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Webtoon (platform)
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Webtoon
Type of site
Webtoon platform
Available inMultilingual
Owner
Created byJunKoo Kim
ParentWebtoon Entertainment
URLKorean website
English website
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched
  • 2004 Korean
  • 2013 Japanese (Line Manga launched)
  • 2014 English, Thai, Mandarin, Cantonese
  • 2015 Indonesian
  • 2019 Spanish, French
Current statusActive

Webtoon[a] (stylized in all caps) is a South Korean webtoon platform launched in 2004 by Naver Corporation, providing hosting for webtoons and compact digital comics. The platform is free, and is found both on the web at Webtoons.com and on mobile devices available for both Android and iOS.[1]

The platform first launched in South Korea as Naver Webtoon and then globally as Line Webtoon in July 2014, as the Naver brand is not well known outside of South Korea and some of its services are also not available outside of the country. The service gained a large amount of traction during the late 2000s and early 2010s. In 2016, Naver's webtoon service entered the Japanese market as XOY and the Chinese market as Dongman Manhua.[2][3] On December 18, 2018, Naver closed XOY and migrated all of its translated and original webtoons to Line Manga, its manga service that offers licensed manga.[4] In 2019, Line Webtoon was changed to Webtoon in English; Spanish and French versions were launched.

The platform partners with creators to publish original content under the Webtoon Originals[5] banner and hosts a number of other series on its self-publishing site Canvas.[6] Line Webtoon comics can be discovered through the "daily system" function, along with being read and downloaded for free on computers and both iOS and Android devices.[7][8] In November 2020, Webtoon established a new subsidiary called Webtoon Studios for the purpose of licensing English-language properties.[9] In August 2022, it was reported that Wattpad Webtoon studios announced that would expand with a new animation division.[10]

History

Webtoons are a sub-menu of the gate companies that began with South Korean portal services Daum and Naver. Posting comic content for free caused the $3 billion South Korean book and comic industry to rapidly collapse. The Naver site started in 1999 by merging with Hangame, but it initially had a muted response as a hidden menu. Webtoon administrators paid comic artists only 50,000 Korean Won ($50) as their monthly wage, a highly unscrupulous tactic. In the 1990s, Korean artists claimed that even with a monthly income of 6 million Korean Won ($6,000), it was challenging to do weekly serials. With exorbitant royalties, professional artists experienced mental shock.[11]

In 2013, Webtoon launched Page Profit Share (PPS), which offered the artist a share of the advertising revenue for the first time.[12] After the purchase of Wattpad in early 2021 by Naver Corporation, both companies started to work together under Naver's content division.[13][14] Webtoon now features webcomics such as: Lore Olympus, unOrdinary, True Beauty, Space Boy, and Gourmet Hound.

South Korea had long prohibited cultural exchange with Japan due to the traumatic history of Japanese colonial rule. In 1998, official cultural exchanges were established, following South Korea's financial crisis in 1997, initiated by the IMF. Many unemployed individuals used their severance pay to start comic rental shops, and the government issued excessive licenses, leading to saturation.

Publishers expanded their comic titles during this period, and comic book sales flourished at the end of the century. However, the excessive rental shops returned comics bought on credit within a month, causing publishers to face economic hardship. As digital comic companies started emerging, they created webzines, such as N4 and Comics Today, but these businesses ultimately failed due to unethical behavior by their CEOs.

Portal sites gathered a large online audience by offering comics as bait, and Daum initially led the webtoon market. Naver, taking advantage of the unexpected success of comics, placed webtoons in premium advertising spaces worth 300 million Korean Won on its portal surface. This significantly increased their traffic and allowed Naver to surpass Daum. The key to their success in the portal market was comics.

In 2004, they already had a market share of 80%. Kim Jun-gu, who introduced the "Bizarre Comics" genre, played a crucial role in Naver's rapid growth. In 2008, Naver introduced ads in webtoons, but they did not fairly share the ad revenue with artists. Unfair contracts accumulated, and in 2010, Nate exposed Daum's unfair treatment of comic artists, revealing that they earned less than 1 million Korean Won ($700) per month. The unfair practices of Naver remained undisclosed.

In 2012, Naver and Daum did not participate in the legal crackdown on illegal sites that had been pirating their content for eight years. The first legal action was taken against a frame link piracy site. In 2013, Lezhin Comics introduced a new form of payment called "Time Delay."

Naver adopted this payment model and, due to the free nature of its site, had to offer low royalties to artists. However, the influx of readers brought in significant income through search keywords, exceeding the revenue from selling comics, despite the cost of around 26,000 to 4,000 Korean Won ($20 to $3) per keyword.

