According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2023, around 51 percent of respondents in their thirties stated that they had read a comic illegally within the last year. They were the age group with the smallest share of people who had done so, with figures reaching up to over 72 percent among people in their sixties. Illegal accessing of comics had decreased across most age groups, resulting in an overall average of 61.3 percent of comic readers having done so over the past year.
Share of comic readers who had read a comic illegally in South Korea as of July 2023, by age group
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (September 27, 2023). Share of comic readers who had read a comic illegally in South Korea as of July 2023, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046551/south-korea-experience-of-downloading-comics-illegally-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of comic readers who had read a comic illegally in South Korea as of July 2023, by age group." Chart. September 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046551/south-korea-experience-of-downloading-comics-illegally-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2023). Share of comic readers who had read a comic illegally in South Korea as of July 2023, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046551/south-korea-experience-of-downloading-comics-illegally-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of Comic Readers Who Had Read a Comic Illegally in South Korea as of July 2023, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046551/south-korea-experience-of-downloading-comics-illegally-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Share of comic readers who had read a comic illegally in South Korea as of July 2023, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046551/south-korea-experience-of-downloading-comics-illegally-by-age-group/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Share of comic readers who had read a comic illegally in South Korea as of July 2023, by age group [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, September 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046551/south-korea-experience-of-downloading-comics-illegally-by-age-group/