"It's Okay to Not Be Okay" Tops Charts in Popularity for 7 Weeks in a Row

tvN's "It's Okay to Not Be Okay" rose 0.53% compared to the previous week, maintaining its number 1 spot in drama for the seventh consecutive week. When the identity of the nurse Jang Young-nam was revealed, the audience responded that it was 'shocking', and Jang Young-nam's enthusiastic performance drew a lot of rave reviews. Four cast members were ranked in the top 10 in the drama's topical category; Seo Yea-ji in 1st place, Kim Soo-hyun 2nd, Oh Jung-se 4th and Jang Young-nam in 7th.

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Second place in drama is KBS2's "Once Again" and the reunion of Cheon Ho-jin and Lee Jung-eun has become a hot topic. The reunion video of Cheon Ho-jin and Lee Jung-eun recorded the highest number of views in the drama video (based on Good Data Collection). In addition, Lee Sang-yeob and Lee Sang-yi's singing battle scenes were also frequently said to be 'pleasing'. Cheon Ho-jin ranked 8th and Jo Mi-ryung ranked 9th.

tvN's new drama "Flower of Evil" marks its start at number 3 in drama. There were many comments saying that Park Hyeon-joon, who appeared as the kid version of Lee Joon-gi, was very similar looking to Lee Joon-gi. On the other hand, some said the drama was too late as it is broadcasted at 10:50PM. Lee Joon-gi was 3rd and Moon Chae-won was 5th in the cast's topic category.

Fourth place in drama is SBS's "Backstreet Rookie" which has been on the decline for two consecutive weeks and its ranking has also dropped by one notch compared to the previous week. Netizens argued that "Backstreet Rookie" was subject to legal sanctions by the Korea Communications Standards Commission. Kim You-jung ranked 6th and Ji Chang-wook 10th in the cast's hot topic category.

tvN's upcoming "Secret Forest 2" has entered the fifth place in drama. The release of the teaser video drew attention from netizens and many responded that they were looking forward to the first broadcast.

JTBC's "The Good Detective" rose 21.47% from the previous week to rank sixth in drama. Many netizens have responded that they are satisfied with the highly immersive development, but some pointed out that Jo Jae-yun's execution during this week's episode will make the drama highly unlikely.

Next, JTBC's "Graceful Friends" ranked seventh in drama, followed by JTBC's "Was It Love" (23.80% less in the topic compared to the previous week), KBS2's "To All The Guys Who Loved Me" (1.52% less talkative than the previous week) and OCN's "Train" (1.53% more talkative than the previous week) ranked 10th.

The survey was released on August 3rd by Good Data Corporation, a TV analysis agency, analyzing netizens' reactions from news articles, blogs/communities, videos and SNS for 19 dramas that are or are scheduled to be broadcast from July 27th, 2020 to October 2nd, 2020.