Moreover, there were multiple ads. Naver absorbed the electronic publication rights of Korean artists for a small fee, which allowed them to monopolize works for a long time even though they were not books. Mobile platforms were utilized for brand promotion, and international publishing rights were eventually obtained. Many aspiring creators submitted free comics, and the influx of free content was guaranteed as long as they were not part of the 0.1% that received a formal serialization.

Due to this discrimination, freelance creators couldn't unite. Some profited from this system, which improved the company's image thanks to a few star artists. The "vertical scrolling" method was used to fit more content, demanding over 100 cuts, which strained artists' health due to the excessive workload.

Kakao Webtoons' top artist, for example, died at the age of 37 due to overwork. The BBC reported on artists suffering from severe labor and exploitation. The "gate sites," which were initially established to support comics, became highly profitable.

Global launch

On July 2, 2014, the Line Webtoon website and mobile app were launched worldwide, allowing international artists to upload their own works to the service. Hundreds of webtoons are available in the self-publishing section of Webtoon, known as Canvas, where artists can be paid based on page views.[15] JunKoo Kim, Director and Head of the Line Webtoon Division at the time of the launch, stated that a partnership with established and up-and-coming American creators would serve to "expand selection of titles and help expand their fan base."[16] Naver Corporation selected 42 webtoons (including Noblesse, Tower of God, and The God of High School) and one new webtoon by an American artist to be available on the service in English at launch.[17][18] According to 148 Apps, the service offered "plenty of content" at launch, as seven to ten webtoons were updated each day and the webtoons spanned various genres.[19]

Partnerships

In April 2013, Naver Webtoon created a Profit Page Share program. Webtoon's global profit sharing programs have seen exponential growth over the past decade. Today the company's business model has expanded to include paid content sales, advertising revenue, and IP business revenue. When launched in 2013, Webtoon's programs generated 23.2 billion won. By 2022, these programs have grown to 2.25 trillion won (USD $1.69 billion) - an increase of more than 87 times.[7][20] [21]

In 2015, Line Webtoon partnered with American comics veteran Stan Lee, Image Comics co-founder Marc Silvestri, and make-up artist Michelle Phan in order to promote their service.[22][23] Silvestri brought his long-running comics series Cyberforce to the platform.[24] Various other established American comic book artists and cartoonists have also partnered with Line Webtoon over time, including Dean Haspiel (New Brooklyn),[25] Katie Cook (Nothing Special),[26] Seth Kushner and Shamus Beyale (The Brooklynite),[27] and Tracy J. Butler (Lackadaisy).[28]

In September 2016, Line Webtoon partnered with the Patreon crowdfunding service, incorporating a "Patreon button" in the "Discover" portion of the website. This function creates an easier channel for readers and artists to mutually communicate.[29] Naver invested US$3.6 million and $1,000 every following month for webtoon creators who reached a certain threshold of activity and popularity with a Patreon page.[28][30] One month later, Naver signed with the Creative Artists Agency for film and television opportunities in the United States.[31]

Line Webtoon also partnered with DeviantArt in the second half of 2016, in the form of the "Artist Alley Tour". The companies were active at four Comic Cons: Boston Comic Con, Baltimore Comic Con, Rose City Comic Con, and New York Comic Con. Here, Line Webtoon and DeviantArt held discussion panels, "Artist Alley Sponsorships", live draw events, influencer and creator demonstration areas, and on-site contests.[32][33]

In 2017 Line Webtoon and Legendary Comics expanded their partnership with the addition of John Barrowman's Acursian and season 2 of Firebrand.[34][35]

In 2018 included partnering with Noble Transmission and Common for the new Caster series.[36]

In 2019 Webtoon's digital content subsidiary Studio LICO collaboratively produced with Big Hit Entertainment to release Save Me as part of the latter's BTS Universe (BU) which revolves around the output of South Korean boy band BTS.[37]

On October 15, 2019, Crunchyroll and Line Webtoon announced a partnership to produce animated works of Line Webtoon's catalog. The two will team up to tackle the distribution, licensing, and retail of the series produced from the partnership.[38]

In May 2020, it was announced that Webtoon was being transferred to Naver Webtoon Corp.[39]

In October 2020, Webtoon and Archie Comics announced that the two companies would collaborate for the new Webtoon original series Archie Comics: Big Ethel Energy, which launched in September 2021.[40]

In January 2021, Webtoon's parent company Naver announced that it would acquire the popular user-generated fiction platform Wattpad, to provide more opportunities for creators. The acquisition was completed in May 2021. Wattpad had previously partnered with Webtoon in its 2020 Watty Awards Contest.[41][42]

