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Fandom Redefined — The Rise of Experience-Led K-POP Consumption

  • Type

    Market Issue

  • Genre

    Music

Detail

Album sales no longer define K-POP's commercial gravity. Across live events, merchandise, fan platforms, and experience-bundled purchases, fans are spending more — and more diversely — than ever. This shift from a single act of buying music to a complex, multi-channel pattern built around experience is rewriting the rules of the fan economy.

 

00. Why It Matters, Summary, Key Implication

01. Physical Album Sales: A Structural Decline

02. Revenue Mix Shifts Among the Big 4 K-pop Agencies

03. Fan platform revenue (USD bn)

04. Experience-driven purchase behavior

05. Business insights

 

Sources:

  • KOFICE 2025 Hallyu White Paper
  • Ministry of Culture and KAMS 2025
  • SM/JYP/YG/HYBE Annual Reports
  • Weverse Company and DearU Business Reports
  • PwC Data-DrivenK-POP Value Maximization Report (Jan 2026)
  • Korea Economic Daily (Mar 2025)
  • The Guru (May 2024)
  • PwC Global E&M Outlook 2026–30 (Jun 2026)
  • KOCCA "Broadcasting & OTT Trends 2025 Vol.1"