In a survey conducted in September 2021 by among South Korean app users on their experience with purchasing apps, roughly ** percent of respondents aged 45 to 54 years old stated that they had bought apps before. Respondents aged 16 to 24 years old were least likely to have purchased mobile applications, with around **** percent of respondents in that age group answering to have never done that before.
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Rakuten Insight. (November 24, 2021). Share of people having purchased mobile applications before in South Korea as of September 2021, by age [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/1279245/south-korea-experience-with-app-purchases-by-age/
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