Comico is a
webtoon
Webtoons () are a type of episodic digital comics that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones
A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allo ...
portal based in Japan that is part of
NHN Japan Corporation
NHN Japan Corporation is the Japanese subsidiary of NHN Entertainment Corporation. Not to be confused with the previous NHN Japan Corporation which was later renamed Line Corporation
was a Japanese internet company. It was a subsidiary of Z ...
. NHN Japan first launched its webtoon platform Comico in Japan in 2013. It was then followed by a launch in Taiwan in 2014 and then in Thailand and South Korea in 2016 followed by Indonesia (defunct
since September 30, 2019) and Spanish language (defunct since 2019) in 2017.
Comico launched its service in Vietnam in April 2020 and in July 2020 launched its English-language service under the name Pocket Comics. Comico has also stated that it will relaunch its Spanish service with the "Pocket Comics" brand later in the future. In 2017,
Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen rat ...
found it to be the second largest website for digital comics in Japan based on the number of users. The Taiwanese version of "Comico" was rebranded to the "Pocket Comics" branding soon after the launch. On January 24, 2022, NHN Japan launched a French-language service for Pocket Comics.
That same year, a German-language service was launched.
Series
Comico
Comico Japan Challenge
Comico Japan PLUS
Comico Korea
Comico Taiwan
References
External links
Comico JapanComico Taiwan
(Defunct, moved to Pocket Comics)
Comico KoreaComico ThailandComico Indonesia
(Defunct)
Comico Spanish
(Defunct)
Comico Vietnam
Pocket Comics
{{Comico (platform)
Webtoon publishing companies