Around 54 percent of South Korean comic readers aged between 10 and 19 years have purchased merchandising related to a character that had appeared in a digital comic according to a survey conducted in 2021. This age group was the only where over half of respondents stated they did so. Comics, or manhwa, are a popular form of entertainment in South Korea, and the majority of South Koreans read comics in a digital form in 2021.
Share of digital comic readers that purchased merchandise of a character that appeared in a digital comic in South Korea in 2021, by age group
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (December 24, 2021). Share of digital comic readers that purchased merchandise of a character that appeared in a digital comic in South Korea in 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046423/south-korea-purchasing-merchandise-of-digital-comics-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of digital comic readers that purchased merchandise of a character that appeared in a digital comic in South Korea in 2021, by age group." Chart. December 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046423/south-korea-purchasing-merchandise-of-digital-comics-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2021). Share of digital comic readers that purchased merchandise of a character that appeared in a digital comic in South Korea in 2021, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046423/south-korea-purchasing-merchandise-of-digital-comics-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of Digital Comic Readers That Purchased Merchandise of a Character That Appeared in a Digital Comic in South Korea in 2021, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046423/south-korea-purchasing-merchandise-of-digital-comics-by-age-group/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Share of digital comic readers that purchased merchandise of a character that appeared in a digital comic in South Korea in 2021, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046423/south-korea-purchasing-merchandise-of-digital-comics-by-age-group/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Share of digital comic readers that purchased merchandise of a character that appeared in a digital comic in South Korea in 2021, by age group [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, December 24, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046423/south-korea-purchasing-merchandise-of-digital-comics-by-age-group/