Another New Record For Byun Woo-seok: TVing Beats Netflix For The First Time With “Lovely Runner”

Based on the data collected by the big data analysis platform ‘Mobile Index’ on May 31st, TVing took the top spot in the rankings of OTT (streaming) platforms. On May 28th, it recorded a total usage time of 2,500,010 hours, surpassing Netflix (2,408,179 hours). This achievement marks TVing as the first Korean platform to exceed Netflix’s usage time.

The last episode of tvN’s drama “Lovely Runner”which was broadcasted on May 28th on TVing, appears to have had a significant impact. Despite its underwhelming performance in TV ratings, it aided TVing in securing the top spot in OTT rankings during its broadcast. Furthermore, “Lovely Runner”solidified its popularity by coming in second in terms of contribution to TVing’s paid subscriptions, following the success of “Queen of Tears”which ended in April.

Byun Woo-seok, the lead actor of “Lovely Runner”, has once again achieved a new record. The Good Data Corporation, a K-Content online competitiveness analysis firm, recently released a survey for the fourth week of May, which showed that Byun ranked first in both drama and non-drama categories among actors and actresses in TV-OTT dramas. This marks a remarkable achievement, as it is reportedly the first time in the past decade that an actor has topped both categories in the Good Data survey.

In addition to winning the most talked-about actor category, Byun Woo-seok also accomplished an impressive feat by coming in first place in other categories for his involvement in the drama “Lovely Runner”and the variety show “You Quiz on the Block.”

Despite facing tough competition from popular singers, Byun Woo-seok’s OSTs for “Lovely Runner”titled “Sudden Shower”and “Run Run”achieved success on Melon’s daily and weekly charts. In fact, “Sudden Shower”even reached 14th place on Melon’s monthly chart for May, solidifying Byun Woo-seok’s impact on the music industry.