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About Webtoon Entertainment
From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Webtoon Entertainment is based in El Segundo, California and is incorporated in Delaware. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker WBTN. The SEC classifies its business as miscellaneous publishing. In the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, it reported revenue of $1.38bn and a net loss of $345.9m. At that date it held total assets of $1.60bn and shareholders' equity of $1.17bn.
Our creators, users and content drive a powerful community flywheel. By creating and publishing new and diverse content, creators on our platform help drive the scale of our user base. In turn, users build relationships with creators through real-time feedback and praise on content; fandoms built around popular characters, storylines or in-story universes; and monetary support through payments for access to content. This attracts new creators to our platform, who expand our community and deepen engagement with fans, which leads to an even stronger feedback loop and encourages more content creation. We further amplify this flywheel through other monetization models, including advertising and IP Adaptations. Finally, our platform is underpinned by our foundational technology and artificial intelligence, enabling content creation and discovery and recommendation. The result is increased user engagement, creator prosperity and, ultimately, WEBTOON success.
Creators power our content engine by authoring immersive visual stories, or titles, developing imaginative new characters and inspiring fandoms. Our creator base ranges from the individual enthusiast with a love of storytelling to the professional author building a brand and an enterprise on our platform. WEBTOON provides creators with an opportunity to monetize their creativity through various means, including Paid Content, advertising and IP Adaptations.
Quoted from its 10-K, filed 5 Mar 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗
Company facts
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Interactive Media & Services
- Listed since
- 27 Jun 2024
- Employees
- 1,800
- Website
- about.webtoon.com ↗
- Head office
- 222 N. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, EL SEGUNDO, CA, 90245
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Classification
- Miscellaneous Publishing
- Filer status
- Accelerated filer
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Junkoo KimChief Executive Officer, Director, since 2016$10.3m
- Mr. David LeeChief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Director, since 2023$5.4m
- Mr. Chankyu ParkChief Technology Officer$801,417
- Ms. Hyojung KimChief Product Officer
- Mr. Hyung KimHead of Americas Ads$447,118
- Mr. Yongsoo KimChief Strategy Officer
- Ms. Hyeeun SonChief Design Officer
- Mr. Namsun KimDirector
- Mr. Haejin LeeDirector
- Mr. Jun MasudaDirector
- Ms. Nancy DubucIndependent Director
- Mr. Saeju JeongIndependent Director
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 0
- Environment
- 0
- Social
- 0
- Governance
- 0
SWOT analysis
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Strengths
- Company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with 1,800 employees.
- Operates a global storytelling platform with users in over 150 countries.
- Offers serialized narratives in web-comics and web-novels for creators to monetize content.
Weaknesses
- IPO occurred on 2024-06-27, indicating recent market entry.
- Relies on a user base with over half of monthly active users outside core markets.
- Content is primarily delivered through serialized narratives in short-form episodes.
Opportunities
- Expanding into new markets beyond current core regions of Korea, Japan, US, and Canada.
- Monetization opportunities for creators through varied content formats.
- Growing global user base in over 150 countries with potential for further expansion.
Threats
- Dependence on a global platform with user engagement outside core markets.
- Competition in the interactive media and services industry.
- Reliance on serialized narrative formats which may limit content diversity.
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