In June 2021, Wattpad and Webtoon announced that the companies would merge their studio divisions to create Wattpad Webtoon Studios, a division of the company focused on developing Wattpad and Webtoon IP for film, television, and print publishing. As of May 2023, around 300 projects from Webtoon and Wattpad Webtoon Studios are in development for entertainment adaptations.[43][44][45]

In August 2021, it was announced that Webtoon would be partnering with DC Entertainment to create standalone webcomics that "will appeal to all fans, without the need to know or read any previous stories."[46] The series are being adapted by Webtoon creators instead of established DC creators.[47] Line Webtoon founder and CEO Junkoo Kim put it this way: "DC has allowed us to create content with their characters and world. The writers of Webtoon are creating content based on DC characters."[48]

The first announced DC collaboration was a Batman-oriented title, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures. Additional series within this partnership, Vixen: NYC, Red Hood: Outlaws, and Zatanna & the Ripper, were announced in April 2022.[48][49][50][51]

In November 2021, Webtoon announced a series of upcoming webcomics created in collaboration with BTS-management company Hybe and various artists from the label including BTS, TXT, and Enhypen. These series, 7Fates: Chakho, Dark Moon: The Blood Altar, and The Star Seekers, launched January 15, 16, and 17, 2022, respectively.[52]

Webtoon has also partnered with Rewriting Extinction, the global 12-month comic storytelling campaign supporting seven charities involved in biodiversity conservation and the climate crisis, featuring comics from the likes of Jane Goodall. The adapted celebrity-created comics from the campaign launched on Webtoon on December 23, 2022.[53]

Marvel Entertainment partnered with Webtoon in January 2022 to create the seven-part miniseries Eternals: The 500 Year War, which launched in tandem with the Eternals' arrival for at-home viewing.[54]

Popular video game PUBG: Battlegrounds joined Webtoon's growing slate of partnerships in January 2022 with the creation of three new digital comics based on the fantasy world in the Krafton video game.[55]

In May 2022, Webtoon and McDonald's USA partnered to celebrate Asian Pacific American voices through a webcomic series called Drawing on Heritage.[56]

In April 2023, Webtoon announced a creative partnership with Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple, an original webcomic set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The series is published by Redice Studio.[57]

Webtoon teamed up with Discord in May 2023, and announced a dedicated Webtoon Discord server as well as a content collaboration for the original webcomic miniseries Wumpus Wonderventures, created in partnership with Merryweather Media.[58]

Userbase

The userbase of Webtoon grew rapidly after the service was released globally, with 10 million people reading on the platform daily and 35 million people monthly.[59] In Asia, several webtoons receive 5 million views per week.[59] In 2016, 42% of the webtoon creators on Line Webtoon were female, as were 50% of its 6 million active daily readers.[60][61] 75% of the users in North America are 24 or younger and 64% are female.[62][63]

Between 2020 and 2021, Webtoon paid out more than $27 million to its base of more than 120,000 creators who publish in English. In Korea, top creators earn an average of $250,000 per year. The top creator earned around $9 million in 2021.[64]

As of March 2023, Webtoon has grown to receive more than 125 billion views annually. It has 85.6 million monthly active users worldwide, and has become the top webcomic platform in the United States with 12.5 million monthly active users.[65][66]

Coins

Webtoon uses coins as a currency that readers can purchase in the app. Currently, the currency is exclusive to readers using the Android or iOS versions of the app.[67] Readers can utilize coins to support their favorite creators and access completed series or Fast Pass content, allowing them to read ahead. The number of coins required to unlock an episode varies depending on the series being read. In addition, Coins can be utilized to unlock Daily Pass episodes. For every Daily Pass series, you have the option to unlock one episode for free each day. Once unlocked, each Daily Pass episode remains accessible for 14 days. Alternatively, you may use Coins to unlock these episodes, which allows you to access them for as long as the series is available on Webtoon.[68]

Contests

Naver Corporation has held various comics competitions through its Webtoon service. In 2015, Line launched the "Challenge League", a recurring competition where amateur artists have the chance to become an "official Line webtoon artist", as well as win tens of thousands of US Dollars. Over 19,000 people joined the first English-language Challenge League in February 2015, which was won by Stephen McCranie's Space Boy.[69] Local Challenge Weeks were also held; the first Thai Challenge League was held in April 2015 and had a grand prize of 1 million baht.[70]

In June 2015, Naver Corporation hosted the Science Fiction Comics Contest, a global competition with a grand prize of US$30,000. JunKoo Kim called science fiction, the theme of the competition, "both the broadest and fastest-growing area in comics and entertainment, a natural fit as the genre for our second comics contest." This contest had over 800 entrants and was won by Srinitybeast's Overdrive.[71][72]

