According to Koreaboo, YouTuber Ssoyoung attracted attention when appearing on MBN's Dongchimi chat show.
In the program, the female YouTuber with an account of nearly 12 million subscribers shared about her journey to build her personal channel.
Ssoyoung said: My first video of mukbang was a scene where I ate kimbap. My husband bought it for me. After a period of continuous making videos, I have reached nearly 10 million subscribers.
After that, Ssoyoung was asked if she could earn a lot of money, and the YouTuber replied by comparing the amount of money she earned as a YouTuber with her acting career.
As you all know, the amount of money earned each month will be different, depending on the number of views. But the amount of money I earn in a month as a YouTuber is more than the total amount of money I have earned over my entire 14-year acting career combined, Ssoyoung revealed.
Han So Young was born in 1987, debuted as an actress in 2004. She is known through TV series such as Glamorous Temptation, Second To Last Love, Father and Ill Take Care Of You...
Her last role was in the drama My Wonderful Life which aired in 2020. After that, So Young switched to being a YouTuber, taking the name Ssoyoung and posting videos with content about mukbang (eating).
Currently, on his YouTube channel with 11.8 million subscribers, Ssoyoung has posted 1,400 videos, attracting 2.5 billion views.
According to Korea Times, recently, the trend of Korean actors expanding their activities to YouTube has increased. Especially actors in their 40s and 50s. These include Kim Nam Joo, Han Ga In, Ko Hyun Jung, Lee Min Jung, Ko So Young, Lee Mi Sook...
When their on-screen opportunities are increasingly limited, they have tried their hand at being YouTubers, bringing the audience intimate content such as sharing about daily life, housework, instructions on how to wear makeup, take care of their bodies...
According to experts, the advantage of actors becoming YouTubers is that they are not bound by a specific schedule and can freely develop their lives according to their own rhythm and style.
In particular, if they are people who rarely reveal their private aspects before, the public's interest is even greater.
Entertainment content on YouTube in Korea is also growing and receiving strong investment. There are many artists who have opened their own YouTube channels to produce their own entertainment programs, in the form of talk shows combining some exchange and interaction activities.
Nowadays, actors and film crews often choose to appear on online entertainment programs, not just limited to television.
Last month, when the crew of Uncle Agency 8 went to Korea to promote, Hollywood star Tom Cruise participated in a BTS online entertainment program. The show was released on BTS' YouTube channel BANGTANTV.
Actor Son Suk Koo recently surprised everyone when he appeared on YouTube channel Jimmizo, which is also a big fan of his. This was the idea that was brought up when Son Suk Koo and the film crew discussed a promotional plan for the movie "Nine Puzzle" starring him, released on Disney+.
