According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2021, around 45.5 percent of men who read digital comics paid for comic content in that year. A similar share of women, at 43 percent, also paid for digital comic content. Manhwa comics are popular in South Korea, and the vast majority of South Koreans consumed comics in a digital format.
Share of digital comic readers that have paid for comic content in South Korea as of August 2021, by gender
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (December 24, 2021). Share of digital comic readers that have paid for comic content in South Korea as of August 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 14, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046282/south-korea-paying-for-digital-comics-by-gender/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of digital comic readers that have paid for comic content in South Korea as of August 2021, by gender." Chart. December 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 14, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046282/south-korea-paying-for-digital-comics-by-gender/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2021). Share of digital comic readers that have paid for comic content in South Korea as of August 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 14, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046282/south-korea-paying-for-digital-comics-by-gender/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of Digital Comic Readers That Have Paid for Comic Content in South Korea as of August 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046282/south-korea-paying-for-digital-comics-by-gender/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Share of digital comic readers that have paid for comic content in South Korea as of August 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046282/south-korea-paying-for-digital-comics-by-gender/ (last visited August 14, 2022)
