Biggest streaming platforms in South Korea according to Herald Economy

Give YouTube six more months and Melon is obsolete.

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Spotify surpassing Bugs

Not it being the youngest on here too lol

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I am guessing they will have to include Spotify too eventually when doing the PAK determination

Kpop stans should be afraid. LWY fans have cracked Spotify Korea

Makes sense but YouTube Music will have a more passive user-base versus the others most likely due to how it gets bundled with other services

I use YouTube music to watch and listen to everything. It’s easy to use

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Give YouTube six more months and Melon is obsolete.

Does not help KPop though since YT music Korea ranked the singer who has staunchly refused to contribute anything to KPop as the #1 in last year

Soon it will only the big world wide streaming left like Youtube, Spotify etc.

This is why Melon is still the preferred site for evaluating true GP appeal.

If you want to know what's popular with everyone in Korea, not just the 10-20 demo, stick to Melon, that's what both Gen Z and Gen X and even boomers listen to.

This data was in August. There are articles elsewhere saying YouTube is bigger.

But according to this one Melon dropped 9% YTY August, while YouTube grew 30%. It is now November, and YouTube will be definitely the biggest next year, if not already.

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This was in August. There are articles elsewhere saying YouTube is bigger.

But according to this one Melon dropped 9% YTY August, while YouTube grew 30%. It is now November, and YouTube will be definitely the biggest next year, if not already.

Oh it is bigger. AKP users seem to be behind on that bit of info. But let them clutch their Melon pearls. In six months YouTube will change the trajectory of everyone's talking points.

Pretty sure Youtube already overtook Melon

For those that don't know. A site called 'Kworb' shows you daily and weekly youtube data. There's no reason to still hold Melon on a pedestal when the GP are abandoning it

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Pretty sure Youtube already overtook Melon

For those that don't know. A site called 'Kworb' shows you daily and weekly youtube data. There's no reason to still hold Melon on a pedestal when the GP are abandoning it

Youtube is still a passive platform for music streaming. It has grown fast because it was bundled with YT premium for watching videos without ads

Melon still has sizable audience size for a domestic music streaming service, and is still bigger than Genie, Vibe, bugs all added

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This is why Melon is still the preferred site for evaluating true GP appeal.

If you want to know what's popular with everyone in Korea, not just the 10-20 demo, stick to Melon, that's what both Gen Z and Gen X and even boomers listen to.

it's totally the opposite youtune music is what the general public is listening to nwadays, melon seems more fan driven nowadays Melon used to be good for evaluating GP appeal in the past.

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it's totally the opposite youtune music is what the general public is listening nwadays, melon seems more fan driven nowadays Melon used to be good for evaluating GP appeal in the past.

lol wut? Youtube is literally chock full of idol groups and other young people music, BTS, BP, Ive, NJ, LSRFM, Idle, Aespa, practically live in the top 10 24-7.

Melon OTOH is chock full of random trottists and soloists known only to Koreans that get like 79k YT views if that in the first 24 hours.