South Korea App Market Statistics in 2023

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is on position 1 of the biggest Korean app publishers. Samsung is a multinational electronics company based in Suwon, South Korea. In addition to developing mobile apps, they manufacture a wide range of consumer and industrial electronic equipment and products such as semiconductors, personal computers, and smartphones. Samsung has developed and published such apps as Samsung Members, Samsung Elite, Samsung HeartWise, Chef Collection, and more. They own 115 apps that have been downloaded together more than 43.91b+ times.

SNOW Corporation is on position 2 of the biggest Korean app publishers. They own 6 apps that have been downloaded together more than 1.08b+ times.

Kakao Corp. is on position 3 of the biggest Korean app publishers. They own 23 apps that have been downloaded together more than 470.27m+ times.

KineMaster, Video Editor Experts Group is on position 4 of the biggest Korean app publishers. They own 3 apps that have been downloaded together more than 457.8m+ times.

Retrica, Inc. is on position 5 of the biggest Korean app publishers. Retrica is a South Korean app publisher whose products are renowned for their unparalleled quality and ability to combine a variety of colors and shades. Retrica, which enables users to record experiences, captivates not only casual users but content creators as well. Currently, RicaRica – Bling Bling is the only app that Retrica has published. They own a single app that has been downloaded more than 359.82m+ times.

SKTelecom is on position 6 of the biggest Korean app publishers. SK Telecom is a South Korean wireless telecommunications operator and is part of the SK Group. In addition to publishing mobile apps, SK Telecom is South Korea's largest wireless carrier. SKTelecom has produced such mobile apps as T world, Bill Letter, PASS, Jump AR, Jump VR, and more. They own 60 apps that have been downloaded together more than 351.43m+ times.

NAVER Corp. is on position 7 of the biggest Korean app publishers. Naver is an internet content service company located in Seongnam, South Korea. They are primarily known for operating the Korean search engine Naver. They aim to research technologies that improve lives, support individuals for greater growth and opportunities, and cultivate competitiveness aimed towards the future. Their mobile app portfolio includes: BAND, Moot, V LIVE, Naver Papago, NAVER Korean Dictionary, NAVER Map, and more. They own 34 apps that have been downloaded together more than 338.24m+ times.

Studio SJ is on position 8 of the biggest Korean app publishers. They own a single app that has been downloaded more than 275.43m+ times.

Notes is on position 9 of the biggest Korean app publishers. Notes is the developer name of the South Korean startup, Social & Mobile. They are best known for their minimalst note-taking app, ColorNote. Social & Mobile was founded in 2009. Notes has developed and published the apps ColorNote Notepad Notes, Color Flashlight, ColorDict Dictionary, and Korean Hangul Keyboard (Beta). They own 4 apps that have been downloaded together more than 269.95m+ times.

Springwalk, Inc. is on position 10 of the biggest Korean app publishers. They own 2 apps that have been downloaded together more than 267.05m+ times.

72% of apps from Korean publishers have Google Firebase integrated. In total 23,694 apps. Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform SDK that gives app builders the ability to develop their apps faster, without worrying about infrastructure. It includes functionalities like analytics, databases, messaging and crash reporting so developers can move quickly and focus on their users.

53% of apps from Korean publishers have Firebase Cloud Messaging integrated. In total 17,370 apps. Firebase Cloud Messaging is a cross-platform messaging solution developed by Google that lets app developers reliably deliver messages at no cost. With Firebase Cloud Messaging, app developers can notify a client app that new email or other data is available to sync, and drive user re-engagement and retention with notification messages.

38% of apps from Korean publishers have Kotlin integrated. In total 12,506 apps.

37% of apps from Korean publishers have OkHttp integrated. In total 12,119 apps. OkHttp is an open source project designed to be an efficient HTTP client. It's also easy to use. OkHttp’s request/response API is designed with fluent builders and immutability. It supports both synchronous blocking calls and async calls with callbacks.

36% of apps from Korean publishers have Glide integrated. In total 11,809 apps. Glide is an open source media management and image loading framework for Android that supports fetching, decoding, and displaying video stills, images, and animated GIFs. Glide includes a flexible API that developers can plug in to almost any network stack.

36% of apps from Korean publishers have Google Ads AdMob integrated. In total 11,778 apps. Google Ads AdMob is a mobile advertising platform that enables users to monetize their mobile applications via in-app advertising. AdMob is based on the Google Mobile Ads SDK and serves over 200 billion ad requests a month, with over 1 million advertisers and 1 million apps currently running on the AdMob mobile ad network.

36% of apps from Korean publishers have Google Ads AdMob Mediation Adapters integrated. In total 11,725 apps.

34% of apps from Korean publishers have gson integrated. In total 11,144 apps. Gson is a Google-developed Java library that app developers can leverage to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation, and vice versa. It works with arbitrary Java objects, including pre-existing objects of which developers do not have the source-code.

19% of apps from Korean publishers have Android Sqlite integrated. In total 6,283 apps.

18% of apps from Korean publishers have Android Support Library V4 integrated. In total 5,795 apps. Android Support Library V4, developed by Google’s Android team, is a platform that helps app developers manage the release of new API versions. Rather than developing code to handle the provisioning of new features on earlier releases, developers can leverage Android Support Library V4 to provide that compatibility layer.