According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2020 among users of digital comics, roughly 33.1 percent of respondents stated that they did not have the intention to consume digital comics as paid content in the future. At the same time 31.5 percent of respondents answered that they had the intention to consume paid content.
Not consuming paid content does not mean that users had the intention of not using digital comics at all or consuming them illegally as there are multiple services, especially webtoon services, that offer content for free.
Intention to consume digital comics as paid content in South Korea in 2020
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (December 31, 2020). Intention to consume digital comics as paid content in South Korea in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263408/south-korea-intentions-for-paid-use-of-digital-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Intention to consume digital comics as paid content in South Korea in 2020." Chart. December 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263408/south-korea-intentions-for-paid-use-of-digital-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2020). Intention to consume digital comics as paid content in South Korea in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263408/south-korea-intentions-for-paid-use-of-digital-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Intention to Consume Digital Comics as Paid Content in South Korea in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263408/south-korea-intentions-for-paid-use-of-digital-comics/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Intention to consume digital comics as paid content in South Korea in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263408/south-korea-intentions-for-paid-use-of-digital-comics/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Intention to consume digital comics as paid content in South Korea in 2020 [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, December 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263408/south-korea-intentions-for-paid-use-of-digital-comics/