As manga establishes itself as a multi-billion dollar industry, 2023’s biggest manga app saw a shocking $675 million in transactions — leaving names more familiar to U.S. readers like Manga Plus and Shonen Jump far behind.The Korea Economic Daily (KED) reports that the Japanese manga app Piccoma surpassed 100 billion yen in 2023, or $675.2 million in sales made through the app. According to Piccoma’s owners, Kakao Corporation, this is the first time a digital manga or comics service platform has ever exceeded this milestone. Data from the market analysis firm data.ai added that this transaction total placed Piccoma as the 17th-best app worldwide in terms of transaction volume, and excluding games, as the seventh. Only TikTok, YouTube, Disney+, Tinder, Google One and HBO Max made more.Kakao has taken numerous steps in recent weeks to combat the latter, including the aggressive pursuit of one of the most popular manga reading apps, Tachiyomi. The app recently suspended all development, and this follows the closure of another site after Kakao reported it had identified its owners in December. Meanwhile, MANGA Plus has acted to ensure that its mainline manga in Japan can be accessed by foreign readers as quickly as possible via simulpubs.
As manga establishes itself as a multi-billion dollar industry, 2023’s biggest manga app saw a shocking $675 million in transactions — leaving names more familiar to U.S. readers like Manga Plus and Shonen Jump far behind.
The Korea Economic Daily (KED) reports that the Japanese manga app Piccoma surpassed 100 billion yen in 2023, or $675.2 million in sales made through the app. According to Piccoma’s owners, Kakao Corporation, this is the first time a digital manga or comics service platform has ever exceeded this milestone. Data from the market analysis firm data.ai added that this transaction total placed Piccoma as the 17th-best app worldwide in terms of transaction volume, and excluding games, as the seventh. Only TikTok, YouTube, Disney+, Tinder, Google One and HBO Max made more.
Kakao has taken numerous steps in recent weeks to combat the latter, including the aggressive pursuit of one of the most popular manga reading apps, Tachiyomi. The app recently suspended all development, and this follows the closure of another site after Kakao reported it had identified its owners in December. Meanwhile, MANGA Plus has acted to ensure that its mainline manga in Japan can be accessed by foreign readers as quickly as possible via simulpubs.
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