South Korea: most popular cloud services 2024| Statista

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2023, around ** percent of respondents stated that one of their most commonly used cloud services was Naver's NDrive. This was followed by Google Drive and Apple iCloud, at about ** percent and ** percent respectively.

Naver Cloud

Naver Cloud is a subsidiary of Naver, which is South Korea’s largest search portal. This cloud company offers IT platform services, such as storage, IT infrastructure consulting, data centers, networks, and security. Unlike other cloud services from foreign companies, which are provided in English, Naver Cloud supports its services in Korean. It also operates real-time customer service centers since it mainly targets Korean customers. Based on their localized service, Naver’s revenue from the cloud sector has been on the rise in recent years.

Cloud services usage in South Korea

Due to global IT trends, such as digitalization and remote working, the penetration rate of cloud services in South Korea grew in the latter half of the 2010s. In particular, Korean users utilize cloud services primarily for data and information management. Clouds can be used for both business and personal purposes. In the case of personal usage, most users were in their twenties and thirties, as they used cloud services for storing photos or documents online. As clouds are a digital-intensive service, it may require digital literacy to access and use, which can be an potential issue for the elderly population.

Most commonly used cloud services in South Korea in 2024

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Release date

December 2024

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Region

South Korea

Survey time period

May 27 to August 23, 2024

Number of respondents

1,195 cloud users

Age group

6 years and older

Special properties

paper-assisted personal interview (PAPI)

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Up to three answers were acceptable.

Since 2011, KISDI has tracked the cross-media usage of 5,000 households and the members by means of household visits, interviews and self-reported written media diary on the media use patterns across 17 cities and provinces in South Korea.

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