Leading social media and messaging apps for news South Korea 2024

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2024, around 51 percent of respondents stated that they use YouTube as a news source. This was followed by the South Korean messenger app KakaoTalk at 19 percent. Relative low trust in newsThe usage rate of YouTube as a news source was especially high for South Koreans aged between 55 years and older. Meanwhile, around one in five South Koreans stated that they trusted news on social media. All in all, South Koreans were found to be rather skeptic of news in their country. A survey by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found that the share of South Koreans who trust the news ranged from 23 to 35 percent.News consumption   According to the South Korean government, the share of news readers in South Korea fell from around 75.6 percent in 2011 to around 66.3 percent in 2021. The share was especially low for South Korean aged 60 years and above, and especially high for South Koreans in their thirties. Meanwhile, the share of online newspaper readers among news readers increased up to 92.7 percent in 2021.

根据2024年在韩国进行的一项调查，约51%的受访者表示他们使用YouTube作为新闻来源。紧随其后的是韩国即时通讯应用KakaoTalk，占比19%。对新闻的信任度相对较低YouTube作为新闻来源的使用率在55岁及以上的韩国人中尤为显著。与此同时，约五分之一的韩国人表示他们信任社交媒体上的新闻。总体而言，韩国人对本国新闻表现出相当程度的怀疑态度。路透社新闻研究所的调查发现，信任新闻的韩国人比例在23%至35%之间。新闻消费根据韩国政府的统计，韩国的新闻读者比例从2011年的约75.6%下降至2021年的约66.3%。其中，60岁及以上的韩国人的比例尤其低，而30岁左右的韩国人的比例则相对较高。同时，在新闻读者中，在线报纸读者的比例在2021年增加至92.7%。