In November 2018, Webtoon hosted their Discover Creator Contest. The winner, Kris Nguyen's Cape of Spirits, received a grand total of US$80,000 and an exclusive contract for the series.[73]

On February 28, 2020 "The Short Story Contest" was announced. Running from April 30 to June 30, the contest was split into two categories: "Heart" and "Brain". The grand prize winners of each category would get US$15,000, an animated short, and a featured contract,[74] with the subsequent winners being Marvin W.'s The Monster Under My Bed for "Heart" and Kotopopi's and Kibbitzer's The Ladder for "Brain".[75] The grand prize, silver, and bronze contest winners were published in two anthologies: the Heart Anthology, which released in September 2020,[76] and the Brain Anthology, which released in October 2020.[77]

Between April 2020 and July 2020, Webtoon ran an interactive contest series titled Webtoon GREENLiGHT wherein nine titles were selected and pitched to readers. The readers then voted (by liking the series' episodes) on which series would be "greenlit" as new original series. Within one week, each series had to reach a record threshold of 60,000 likes on its third episode in order to be "greenlit" for publication.[78] All nine series succeeded and were released in 2021.[79]

In the summer of 2022 Webtoon started a new contest for their users to create an action comic called Call to Action where the winner got US$50,000 and a chance to be a Webtoon original.[80]

In August 2022 Webtoon announced a Valorant contest held in conjunction with Riot Games, having fans submit original artwork depicting their interpretations of character Fade, with ten webcomics selected as winners.[81]

Features

Ongoing series

There are currently 434 manhwa titles being serialized in Webtoon as May 2024.

