leading South Korean professional eSports players have earned several hundred U.S. dollars each by 2021, and there is a vibrant eSports community in the country.
Around 55.9 percent of South Korean gamers considered themselves to be casual gamers according to a survey conducted in early 2021. Only 2.7 percent of respondents stated that they were aspiring professionals. The Type of gamers in South Korea in 2021
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Limelight Networks. (2021). Type of gamers in South Korea in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1028055/south-korea-type-of-gamers/
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Type of gamers in South Korea in 2021 [Graph], Limelight Networks, March 16, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1028055/south-korea-type-of-gamers/