According to a survey conducted in South Korea in early 2023, around 56 percent of male respondents stated that they utilized YouTube as a news source. While in the previous year only 38 percent of female respondents had done the same, this has increased by 13 percentage points to 51 percent this year. YouTube was the leading social media news source in South Korea for both genders.
Share of South Koreans who used YouTube for news as of February 2023, by gender
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 14, 2023). Share of South Koreans who used YouTube for news as of February 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/982072/south-korea-youtube-use-news-by-gender/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of South Koreans who used YouTube for news as of February 2023, by gender." Chart. June 14, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982072/south-korea-youtube-use-news-by-gender/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2023). Share of South Koreans who used YouTube for news as of February 2023, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982072/south-korea-youtube-use-news-by-gender/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of South Koreans Who Used Youtube for News as of February 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982072/south-korea-youtube-use-news-by-gender/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of South Koreans who used YouTube for news as of February 2023, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982072/south-korea-youtube-use-news-by-gender/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Share of South Koreans who used YouTube for news as of February 2023, by gender [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 14, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/982072/south-korea-youtube-use-news-by-gender/