South Korea Mobile App Market Statistics 2025 for Android

South Korea is home to some of the world’s most highly engaged app consumers. Indeed, Koreans consistently rank amongst the most active app users in the world, spending considerably more time per day consuming app content than the average global app user. This is bolstered by the fact that South Korea is something of a tech haven. The birthplace of such powerhouses as Samsung, LG, NAVER Corp., and SKTelecom, Korea has a lot to offer for the global app market.

In this article, we provide a number of detailed app statistics and insights from the Korean Android app market. We cover a number of topics, including how many Korean app publishers are active on Google Play, how many apps they have released, and how Korean apps have performed compared to the global average. The data is aggregated based on address, meaning only app publishers with valid Korean addresses listed on Google Play have been considered.