Overview

• Official National Tax Service figures show the number of high-earning creators rose from 2,449 in 2021 to 3,359 in 2022 and 4,011 in 2023, a 63.8 percent jump over two years.
• A total of 24,673 individuals reported YouTube income in 2023, up 52 percent from 2021, with combined reported earnings climbing 64.9 percent to 1.778 trillion won.
• High earners were broadly gender-balanced at 2,088 men and 1,923 women, and creators in their 30s formed the largest age group.
• Rep. Cha Gyu-geun highlighted the data while urging tougher enforcement as the tax agency prepares probes into earnings concealed as donations.
• Regional tax offices audited 67 creators from 2019 to 2024 and levied 23.6 billion won in total, averaging about 350 million won per case.