In a survey conducted in September 2021 by Rakuten Insight among South Korean app users on whether or not they had tried purchasing an application before, around ***** percent of male respondents stated that they had done so. At the same time, more than ** percent of women in the same survey answered that they had not purchased apps before.
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Rakuten Insight. (November 24, 2021). Share of people having purchased mobile applications before in South Korea as of September 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279233/south-korea-experience-with-app-purchases-by-gender/
Rakuten Insight. "Share of people having purchased mobile applications before in South Korea as of September 2021, by gender." Chart. November 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279233/south-korea-experience-with-app-purchases-by-gender/
Rakuten Insight. (2021). Share of people having purchased mobile applications before in South Korea as of September 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279233/south-korea-experience-with-app-purchases-by-gender/
Rakuten Insight. "Share of People Having Purchased Mobile Applications before in South Korea as of September 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279233/south-korea-experience-with-app-purchases-by-gender/
Rakuten Insight, Share of people having purchased mobile applications before in South Korea as of September 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279233/south-korea-experience-with-app-purchases-by-gender/ (last visited July 15, 2025)
Share of people having purchased mobile applications before in South Korea as of September 2021, by gender [Graph], Rakuten Insight, November 24, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1279233/south-korea-experience-with-app-purchases-by-gender/
