SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- Three streaming platforms for South Korean movies and dramas saw their user numbers soar in May, while global streaming giant Netflix saw a slight decline, and the country's largest streaming platform run by CJ ENM saw its popularity. The number of active users reached nearly 5.15 million in May, up 4.8% from the previous month. According to data from the tracking company Mobile Index. The May stat also represents a 35% jump from the 3.81 million active users in May of last year.
Coupang Play and Wavve also recorded a growth of 0.5% and 3.1% in the monthly number of active users in May to 4.31 million users and 3.92 million users, respectively, to continue the increase in recent months. , according to Mobile Index data.Netflix, the world's largest streaming platform, maintained its strong position at number one in the South Korean market in May, but suffered a slight decline in its user volume. The data showed that the monthly number of active users on the platform reached 11.53 million in May, down 1.7% from April.
The monthly number of active users on "Netflix" has stabilized at 11 million over the course of this year, with the exception of January and March, when they numbered 12.58 million and 12.45 million, respectively, as the giant company was struggling to impress users with a successful series in the second quarter.In May, another South Korean streaming service, Watchcha, saw its monthly active users drop in May to 720,000 from 750,000 in April.