According to a 2022 survey conducted among South Koreans who consumed comics within the previous year, around 72 percent of respondents stated that they only read comics in a digital format. A further 26 percent stated that they used both digital and paper formats.
Format of comic consumption in South Korea as of August 2022
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (December 26, 2022). Format of comic consumption in South Korea as of August 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045552/south-korea-format-of-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Format of comic consumption in South Korea as of August 2022." Chart. December 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045552/south-korea-format-of-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2022). Format of comic consumption in South Korea as of August 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045552/south-korea-format-of-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Format of Comic Consumption in South Korea as of August 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045552/south-korea-format-of-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Format of comic consumption in South Korea as of August 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045552/south-korea-format-of-comics/ (last visited September 27, 2023)
Format of comic consumption in South Korea as of August 2022 [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, December 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045552/south-korea-format-of-comics/