Best Korean Dramas of 2021

Hospital Playlist 2 achieved 14.080%  nationwide ratings and is now the 9th highest rated tvN drama.

The Red Sleeve achieved 17.4% nationwide ratings and is the highest rated Sageuk drama on 2021. The Red Sleeve becomes an MBC Mini Series Drama that Gets a 2-Digit Rating After 3 Years and won Drama of the Year at MBC Drama Awards 2021.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha achieved 12.665% nationwide ratings and is now the 10th highest rated tvN drama.

Following its release, D.P. topped Netflix's Top 10 in South Korea.

Vincenzo achieved 14.636% nationwide ratings and is now the 6th highest rated tvN drama. Vincenzo won Top Excellence Korean Drama at Seoul International Drama Awards, won Drama of the Year at Brand of the Year Awards, won Best Drama Series at 26th Asian Television Awards, and won Special Award for Foreign Drama at Tokyo Drama Awards 2021.

Beyond Evil achieved 5.991% nationwide ratings and it got triple crown from 57th Baeksang Arts Awards (Best drama, Best screenplay and Best actor).

Law School achieved 6.891% nationwide ratings and is the highest rated JTBC drama on 2021.

Taxi Driver achieved 16.0% nationwide ratings and is the 4th highest rating of any Friday-Saturday drama in SBS history. Taxi Driver won Outstanding Hallyu Drama Award  at Seoul International Drama Awards.

As of November 2021, Squid Game is Netflix's most-watched series. Squid Game won Breakthrough Series – Long Form at the Gotham Awards, won Bingeworthy Show of the Year at the People's Choice Awards, and won Special Award at AFI Awards.

Happiness achieved 4.185% nationwide ratings and is at no 2 for 2021 most talked-about drama on Twitter Korea when the drama has not even finished yet.