KakaoStory most-used SNS among South Koreans: poll

By Park Sae-jin Posted : April 14, 2015, 17:01 Updated : April 14, 2015, 17:28

 

KakaoStory was the most-used social networking service (SNS) among South Koreans in 2014, a poll said Tuesday.

According to the survey of 9,381 Internet users aged between 13 and 69, 51.8 percent of respondents said they used KakaoStory. Facebook came in second with 28.5 percent, followed by Naver Corp.'s BAND (23.6 percent), blog (10.9 percent) and Twitter (8.1 percent).  

Penetration rate of SNS in the country surged to 70.5 percent in 2014 from 39.8 percent in 2011, the survey said. 

KakaoStory or BAND was the most-used SNS among those in their 30s and 40s, while teens and those in their 20s chose Facebook or Twitter as their most-favorite SNS. 

More than a half of the total SNS users surveyed were men, the poll said. 

When it comes to KakaoStory, women accounted for 56.9 percent of its users.
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