SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A music video by the K-pop sensation BTS, or Bangtan Boys, has garnered over 200 million views on YouTube, its management agency said Saturday. The music video of “Save Me” from the group’s special album “Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa: Young Forever” released in May 2016 topped 200 million views [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — YouTube has emerged as the most popular social networking service (SNS) in South Korea with nearly three in 10 SNS users relying on the platform, a poll showed Friday. According to the January survey of 200 South Koreans aged 20 or older, 27.6 percent of respondents picked YouTube as [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for K-pop act BTS’ “Fire” has been watched over 300 million times on YouTube, becoming the band’s second video to reach the milestone. The view count for the video, which was uploaded on May 1, 2016, stood at 300,169,178 as of 9:20 a.m. Monday, becoming the [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — In the last two years, the amount of time spent on the YouTube app by South Koreans has tripled, beating out competition like online messaging service KakaoTalk and leading internet search portal Naver. According to mobile app research firm Wiseapp, South Koreans logged 7.9 billion minutes on the YouTube [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the Winter Olympic categories watched on YouTube, no country watches speed skating competitions more than South Koreans, the streaming service has revealed. In fact, South Koreans watched 10 times more speed skating via YouTube than any other country, befitting a nation that is considered a speed skating powerhouse, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – YouTubers with international backgrounds are taking the South Korean online video scene by storm, covering a wide range of topics including food, travel, beauty, and even content for children. Video streaming channels hosted by people from different countries first gained popularity focusing on their life in South Korea, but the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that KakaoTalk is the most widely used internet platform among South Korean social networking site (SNS) users to access news coverage. Conducted and carried out by the Korea Press Foundation, data for the study was gathered via a survey of 2,108 SNS users between [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Pronounced “howl” in Korean, “haul” is to shopping what “mukbang” is to food. An online phenomenon exclusive to South Korea, mukbang refers to a vlogger filming him or herself consuming vast amounts of food all in one sitting while simultaneously continuing to hold a conversation with viewers. Swap out [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – YouTube was the most popular mobile app among South Korean smartphone holders in their teens and 20s, while those in their 40s and 50s used Naver and KakaoTalk the most, according to a new survey. The survey conducted by Wise App and released on Tuesday revealed that among Android users, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for popular boy band EXO’s hit song “Ko Ko Bop” surpassed 100 million views on YouTube on Tuesday morning. The video reached the milestone about five months after it was uploaded online, according to the group’s management company, S.M. Entertainment. “Ko Ko Bop” is the title [...]