Michelle Topham 
KBS2 period To My Beloved Thief, Episode 3 aired on Saturday night to yet another all-time high for the Korean drama, as it grabbed its best ratings yet.
Those ratings via Nielsen Korea were 5.3 percent both nationwide and from viewers in Seoul, compared to the 4.5 percent nationwide viewership and 4.1 percent Seoul audience share for Episode 2.
In other words, that is a 0.8 percent increase nationwide, and a 1.2 percent increase in Seoul — both extremely solid ratings rises indeed.
Ratings from international K-drama fans
After dropping to a stupidly low 7.7 out of 10 on My Drama List as trolls began to downrate the Korean drama after its first episode aired, To My Beloved Thief has now bounced back to an 8.0 out of 10 after Episode 3.
With the positive comments from viewers watching the K-drama, and trolls having now moved off to downrate another drama on the website, that rating is likely to continue to rise from there.
Meanwhile, on IMDB, 28 users of that site are rating To My Beloved Thief an 8.6 out of 10, while over 1,300 Viki users are currently awarding the Korean rom-com a massively high 9.8 out of 10.
It appears then, after some initial low ratings, likely from the same trolls who seem to waste their finite time on this planet downrating every Asian drama that’s released, as long as To My Beloved Thief continues to offer solidly written and acted new episodes, it will continue to earn higher ratings as those episodes drop.
To My Beloved Thief stars Nam Ji Hyun, Moon Sang Min, Hong Min Gi, and Han So Eun.
The 16-episode Korean drama is currently scheduled to run through February 22nd, with Episode 4 now also having been released on Viki with subtitles in nine languages including English, German and French.
Update: Ratings for To My Beloved Thief, Episode 5 climb even higher
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