US Edition'Baby Shark' producer Pinkfong shares soar in South Korea after IPO
Pinkfong raised 76 billion won in its IPO to expand beyond early-childhood content with new characters and AI tools, backed by Baby Shark's 16.4 billion YouTube views.
- On Nov 18, 2025, The Pinkfong Company debuted on Seoul's Kosdaq, with shares surging as much as 60% intraday to a 61,500 won high, over 60% above the IPO price of 38,000 won.
- The Pinkfong Company priced its IPO at the top of its range, raising 76 billion won from 2 million shares at 38,000 won, fueled by Baby Shark, YouTube's most-watched video with over 16 billion views.
- Last year and early 2025 financial reports show Pinkfong Company posted 97.4 billion won revenue last year, with H1 2025 revenue down 2.4% to 45.2 billion won and net profit falling 67% to 3.8 billion won.
- Following other Kosdaq successes this year, market appetite lifted the listing as analysts said the sharp first-day move was normal and Choi Jong-kyung said, `In theory, newly listed stocks are supposed to rise by around 30 to 40 per cent on their first day of trading.`
- Pinkfong Company aims to expand into family entertainment and older kids' content, planning to acquire a 3D children content studio and grow IP beyond shark and fox characters.
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The Korean company that produced "Baby Shark" in 2016 was listed on the stock exchange and is worth 350 million
Kim Min Seok is confident that the company can grow beyond Baby Shark, which currently generates about a quarter of its revenue.
What Is the Most Watched Youtube Video in the World and Why Its Creator Did Not Become a Millionaire
The success of “Baby Shark Dance” is difficult to size. Since its release in 2016, the most played video from YouTube accumulates 16.4 billion views. To size its reproductions, Baby Shark’s visits amount to the 10 most popular Taylor Swift videos together. Available in 25 languages, its traffic comes from all corners of the world: America leads the reproductions, while Brazil is the country with the most “like”. However, all that viral power has…
Seoul, South Korea. The actions of the South Korean studio responsible for the catchy “Baby Shark”, the most watched video on YouTube, shot up to 60% on Tuesday, when the company made its way out to the stock market in Seoul. Very much loved by the young children, “Baby Shark Dance” accumulates more than 16 billion views on Google’s video platform, roughly twice as much as the second most viewed, “Spacy.” The topic was posted on the platform nea…
The actions of Pinkfong, the firm responsible for 'Baby Shark', the children's song turned into a mass phenomenon until leading the visualizations in the entire history of the platform, rose to 61.8% in its debut this Tuesday in the Kosdaq electronic market of the South Korean Stock Exchange.The company's titles, whose price had been set at 38,000 won, in the upper part of the expected range, marked in their jump to the park a first crossing of …
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