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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
26 Canadian English 162k 39.4 40.3% Language
27 Hindi 162k 35.1 40.7% Language
28 Indonesian language 148k 34.1 38.4% Language
29 Hmong language 142k 29.4 54.2% Language
30 Tigrinya language 131k 46.7 0.0% Language
31 Malaysian language 123k 34.4 69.9% Language
32 Germanic languages 123k 38.1 47.6% Language
33 Turkish language 122k 32.7 55.6% Language
34 Persian language 115k 30.8 45.4% Language
35 Kurdish languages 106k 28.0 56.6% Language
36 Galician language 100k 28.9 39.3% Language
37 Hebrew language 99k 33.1 49.2% Language
38 Ukrainian language 98k 33.0 43.2% Language
39 Greek language 77k 31.0 52.2% Language
40 Iranian languages 66k 43.4 40.6% Language
41 Burmese language 61k 34.6 37.6% Language
42 Nepali language 58k 33.0 32.9% Language
43 Portuguese language 58k 34.9 57.5% Language
44 Maguindanao language 57k 34.5 47.1% Language
45 Indo-Aryan languages 57k 30.1 8.5% Language
46 Ottoman Turkish language 57k 31.7 79.2% Language
47 Lao language 54k 38.4 50.7% Language
48 Hindustani language 51k 36.2 34.6% Language
49 Dutch language 48k 41.7 38.2% Language
50 Catalan language 45k 28.8 39.6% 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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