”Earn 3 million won in 4 hours” - AfreecaTV broadcaster earnings hit record high in Korea

A broadcast jockey (BJ) from the Korean internet video sharing service "AfreecaTV" won 500 billion won in cyber money last year, the largest amount ever in a single year.
According to the "2023 ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Report" released by SOOP, the operator of Africa TV, on the 3rd of this month, last year Africa
TV BJs' "streamer distribution fees" (star balloon fees, subscription fees, etc.) totaled 476.1 billion won (about 55.4 billion yen). This is an increase from the previous year (388.1 billion won, about 45.2 billion yen).
This is a 22.7% increase from the previous year (2018 figure of 153.1 billion won). Streamer distributions have been increasing every year. Distributions were 153.1 billion won (16.8 billion won) in 2018 and increased to 195.7 billion won in 2019.
(approx. 22.7 billion yen), 251.5 billion won (approx. 29.2 billion yen) in 2020, and 346.3 billion won (approx. 39.4 billion yen) in 2021.
The percentage is said to be around 90%. Currently, there are 30,000 broadcasters working on Afreeca TV, with an average of over 2 million monthly users. Popular broadcaster Hoshi Fuusen earns 500 to 700 million won a month.
Popular BJ "COMMANDER ZICO" earned over 30 billion won (about 3.5 billion yen) last year.
Seo Jisoo, a member of the girl group Lovelyz, made her debut as a broadcaster on Afreeca TV and earned 3 million won (about 350,000 yen) in four hours.
The star balloon commission is split between AfreecaTV and the broadcasting jockey in a ratio of 3:7. If the broadcasting jockey earns 111 won (about 10 yen, tax included) per star balloon, AfreecaTV will receive 111 won.
KTV will earn 30 to 40 won (approximately 3 to 5 yen) in revenue. Viewers can purchase up to 10,000 star balloons per day.
SOOP will record only 30% of the total Star Balloon revenue as its own sales.
The sales of the "Platform" business division, which includes ship sales, were 259 billion won (about 302 billion yen) last year. If this is combined with the streamer distribution, SOOP's net sales from Star Balloon last year were
The company's sales and operating profit for this year will be 735,068 million won (approximately 85.4 billion yen). SOOP is expected to achieve its highest results ever this year. According to a financial information company, SOOP's annual sales and operating profit for this year are
The average estimates from securities companies are 424.9 billion won (US$494 million) and 117.4 billion won (US$137 million), respectively. These are increases of 22.2% and 30.0% compared to the previous year.
The maximum was recorded.