According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2023, around 26 percent of respondents stated that they had pirated broadcast shows at least once. This made it the most pirated medium, with games only having been pirated by about 12 percent of people. The majority of pirate activity took place online that year.
Share of media piracy users in South Korea as of September 2023, by medium
Includes users that have consumed illegal copies at least once during the surveyed period, even though they might mainly consume media through legal channels.
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Korea Copyright Protection Agency. (January 31, 2024). Share of media piracy users in South Korea as of September 2023, by medium [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133479/south-korea-media-piracy-users-by-medium/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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