JTBC Dramas Watched Survey Results
Back in June last year we posted a survey to collect some data around which of the JTBC dramas our community had watched and how they rated them.
This survey was our fourth installment in the survey series, looking at JTBC Dramas -- the dramas that JTBC produced and aired originally on the Korean cable network, JTBC between 2011 and 2023.
1010 users participated in our JTBC Dramas Watched Survey. Of these users 416 (41%) were participating for the first time and an impressive 267 (26.4%) had participated in all four of our watch surveys! We also had a large number of users returning for the second or third time (see this graph for details).
In this survey participants were asked to rate each drama on a scale of 1 (Not Good At All) to 5 (Perfect) if they completed it or select options of 'Did Not Watch' or 'Dropped' depending on what was most applicable for them. They were told to consider the following aspects of the drama: (1) writing/script, (2) production quality (ie. cinematography, sound mixing), (3) acting, and (4) enjoyment while watching the drama.
Today we are taking a look through those results, if you'd like to take a look through the google form results instead, it is available here.
Apologies in advance for the JTBC colour scheme below😅. Note: I am neither a graphic designer or a data analyst please be gentle!
User Demographics:
*24 users who selected \"prefer not to answer\" not included
*8 users who selected \"I prefer not to say\" not included
Top 5s
Dramas with the highest number of users completing the drama
Places 6 - 10: 6. My ID Is Gangnam Beauty (429) 7. My Liberation Notes (420) 8. Destined With You (418) 9. The Good Bad Mother (412) 10. Nevertheless (395)
Dramas with the highest number of users dropping the drama
Places 6 - 10: 6. Thirty-Nine (140) 7. Run On (125) 8. Behind Your Touch (119) 9. Destined With You (110) 10. Snowdrop (108).
Dramas with the highest number of users starting watching the drama
Places 6 - 10: 6. Nevertheless (544) 7. Destined With You (528) 8. Something in the Rain (518) 9. Forecasting Love and Weather (510) 10. My ID is Gangnam Beauty (503).
Dramas with the highest number of users not having watched them at all
Places 6 - 10: 6. D-Day (938) 7. Can we get Married? (937) 8. Cruel City (933) 9. My Wife is Having an Affair this Week (931) 10. Green Mother's Club (927)
Dramas with the highest number of users rating the drama 1 out of 5 (Not Good At All)
Places 6 - 10: 6. My ID is Gangnam Beauty (19) 7. The Interest of Love (13) 8. Destined With You / Itaewon Class / She Would Never Know (12) 9. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon / Snowdrop / More Than Friends (11) 10. Welcome to Samdal-ri / Chocolate (8)
Dramas with the highest number of users rating the drama 2 out of 5
Places 6 - 10: 6. King the Land (57) 7. She Would Never Know (49) 8. Itaewon Class (42) 9. Run On (41) 10. Was it Love? (33)
Dramas with the highest number of users rating the drama 3 out of 5
Places 6 - 10: 6. Run On (134) 7. Itaewon Class (125) 8. The Beauty Inside (124) 9. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (118) 10. Behind Your Touch (107)
Dramas with the highest number of users rating the drama 4 out of 5
Places 6 - 10: 6. The Good Bad Mother (172) 7. The Beauty Inside (158) 8. Something in the Rain / Doctor Cha (152) 9. Reborn Rich (151) 10. Destined With You / SKY Castle (140)
Dramas with the highest number of users rating the drama 5 out of 5 (Perfect!)
Places 6 - 10: 6. Beyond Evil (179) 7. Itaewon Class (158) 8. Just Between Lovers (147) 9. 18 Again (143) 10. King The Land (138)
Overall Average Score
Dramas by average score out of 5 (#11 - #20). Navigate left to right top to bottom.
Dramas by average score out of 5 (#21 - #30). Navigate left to right top to bottom.
Dramas by average score out of 5 (#31 - #40). Navigate left to right top to bottom.
Dramas by average score out of 5 (#41 - #50). Navigate left to right top to bottom.
Dramas by average score out of 5 (#51 - #60). Navigate left to right top to bottom.
I hope you've enjoyed taking a look through the data! Do your ratings line up with ours or are they completely different? Are there any dramas that we need to give more time of day to on this list and why?
Future Watch Surveys
Our 2024 Dramas watched survey is currently running and we'd love you to take part. The survey runs until the end of the month, so there is just under a week left to participate.
Following that we will take the leap down the rabbit hole of Korea's domestic broadcasters; KBS, MBC, and SBS (you may have noticed we have a drama challenge prompt that matches this!). I'm currently working my way through the KBS dramas and it's a real doozy. Please anticipate!