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Simon Barnes-Sadler

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2025 January- June Netflix Engagement with the K-Wave
A brief report describing and visualising the prevalence of Korean titles in Netflix's fifth engagement report focusing on the hours viewed metric.
The Proportion of English in K-Pop Lyrics 2000-2024
A brief report exploring and visualising the proportion of English in the lyrics of the songs appearing on the top ten K-Pop albums of the year in the South Korean charts 2000-2025. The proportion of English lyrics is also broken down by artist's gender.
Consumption of the K-Wave in 28 Countries 2025
A brief report exploring and visualising the the global consumption of select K-Wave media and Korean language education in 2025 on the basis of survey data from the Korea Foundation.
The Value of Hallyu 2011-2022
A brief report describing and visualising the value of exports directly motivated by the K-Wave between 2011 and 2022 as calculated for KOFICE (한국국제문화교류진흥원) reports.
Squid Game Season One Global Viewership
A brief report describing and visualising the global vieweship of the international breakout Korean series 'Squid Game' and the distribution of its popularity across the countries in which Netflix is available.
The K-Wave in the Oxford English Dictionary
A brief report describing and visualising the words of Korean origin in the OED in terms of their first attestation in English, date of entry into the dictionary, and frequency.
2024 July- December Netflix Engagement with the K-Wave
A brief report describing and visualising the prevalence of Korean titles in Netflix's fourth engagement report focusing on the hours viewed metric.
The K-Wave at the Box Office
A brief report visualising and considering the gross lifetime box office earnings of a selection of international breakout South Korean films released over the early twenty first century.
Eras of the K-Wave and K-Pop Generations
A brief report visualising and considering the relationship between the conventional, analytically imposed eras of the K-Wave and the fan classification of K-Pop artists into 'generations'.
2024 January - June Netflix Engagement with the K-Wave
A brief report describing and visualising the prevalence of Korean titles in Netflix's third engagement report focusing on the hours viewed metric.
Naming the Korean Wave Across Languages and Cultures: Multilingual Big Data 2000-2019
A brief report exploring and visualising the frequency of terms denoting the K-Wave between 2000 and 2019 in Google Ngram Viewer across multiple languages.
The K-Wave in Korean and English Language Big Data 2000-2019
A brief report exploring and visualising the frequency terms denoting the K-Wave between 2000 and 2019 in the Trends 21 Corpus and Google Ngram Viewer.
Perceived Engagement with K-Wave Concepts
A brief report exploring and visualising the the global perception of engagement with the K-Wave in 2024 on the basis of survey data from the Korea Foundation .
The K-Wave and the Conceptualisation of Korea in the UK 2017-2024
A brief report exploring and visualising the changing conceptualisation of Korea in the UK on the basis of survey data from the Korea Foundation from 2017 to 2024 .
K-Wave Engagement and the Korean Population in the USA
A brief report exploring the relationship between the geographical distribution of the Korean-identifying population of the USA and engagement with the K-Wave.
2023 July - December Netflix Engagement with the K-Wave
A brief report describing and visualising the prevalence of Korean titles in Netflix's second engagement report focusing on the hours viewed metric.
The K-Wave in South Korea’s Representation and Image 2000-2023
A brief report describing, visualising, and interpreting the co-occurrence of tags related to the K-Wave and North Korea for all articles tagged for South Korea in The Guardian from 2000 to 2023.
K-Wave Fans in Europe 2012-2022
A brief report describing and visualising the changing number of Korean Wave fans in Europe as reported by the Korea Foundation from 2012 to 2022.
K-Wave Fan Organisations in Europe 2012-2022
A brief report describing and visualising the changing number of Korean Wave fan organisations in Europe as reported by the Korea Foundation from 2012 to 2022.
K-Pop Labels, Artists, and Releases in the US Billboard 200 Chart
A brief report describing and visualising the historic appearance of K-Pop labels, artists, and releases in the Billboard 200 Chart.
K-Pop in the 2023 Billboard Charts
A brief report describing and visualising the prevalence of K-Pop titles in the 2023 Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts.
2023 January - June Netflix Engagement with the K-Wave
A brief report describing and visualising the prevalence of Korean titles in Netflix's first engagement report.