Alpha ladies and the beta males are always an interesting couple to watch. I love how the beta males are usually quite timid and cute at the same time, while respecting the Alpha ladies. In all of the Answer Me Series, Weightlifting Fairy, and even Fight My Way, these type of couples were always the one I tuned into. Here's hoping for more pair of lovers like that.

Awww yes please. I love love love them. They are the cutest ever! How sad that most of the good guys in dramaland is ending up as the second lead which really breaks our heartuuu.

Yesss, THIS!
This is my ultimate catnip. It's so fun to watch.

I like this catnip. Was hoping for Ms. Temper and Nam Jung-gi to be mentioned :)

Leads that are "popular, charismatic and dominating in their fields but meek and abiding in front of their crushes. (Kyaa!)" This is my weakness!!! When these moments occur I feel like, in their own personal way, they're sincerely expressing how they feel about their crush... which to me is uniquely romantic and very swoon-worthy.

Is Joonhyung a beta male? Strangely, I never thought of him that way. I thought as a couple they were on very even ground, which is what I liked about their relationship (also because I didn't see Bokjoo as an alpha female.)

I totally rooted for HK with his extra cool first love in Introverted Boss. I never outright hated RW at the start, but I couldn't find myself rooting for her at all. She was less alpha female and more... annoying child to me, hah!

I personally love the alpha male stereotype (in dramas, not RL!), because beta males seem more like the cutesy crush/younger brother type to me. But nevertheless, still very cute to watch!

Ahhhhh, another one of my faves! ^^ Bok Joo and Joon Hyung are probably the ULTIMATE Beta Male and Alpha Female OTP's of all time!

Woah I didn't even know that this is my catnip but I have loved almost every example given in this post (except the ones which I haven't watched till now)

*Note to self: find time to watch 'Smile, You'*

Hoguuuuuu I love ChoiWooShik sooo much❤️❤️

Best beta males are from Reply 1997, My Girlfriend is a Gumiho & My Sassy Girl movie, they made me laugh so much, even remembering their antics cracks me upright now. This might be a sadistic side of me but I enjoyed when these guys were literally kicked & dragged around by the alpha ladies, there is plenty of love & feelings, but even towards the end, our beta males were pretty scared of their ladies' temper XD
This is the reason only these 3 make it to my list because, for example, in reply 1988, Taek was definitely a down to earth guy, but he was not pushed around by deok sun, rather she cared for her friends too much, that's why he loved her I guess.
But what I'm trying to say here is, my exclusive beta males have to be through a lot of suffering (physical) at the hands of the ladies to make the cut lol.

This is definitely my catnip, I can't leave a drama no matter how worse it might be if it has a beta male like Lucky Romance... I think this explains my leaning towards 2nd ML's who are usually beta especially when 1st ML's are alpha. I keep thinking why is the FL getting attracted to the complicated guy while she can have the beta guy who is much simple. In real lives, I think most of us want a simple beta guy, don't we!!

Hogu's love is one of my favourites dramas and Fight My Way is the recent addition in the list of alpha female beta male.

I would totally get with a beta male in real life, they are so precious and adorable. I'm a very headstrong girl so I would clash a lot with an alpha male.

I didn't think this was a catnip of mine when I started reading this. Now I'm on my way to rewatch a few of these parts you guys mentioned and possibly rewatch Smile, You. Oh, the love of beta males!

I never thought Reply1997 YoonJae was a beta male. To me he wasn't beta at all, just very cautious and very careful in front of ShiWon. Or maybe as someone else mentioned there really is a toned-up version of beta male too!

Nice to know someone shared my love of Moo-bin! I don't think of most of these examples as beta males; to me they're just "actual decent guys who can handle a woman having a spine, that I might consider dating if I met them," vs. "over-dominantly rude boys who don't deserve the heroines who put up with them," but that's just me ;)

I love beta males (Kdrama and real life hihi). There's something about alpha males in KDramas that bores me. Maybe because some of them are just standing there waiting for the female lead to act all clumsy and cute, while beta males are most of the time persistent to a fault.

How could anyone forget the most adorable beta male of all, park hyung sik as min hyuk in strong woman do bong soon

I'm not a fan of this trope at all, because in real life I like alfa male despite myself being an alfa. So alfa++ for me please :)

This post is love! <3 Woong-ah from My Girlfriend is a Gumiho has got to be my favourite beta male.
I'm adding Hogu's Love to my list. It looks just up my alley. :D

Joon Hyung's confession to Bok Joo is my favourite of al beta make confessions (so cute, so SQUISHY, so cute, so sweeet it's not only giving me cavities it's also giving me diabetes), but Taek's confession comes in a VERY close second... DAT KISS *swoooooooooooooooooon*

I got so excited seeing Hogu's Love as the cover photo for this article! It was my first kdrama and incredibly underappreciated.

i think the ultimate beta male-alpha female couple is in the original 'my sassy girl' aka CTH and JJH.

What I like most about this setup is how much respect and adoration beta male gives their beloved alpha females. Its what got me in Reply 1988, Introverted Boss and Weightlifting Fairy. I absolutely adore Taek, HwanKi and JoonHyung. They are such gentle creatures that you know they will never physically hurt and leave their crushes in a bind. So you can not help but want them to win the girl in the end.

Awww SunTaek!! Now I want to re-watch Reply 1988.

I love my alpha male leads but reading this made me realize that 3 of my favorite heroes are here and are some sort of beta male - - Joonyoung, Yoonjae & Hwanki.

My ultimate beta-male is Hyun-soo! <3

Do Bong Soon and her CEO. Whilst she's clearly the alpha, he can also handle her.

I love both alpha and beta males. What I noticed recently is that after having finished watching a show with an alpha male lead I try to find a drama series that features a beta male lead. I guess you could say that I'm trying to balance things out in the back of my head.

Taekie <3. The only drama where tsundere couldn't win me over. Taek came and it was like veni, vidi, vici.

I have never liked the classification of men between alfa and beta. In fact, I find it annoying. Men are not dogs. It's like you admit somehow that certain type of men are worth less than others, and that certain qualities come together as a package, as if you could not have any other combinations of personality traits.
For example, I don't think you can call JongHyung a beta male, why?, because he loves Bok Ju and is not scared to pursue her, reveal his feelings and do things to win her heart? Because he listens to her and does things she asks for? To me, this shows a confident man that is not scared of what others might think, a man that does not need to play a character in front of others to be respected. A man that is an olympic athlete on top of that...well, it's just that I cannot understand why you would call someone like this a "beta" (this also goes for other drama characters). In my view, a leader (what an alfa male is meant to be in the end, I guess) might come in very different forms.

The beta male isn't my catnip... unless it's a noona situation.

That being said, I'm re-watching my all-time favorite drama: Healer, and he ALMOST fits into this category. He's a badass with everyone else, and a complete marshmallow with her. Sigh!! ?

I love my alpha heroines. But I love it more when my alpha heroine also has an alpha hero. ? I especially love dramas with heroines who can defend themselves, decide on their own, and succeed on their own. I guess this is the reason why I never really liked this particular drama (that I will not name for the fear of downvotes ?) where the heroine just basically mooched off the [older, much much older] hero. That made me feel a lot of not so good feelings ???

Omg this!!! This is basically me, my love life and my ideal type - beta males.

yesss,,,it agreeeee with this
yoon jae is my fave alpha male ??