According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2021, around 78.6 percent of comic readers in their forties stated that they consumed comics in a digital format only. All age groups preferred digital comic formats over paper formats. On average, around 73 percent of respondents read comics in digital format only.
Share of respondents that consumed comics in digital format only in South Korea as of August 2021, by age group
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (December 24, 2021). Share of respondents that consumed comics in digital format only in South Korea as of August 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045741/south-korea-digital-comic-reading-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of respondents that consumed comics in digital format only in South Korea as of August 2021, by age group." Chart. December 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045741/south-korea-digital-comic-reading-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2021). Share of respondents that consumed comics in digital format only in South Korea as of August 2021, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045741/south-korea-digital-comic-reading-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of Respondents That Consumed Comics in Digital Format Only in South Korea as of August 2021, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045741/south-korea-digital-comic-reading-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Share of respondents that consumed comics in digital format only in South Korea as of August 2021, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045741/south-korea-digital-comic-reading-by-age-group/ (last visited February 03, 2023)
Share of respondents that consumed comics in digital format only in South Korea as of August 2021, by age group [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, December 24, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045741/south-korea-digital-comic-reading-by-age-group/