Teach You a Lesson Overtakes The Glory in Netflix Korean Series Rankings

Netflix’s Korean drama leaderboard has a new top-five entry. Teach You a Lesson has moved past The Glory in Netflix’s all-time ranking of Korean original series, giving the June release one of the strongest early streaming runs for a Korean drama on the platform.

According to figures cited from Netflix Tudum’s weekly rankings for June 22 to 28, the series stayed at No. 1 on the Global Top 10 Non-English TV Shows chart for a fourth consecutive week. During that frame, it added 7.3 million views, bringing its worldwide total to 46.6 million views since its June 5 release.

The milestone is notable because The Glory has remained one of Netflix’s most recognizable Korean drama exports, helped by its revenge-driven story, awards attention, and long tail of international discussion. By passing its reported 39.7 million-view total, Teach You a Lesson has quickly shifted from a strong new release to a title competing with some of the platform’s biggest Korean originals.

A Fast Climb Up Netflix’s Korean Drama List

Netflix counts views by dividing total watch hours by a title’s runtime, a method that allows limited series and longer dramas to be compared across the service’s global rankings. The source report says Teach You a Lesson has also generated more than 498.9 million viewing hours, underscoring that the show is drawing both broad sampling and sustained watching.

The current all-time Korean original list is still led by the Squid Game franchise. The first season remains far ahead with 265.2 million views, followed by Season 2 at 192.6 million and Season 3 at 145.8 million. All of Us Are Dead sits in fourth place with 55.5 million views, while Teach You a Lesson has now entered the next position.

That gap gives the drama a clear next target. Based on the reported totals, it would need roughly 6.6 million additional views to overtake All of Us Are Dead. Its weekly pattern suggests the pace has cooled from its second-week surge but remains unusually resilient: 6.4 million views in week one, 21.1 million in week two, 11.8 million in week three, and 7.3 million in week four.

Why the Series Is Resonating

Starring Kim Moo Yul and Lee Sung Min, Teach You a Lesson is based on a webtoon and centers on a fictional government agency formed to protect teachers’ rights and support victims facing problems inside the education system. That premise gives the show a topical edge, blending institutional conflict with the emotional stakes of school life.

The drama’s chart performance also points to the durability of Korean series outside their home market. The report says the title entered Netflix Top 10 lists in 75 countries and regions and reached No. 1 in markets including Hong Kong, Japan, and Indonesia. For a story rooted in Korean social issues, that reach suggests viewers are responding to the broader themes of power, accountability, and protection within schools.

Its rise comes at a time when Netflix’s Korean slate remains crowded. Other Korean titles also appeared on the non-English TV chart, including Agent Kim Reactivated, which ranked third for the same tracking week with 6.6 million views. That kind of overlap shows how Korean series are no longer isolated breakout events on the platform; they are now a regular part of the global streaming calendar.

What Comes Next

For Netflix, the success of Teach You a Lesson reinforces the value of adapting stories with strong local identity and clear genre hooks. The show does not need to mirror the survival-game scale of Squid Game or the revenge melodrama of The Glory to become globally competitive. Its appeal appears to come from a more grounded conflict, packaged in a format that travels well across regions.

The bigger question is whether it can sustain enough momentum to climb again. Passing The Glory gives the drama a headline-friendly benchmark, but moving past All of Us Are Dead would place it even closer to Netflix’s most dominant Korean releases. With the fourth-week audience still above seven million views, the series remains in striking distance if conversation and late discovery continue.

For now, Teach You a Lesson has already secured a place in the platform’s Korean drama story for 2026. It is no longer just a current chart winner; it is one of Netflix’s most-watched Korean originals to date, and its next few weeks will determine how high that ranking can go.