Netflix’s eight-part South Korean sci-fi series *The WONDERfools* has become a major streaming success in 2026, with the article’s headline claiming 188 million hours watched. The show’s popularity matters because it adds to Netflix’s strong run of internationally successful Korean dramas and has received an enthusiastic critical response.

Premiering on 15 May 2026, the series entered Netflix’s Top 10 non-English programmes in its first week with 2.7 million views and 25.3 million viewing hours; it also holds a 100% Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score. Set in late 1999 amid Y2K fears, it follows three unlikely friends in the fictional Haeseong City who gain unstable superpowers while investigating disappearances, a sinister church and buried local secrets.