Overview
- Time released its Top 10 K-dramas on Dec. 18, placing When Life Gives You Tangerines at No. 1 above titles including Squid Game Season 3, per The Straits Times.
- The slice-of-life drama stars IU and Park Bo-gum and is directed by Kim Won-seok.
- Critic and audience scores were reported as exceptionally high, including a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating and a 9.1/10 on IMDb, as noted by FandomWire.
- The series’ global reach was reflected in reported streaming data, including a four-week run at No. 3 on Netflix’s Global Top 10 Non-English list and a post-finale spike to 4.05 million daily active users, cited from Korea JoongAng Daily and The Daily Star via FandomWire.
- With 2025 wrapping, outlets are highlighting early 2026 premieres with reported details such as To My Beloved Thief on Jan. 3 and Human From Today on Jan. 16, plus other titles with platforms like Netflix and JioHotstar listed as TBA.