"Korean Internet Ranks No.1 Worldwide in 4K Video Resolution Implementation Rate"

[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] It has been revealed that South Korea has the highest rate of actual 4K quality implementation when streaming 4K resolution videos over the internet among major countries worldwide.

According to Ookla, the operator of the internet speed measurement site 'Speedtest,' a survey was conducted in the third quarter of this year on 24 countries worldwide, measuring the time 4K video quality was maintained when playing 4K videos on mobile devices, confirming this result.

South Korea ranked highest with an average of 80.4%. The second place was Switzerland with 80.3%. Following were Croatia at 79.7%, Kuwait 77.4%, Norway 75.4%, Saudi Arabia 73.9%, France 72.2%, and Bahrain 70.7%, respectively.

In a survey targeting only 5G networks, South Korea also took first place in maintaining 4K resolution, with 95.9% of total playback time. Next were Norway at 94.5%, Kuwait 94%, South Africa 93.6%, and Switzerland 92.6%.

Regarding the time taken from adjusting video quality based on network conditions and device performance to the actual start of the video playback, Switzerland recorded the shortest time globally at 1.02 seconds. South Korea ranked second at 1.07 seconds. Following were Norway at 1.1 seconds, Hong Kong and Croatia at 1.17 seconds, and Portugal at 1.24 seconds.

For 5G networks, South Africa had the shortest time at 0.73 seconds, followed by Switzerland at 0.79 seconds, Norway at 0.82 seconds, Hong Kong at 0.86 seconds, and South Korea at 0.9 seconds.

In the survey targeting ultra-high-speed internet, South Korea excelled globally in both 4K quality implementation rate and video start time. The 4K quality implementation rate was 92.2%, and the time taken to start the video was 0.67 seconds.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.