Music industry export value from South Korea 2005-2022

In 2022, the export value of the music industry in South Korea amounted to around 927.6 million U.S. dollars. K-pop The main export in the South Korean music industry is K-pop. Korean pop music has been increasingly popular all around the world. In 2022, a survey conducted in 26 countries across the world found that around 46 percent of respondents considered K-pop to be very popular in their country. The most popular K-pop stars worldwide were the boy group BTS.Music in South Korea While K-pop is known for being successful outside of South Korea’s borders, Korean music is of course also enjoyed domestically. A 2023 survey found that ballads and K-pop were the most popular music genres in South Korea. The most popular way of listening to music in 2023 was via one's smartphone, by streaming or downloading music. While the South Korean music streaming industry was previously dominated by a handful of domestic streaming services, most notably Melon, YouTube was the most popular music streaming service in 2023.

于2022年，韩国音乐产业的出口价值约为9.276亿美元。在韩国音乐产业中，K-pop（韩国流行音乐）是其主要的出口产品。韩国流行音乐在全球范围内日益受到欢迎。2022年，在全球26个国家进行的调查显示，大约有46%的受访者认为K-pop在其所在国家极为流行。全球最受欢迎的K-pop歌手团体为BTS。韩国的音乐文化中，虽然K-pop在韩国国界之外的成功声名鹊起，但韩国音乐当然也深受国内听众的喜爱。2023年的调查显示，情歌和K-pop是韩国最受欢迎的音乐类型。在2023年，通过智能手机进行音乐流媒体播放或下载成为最流行的音乐收听方式。尽管韩国音乐流媒体产业先前被少数国内流媒体服务主导，尤其是Melon，但YouTube在2023年成为了最受欢迎的音乐流媒体服务。