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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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How to read this list

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
51 Ancient Greek 41k 38.6 42.3% Language
52 Slovak language 40k 42.0 39.8% Language
53 Serbian language 39k 36.3 43.7% Language
54 Javanese language 34k 36.6 20.4% Language
55 Romance languages 34k 40.4 44.0% Language
56 Sign language 34k 35.2 48.0% Language
57 Cebuano language 33k 38.2 44.2% Language
58 Sa'idi Arabic 31k 31.9 15.5% Language
59 Uyghur language 31k 25.0 42.4% Language
60 Gurung language 30k 28.0 11.2% Language
61 Sinhala language 26k 31.9 32.6% Language
62 Polish language 25k 30.0 39.1% Language
63 Banjar language 24k 39.4 19.6% Language
64 Magar language 24k 27.9 11.6% Language
65 Modern Standard Arabic 23k 35.4 46.4% Language
66 Mam language 23k 33.9 74.9% Language
67 Kapampangan language 22k 33.9 38.8% Language
68 Busuu language 21k 31.0 57.2% Language
69 Albanian language 19k 36.9 59.9% Language
70 Armenian language 19k 40.2 47.1% Language
71 Swahili language 18k 37.8 35.4% Language
72 Pashto language 17k 36.6 36.9% Language
73 Valencian 17k 44.0 60.3% Language
74 Philippine languages 17k 37.0 62.0% Language
75 Kalimba 13k 32.6 43.7% 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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