According to a survey in 2021 among South Korean webtoon artists, almost ** percent of respondents stated that they have experienced their webtoons being uploaded to another website illegally. On these websites, either copies of the works are being uploaded directly or scanlations. Scanlations are scans of the original works with translations made by the uploader.
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (December 24, 2021). Share of artists who experienced webtoon works being illegally published on scanlation websites in South Korean in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323101/south-korea-artists-experiencing-illegal-webtoon-publications/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of artists who experienced webtoon works being illegally published on scanlation websites in South Korean in 2021." Chart. December 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323101/south-korea-artists-experiencing-illegal-webtoon-publications/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2021). Share of artists who experienced webtoon works being illegally published on scanlation websites in South Korean in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323101/south-korea-artists-experiencing-illegal-webtoon-publications/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Share of Artists Who Experienced Webtoon Works Being Illegally Published on Scanlation Websites in South Korean in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323101/south-korea-artists-experiencing-illegal-webtoon-publications/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Share of artists who experienced webtoon works being illegally published on scanlation websites in South Korean in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323101/south-korea-artists-experiencing-illegal-webtoon-publications/ (last visited July 15, 2025)
Share of artists who experienced webtoon works being illegally published on scanlation websites in South Korean in 2021 [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, December 24, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323101/south-korea-artists-experiencing-illegal-webtoon-publications/
