According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2024, around 25 percent of respondents stated that they discovered sources to obtain illegal copies through ads or posts on social media. Other prominent sources of discovery for pirated media was through connections such as friends and colleagues or web portals such as Google.
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Share of media piracy source discovery in South Korea as of September 2024
Includes users that have consumed illegal copies at least once during the surveyed period, even though they might mainly consume media through legal channels.
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Korea Copyright Protection Agency. (January 1, 2025). Share of media piracy source discovery in South Korea as of September 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133673/south-korea-media-piracy-source-discovery/
Korea Copyright Protection Agency. "Share of media piracy source discovery in South Korea as of September 2024." Chart. January 1, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133673/south-korea-media-piracy-source-discovery/
Korea Copyright Protection Agency. (2025). Share of media piracy source discovery in South Korea as of September 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133673/south-korea-media-piracy-source-discovery/
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Share of media piracy source discovery in South Korea as of September 2024 [Graph], Korea Copyright Protection Agency, January 1, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133673/south-korea-media-piracy-source-discovery/