MrBeast gains most YouTube subscribers in Korea this year
Based on the number of subscribers from January to October, MrBeast was the YouTube with the most subscribers this year, according to Google Korea on Monday.
MrBeast, who has 218 million subscribers as of Dec. 12, gained popularity in Korea after shooting a real-life adaptation of the hit Netflix original series "Squid Game" (2021).
Google Korea attributed MrBeast's increase in subscribers to his use of YouTube's multi-language audio tracks feature to provide dubbed content in 10 languages, including Korean.
The most-viewed YouTube Short of 2023 was a clip of Lee doing the dance challenge for girl group IVE's song "I AM," which she uploaded on her own channel.
Google Korea also revealed Korea's top 10 most popular videogame-related videos this year, with five of them being related to the multiplayer battle arena game League of Legends.
BY JUNG SI-NAE, KIM JU-YEON [kim.juyeon2@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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