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K-Drama Starter Guide
Never watched a K-drama? These 10 shows are the perfect gateway -- from laugh-out-loud rom-coms to edge-of-your-seat thrillers.
For K-drama & K-pop fans
Templates for K-Drama Fans.
A curated set of 9 trackers — in Excel, Google Sheets and Notion — for K-drama, Asian drama and K-pop fans. Log shows and episodes across Viki, Netflix and Kocowa, rate by story and chemistry, track K-pop groups and comebacks, and keep your watchlist somewhere that isn't a Notes app at 1am.
For the watchlist that grew faster than the schedule
K-drama fans tend to watch in concentrated waves — a single Netflix weekend can put three series in your active list and four in your backlog. The trackers in this collection are built for that pace: rate by chemistry and pacing as well as overall, track which platform a show is on (Viki, Netflix, Kocowa, Disney+), separate ongoing series from completed ones, and surface a watching journal instead of guessing how many hours you spent.
Pair the trackers with the K-drama starter guide and seasonal watchlist below — and if you also watch anime, head over to the anime fans hub.
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Trackers for the K-drama queue
9 templates
Asian dramas, K-pop and adjacent TV — in Excel, Google Sheets and Notion.
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Asian Media Bundle
Two kinds of fans: scattered or organized. This Asian media tracker bundle gives you Anime, Manga, Asian Drama, and K-Pop trackers in Excel, Google Sheets, and Notion.
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Asian Drama Tracker - Excel
You remember the feelings, not the episode numbers. This Excel Asian drama tracker logs your K-Drama and C-Drama watchlist, ratings, actors, and viewing journal in one file.
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Asian Drama Tracker - Google Sheets
A kdrama tracker spreadsheet isn't just a watchlist. This Google Sheets asian drama tracker logs shows, episodes, actors, critic ratings, and viewing stats across eight tabs.
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View details - $3.45 Notion
Asian Drama Tracker - Notion
How are you tracking your K-Dramas right now? This Notion asian drama tracker links five databases — Shows, Episodes, Actors, Critic Ratings, Journal — across K, C, J, and Thai dramas.
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K-Pop Tracker - Excel
Comeback week again, and your photocard binder is now sentient -- this 11-tab excel kpop tracker wrangles groups, idols, albums, and collectibles in one calm spreadsheet.
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K-Pop Tracker - Google Sheets
Tired of your bias list, photocard wishlist, and concert dates living in three different apps? This Google Sheets K-pop tracker pulls it all into 12 tabs.
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View details - $3.45 Notion
K-Pop Tracker - Notion
A new comeback drops at midnight and your group chat explodes. This notion kpop tracker holds groups, idols, albums, photocards, concerts, and journal entries in one place.
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TV Show Tracker - Excel
Streaming has a quiet, persistent problem: the watching is easy, the remembering is what breaks you. This excel tv show tracker fixes that across 8 tabs.
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Movie Tracker - Excel
It's Friday night and you can't remember if you already saw that one. This Excel movie tracker logs 500 films, links actors, and pulls critic scores into one tidy dashboard.
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Posts for the K-drama-obsessed
A starter guide, the top dramas of 2025, summer watchlists, and what your watchlist would say if it could speak.
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Media 9 min readTop K-Dramas of 2025 (so far)
The top K-Dramas of 2025 so far — period mystery, political thriller, medical drama, and crime suspense — with what makes each worth your watchlist this year.
Media 9 min readSummer K-Drama Watchlist
The definitive summer 2026 K-drama watchlist -- five recent hits to binge now and three upcoming releases worth blocking off your calendar for.
Media 11 min readLetter From Your Watchlist
A humorous open letter from your watchlist about the 47 titles you'll never watch — plus the three-bucket triage that turns it into a list you actually use.