US EditionAverage South Korean YouTuber Earnings Jump 25% in 4 Years to US$49,000 Annually
The number of YouTubers filing tax returns rose from 9,449 to over 30,000 between 2020 and 2024, with the top 1% earning 1.29 billion won each, data shows.
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The average annual income of South Korean YouTubers, or content creators, has grown 25 percent over the past four years to more than 70 million won ($49,000). But the top 1 percent of content creators earned an average of 1.3 billion won ($910,000) a year, underscoring the growing income gap in the industry. Park Seong-hoon, a lawmaker from South Korea’s main opposition People’s Power Party, said this morning that he obtained the figures from ta…
[Digital Daily Reporter Yoo Chae-ri] The widening gap between the rich and the poor among "business income earners" in Korea has been revealed. In particular, the income gap between the top 20% and the bottom 20% has exceeded 100 times for the first time, highlighting income polarization as another pressing issue facing our society. Generally, "business income earners" do not refer to "wage earners" who receive a salary, but rather to individual…
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