9 | tvN | Alchemy of Souls | Hwang Min-hyun | +8 |
| 10 | tvN | Eve | Yoo Sun | -5 |
The popularity of the series is also reflected in TV ratings as it hit a 5% viewership on episode 4—a steep increase from the 0.9% rating it recorded in the first episode.
“Extraordinary Attorney Woo” tells the story of a rookie but brilliant attorney as she faces her legal battles in the courtroom and overcomes prejudices as a woman with autism spectrum disorder. It airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 9pm on cable channel ENA and is released on the same days on Netflix.
Source: Official data from GOODDATA as reported by TV Daily