[The Chosun Ilbo, June 12 2008] Chosun.com Most Frequented News Website

Chosun.com is the most visited Korean news site, a recent survey by the Korean Advertisers Association reveals. The association conducted a poll of 2,000 people between the ages of 15 and 70 from March 19 to April 9 which shows that 7.4 percent visited Chosun.com, and 5.8 percent SportsSeoul. The Maeil Business Newspaper and OhmyNews came third and fourth among daily newspapers with 5.3 and 4 percent.

Among websites of TV networks, KBS came first with 7.4 percent, and iMBC second with 5.6 percent. SBS and CBS followed with 5.1 and 1.2 percent respectively. To the question, “Which site did you visit yesterday?” out of all websites including portals, shopping, game, and banking sites, Chosun.com came 12th along with KBS, the highest place for a news website. Naver and Daum, the two major portal sites in Korea, came first and second with 82.5 and 51.2 percent, respectively. Cyworld, a networking blog website, was third with 28.3 percent.