My Liberation Notes (2022) Korean Drama

JTBC’s My Liberation Notes (2022) is set in the fictional countryside of Sanpo that tells the story of three siblings and Mr. Gu, the stranger in their quest for life’s meaning and freedom from the mundane. It stars Lee Min-ki, Kim Ji-won, Son Sukku, and Lee El.

Genre: Slice of life, Mystery
Also known as: My Liberation Diary
No. of episodes: 16
Written by: Park Hae-young
Directed by: Kim Seok-yoon
Network: JTBC
Streaming platform: Netflix
Date: April 9 – May 29, 2022

Main cast:

Son Su-kku as Mr. Gu
Kim Ji-won as Mi-jeong
Lee Min-ki as Chang-hee
Lee El as Gi-jeong

Nielsen Korea: Nationwide TV Viewership Rating

Rating	South Korean viewers in millions	Episode	Date
2.9%	0.651	1	April 9, 2022
3.0%	0.622	2	April 10, 2022
2.5%	0.574	3	April 16, 2022
2.3%	0.538	4	April 17, 2022
2.7%	0.579	5	April 23, 2022
3.8%	0.900	6	April 24, 2022
3.3%	0.769	7	April 30, 2022
3.8%	0.902	8	May 1, 2022
3.6%	0.848	9	May 7, 2022
4.5%	1.006	10	May 8, 2022
4.1%	1.000	11	May 14, 2022
4.9%	1.212	12	May 15, 2022
4.7%	1.149	13	May 21, 2022
6.0%	1.462	14	May 22, 2022
5.9%	1.443	15	May 28, 2022
6.7%	1.545	16	May 29, 2022

Source: Nielsen Korea

Good Data: Drama Buzzworthy Rankings

Date	My Liberation Notes	Son Su-kku	Kim Ji-won	Lee Min-ki
April Week 1	4th	–	–	–
April Week 2	2nd	6th	5th	–
April Week 3	2nd	2nd	4th	–
April Week 4	2nd	1st	2nd	–
May Week 1	1st	1st	2nd	–
May Week 2	1st	1st	2nd	–
May Week 3	1st	1st	2nd	–
May Week 4	1st	1st	2nd	6th

Source: Good Data Korea

Netflix Worldwide: Non-English TV Rankings

My Liberation Notes (2022) reached Top 10 in TV in 15 countries, watched for a total of 47.2 million hours, and appeared in the global rankings of non-English TV for 4 consecutive weeks. It was most popular in South Korea for 15 weeks.

Week	Date	Rank	Viewing hours
1	May 16-22, 2022	9th	9,850,000
2	May 23-29, 2022	5th	13,130,000
3	May 30 – June 5, 2022	3rd	14,240,000
4	June 6-12, 2022	8th	10,050,000