According to a survey conducted among South Korean comic readers in 2023, around 7.8 percent of respondents stated that they read comics once or twice a week. About 67 percent hardly ever read printed comics. Comics, or manhwa, are popular in South Korea, and are mostly read in a digital format now in form of webtoons.
Frequency of consuming comics in printed format in South Korea as of July 2023
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (September 27, 2023). Frequency of consuming comics in printed format in South Korea as of July 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046453/south-korea-frequency-of-consuming-printed-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Frequency of consuming comics in printed format in South Korea as of July 2023." Chart. September 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046453/south-korea-frequency-of-consuming-printed-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2023). Frequency of consuming comics in printed format in South Korea as of July 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046453/south-korea-frequency-of-consuming-printed-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Frequency of Consuming Comics in Printed Format in South Korea as of July 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046453/south-korea-frequency-of-consuming-printed-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Frequency of consuming comics in printed format in South Korea as of July 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046453/south-korea-frequency-of-consuming-printed-comics/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Frequency of consuming comics in printed format in South Korea as of July 2023 [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, September 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046453/south-korea-frequency-of-consuming-printed-comics/