Series title Author(s) Korean name Premiered
+99 Reinforced Wooden Stick Hongsil (Story), Jipery (Art) 99강화나무몽둥이 March 25, 2022
1 Second Sini (Story), Gwang-un (Art) 1초 March 14, 2019
66,666 Years: Advent of the Dark Mage Pasa (Art), Hwabong (Story), Taru (Story) 66666년 만에 환생한 흑마법사 June 29, 2021
A Couple of Obligations Asona (Story), Eunkkot (Art) 부부의 의무를 원하신다면 March 27, 2024
A Dance of Swords in the Night Jinsung Yu (Story), Songmin (Art) 칼에 취한 밤을 걷다 June 7, 2022
A DeadbEAT's Meal Cheese (Story & Art) 백수세끼 September 1, 2019
A Flame Reborn Painkiller (Story), Seong Gu (Art) 멸망한 가문의 회귀자 January 5, 2024
A Man's Man Dogado (Art), Kim Taegung (Story) 상남자 July 30, 2020
A Marriage Alliance for Revenge Yun Heesa (Story), Emma (Art) 복수를 위한 결혼동맹 May 6, 2022
A Martial Master Wakes Up as a Concubine LICO (Art), Ko Yang-hee (Story) 고수, 후궁으로 깨어나다 May 27, 2023
A Not So Fairy Tale Hyobin (Story & Art) 선녀외전 September 30, 2022
A World of Gold to You Remin (Story & Art) 황금의 세계를 너에게 July 29, 2023
A.I. Doctor Hansan Leega (Story), Kukyu (Art) A.I. 닥터 February 4, 2021
Absolute Submission Hon (Story & Art) 절대복종 August 25, 2022
Absolute Sword Sense Wolya Hanjung (Story), TI (Art) 절대검감 June 19, 2022
Addicted to You Ante (Story), Taeyang (Art) 너에게로 중독 August 25, 2023
Adopted by a Murderous Duke Family Rogang (Story), Urang (Art) 암살자 가문의 수양딸이 되었다 March 25, 2024
After School Lessons for Unripe Apples Soonkki (Story & Art) 세기말 풋사과 보습학원 December 23, 2020
Aire Seoli (Story), Team Seoli (Art) 아이레 October 8, 2020
All Football Talents Are Mine Hot Six (Story), amber (Art) 축구재능 다 내꺼 October 20, 2023
An Unexpected Engagement Haesa (Story), Honghong (Art) 뜻밖의 청혼 February 19, 2024
Aristité was Blessed with a Curse Jegwajeppyeo (Story), Gahyang (Art) 저주가 저주가 아닌 게 저주 October 7, 2022
As If Love Doesn't Exist carbo (Story), Haedam Kim (Art) 사랑은 없는 것처럼 January 21, 2023
Ashtarte Andaon (Story), SOON (Art) 아슈타르테 July 31, 2022
Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple ARC (Story), Tabii (Art) 어쌔신 크리드 - 잊혀진 사원 April 23, 2023
Athena Complex Kaisar (Story & Art) 아테나 컴플렉스 June 2, 2016
Aura of a Genius Actor Geulsulsul (Story), Gamcha (Art) 천재 배우의 아우라 October 26, 2023
Auto Hunting With My Clones Mongsik (Story), Opal (Art) 분신으로 자동사냥 September 3, 2022
Aza Usaesae (Story & Art) 아사 December 17, 2021
Baby Tyrant Lee Huin (Story), Awon (Art) 베이비 폭군 February 28, 2023
Bad Boy Dooms (Story & Art) 나쁜사람 August 4, 2020
Bad Ending Maker Shim Jaeyeong (Art), Ryueun Garam (Story) 배드 엔딩 메이커 June 12, 2023
Bastian AhBin (Art), Solche (Story) 바스티안 January 19, 2023
Beast Burn Yoon-seonsaeng (Story & Art) 비스트번 December 5, 2022
Beautiful Gunbari Seoli (Story), Yoon Sung-Won (Art) 뷰티풀 군바리 February 23, 2015
Becoming a Legendary Ace Employee JRobin (Story), Capman Ajeossi (Art) 만능사원 전설이 되다 November 13, 2023
Becoming the Obsessive Male Lead's Ex-Wife Perzel (Story), Kkulsaenggang (Art) 집착남주의 전부인이 되었습니다 August 14, 2023
Beloved by My In-Laws Gyeoni (Art), So-jung Tae (Story) 사랑받는 시집살이 May 27, 2023
Best Teacher Baek Ganjjajang (Story), Oribori (Art) 일타강사 백사부 October 20, 2021
Big Spender in a Busted Game Murutt (Story & Art) 망겜의 현금술사 June 30, 2023
Bloodhound's Regression Instinct Acro (Story), Studio W (Art) 사냥개의 회귀본능 November 23, 2023
Born as the Second Daughter New Gungding Pangpang (Story), Yong Wonchang (Art) 두 번째 딸로 태어났습니다 May 11, 2022
Boundless Ascension Seonun (Story), 2 Sarang (Art) 나 혼자 특성빨로 무한 성장 December 17, 2022
Boy-Friend's Rule Doyun Lee (Story & Art) 남사친의 법칙 April 25, 2023
Bug Eater Iryuk (Story & Art) 버그이터 May 15, 2022
Call Me the Devil Ante (Story), Sseona (Art) 악마라고 불러다오 April 21, 2022
Can't Get Enough of You QuornQuorn (Art), Flada (Story) 못 잡아먹어서 안달 October 2, 2023
Castle 2: Pinnacle Jeong Yeon (Story & Art) 캐슬2:만인지상 March 7, 2023
Change Me Jiho Lee (Story), Hotti (Art) 나를 바꿔줘 September 6, 2019
Charming the Duke of the North Ju Siha (Story), Eunhasu (Art) 북부 공작님을 유혹하겠습니다 May 8, 2022
Childhood Friend Complex Eunhi (Story & Art) 소꿉친구 컴플렉스 March 13, 2024
Children of Orbit Yun-hui Na (Story), Gookim (Art) 궤도의 아이들 November 25, 2022
Children of Vamfield by Dark Moon 밤필드의 아이들 by DARK MOON March 16, 2024
Chronicles of the Demon Faction codezero (Story), Molli (Art) 마도전생기 March 24, 2023
Cleric of Decay Yoo Jetae (Art), Sadadm (Story) 부패의 사제 June 23, 2023
Corpse Knight Gunther Mayo Nuguri (Story & Art) 시체기사 군터 August 1, 2022
Couple Breaker Maenggi Ki (Story), Taegeon (Art) 커플브레이커 January 12, 2023
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Yoo Yerang (Story), Yoji (Art) 죽음을 희망합니다 May 20, 2023
Cry for Me, Crown Prince Duck Dam (Story & Art) 울어주세요, 황태자님 November 9, 2021
Cry, or Better Yet, Beg VAN.J (Art), Solche (Story) 울어 봐, 빌어도 좋고 September 12, 2023
Daily JoJo Dong-Gun Lee (Story & Art) 조조코믹스 July 15, 2021
Dead Queen Kyusam Kim (Story & Art) 데드퀸 September 10, 2020
Dear Nemesis Minato (Story), Velma (Art) 오, 친애하는 숙적 February 23, 2022
Death God Jae-Won Lim (Art), Seolbong (Story) 사신 September 1, 2022
Descended from Divinity Sancheon (Story), Altoran (Art), Upu (Art) 천마는 평범하게 살 수 없다 June 14, 2021 Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Webtoon_(platform)
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