Tapas (website)
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Tapas, formerly known as Tapastic and originally known as Comic Panda,[nb 1] is a South Korean webtoon and prose publishing website and app owned by Tapas Media, a Kakao Entertainment company. It was created in 2012 by entrepreneurs Young-Jun Jang and Chang Kim,[2][3] who is currently Tapas Media's CEO.[5][6]
Type of site | Webcomic platform |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Tapas Media, a Kakao Entertainment company[1] |
Created by |
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URL | tapas |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 2012 |
Current status | Active |
As of February 2021 the website reports that it hosts English-language works by over 61,000 creators. Most of the works on Tapas are in romance and fantasy genres. Tapas reports that around 63% of creators on its service are women and that the majority of its users are women aged 18–24. Around 80% of its works are comics, while the rest are prose.
The site works on a freemium business model; many series have the first few episodes available for free but further episodes must be purchased. Tapas reported that in 2020, users in total typically spent US$50,000–$70,000 each day on the service, and over that year Tapas paid US$14 million to creators.