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Top 100 Languages in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest languages in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 211 languages tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Korean language, Japanese language and English language lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 320k, and the largest, Korean language, reaches around 6.2M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each language, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Korea, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Korean language 6.2M 30.4 57.4% Language
2 Japanese language 3.7M 29.5 58.6% Language
3 English language 3.2M 33.8 64.1% Language
4 Assamese language 1.7M 33.6 64.8% Language
5 Bengali language 1.4M 36.8 32.6% Language
6 Punjabi language 1.3M 30.8 0.0% Language
7 Gujarati language 1.1M 33.6 64.5% Language
8 Kannada language 1.1M 33.6 64.7% Language
9 Marathi language 994k 34.9 63.4% Language
10 Tamil language 929k 34.8 45.5% Language
11 Spanish language 928k 32.6 61.8% Language
12 Sanskrit 894k 32.7 59.2% Language
13 Chinese language 882k 28.3 60.0% Language
14 Urdu 879k 34.2 31.3% Language
15 Telugu language 788k 33.6 63.1% Language
16 Malay language 480k 31.7 60.3% Language
17 Russian language 413k 31.6 52.6% Language
18 Thai language 373k 32.6 54.9% Language
19 Filipino language 315k 36.2 49.0% Language
20 Vietnamese language 284k 30.8 56.5% Language
21 Italian language 272k 32.2 55.2% Language
22 Khmer language 258k 30.1 37.9% Language
23 German language 198k 31.6 52.4% Language
24 French language 195k 30.2 54.4% Language
25 Tagalog language 178k 33.2 47.5% Language

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each language by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest language in South Korea?

Korean language currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.2M people in South Korea.

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