Most popular digital comic South Korea 2019
Yumi’s Cells and Tower of God
Yumi’s Cells is a webtoon about a girl named Yumi and her brain cells. Due to the webtoon’s popularity, the author was awarded the Presidential Korean Content Awards in 2018. Tower of God is one of the most popular webtoons worldwide. It is a fantasy webtoon that has been adapted as a mobile game and as an anime series. As webtoons are increasingly popular worldwide, both webtoons were officially translated into other languages, such as English, by their publisher, Naver Webtoon. As of 2019, Naver Webtoon was the most popular webtoon service in South Korea.
Webtoons
Webtoons are a type of digital comics originating in South Korea. Webtoons are mostly designed to be consumed on mobile devices, and some webtoons even feature background music that can be played while reading the strip. While some webtoons tell a story in each volume, others are telling longer stories over several months. In 2019, the most popular genre for digital comics and webtoons was Humor/Everday life.