Papago Monthly Users Exceed 20 Million... Overseas Users Increase by 27% in One Year

Naver's artificial intelligence (AI) translation service Papago has surpassed 20 million global monthly users.

According to industry sources on the 10th, Naver Cloud's own data shows that Papago's monthly active users (MAU, combined application and web versions) last month reached approximately 20.74 million, an 18% increase compared to May of the previous year.

Papago's MAU first exceeded 20 million in March this year with 20.05 million users. It continued its upward trend after recording 20.39 million in April.

Since its launch in 2016, Papago's MAU surpassed 10 million in 2019 and steadily grew to 18 million last year.

Over the past year, overseas users have significantly increased. Last month, overseas users accounted for 5.41 million of Papago's total users, a 27% increase compared to one year ago. In particular, in May, Papago app users in the Greater China region including China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan surged by 95% compared to the previous year, influenced by expanded flight routes.

Papago has continuously upgraded its performance. After introducing the 'offline translation' feature in 2019, which works without an internet connection, it launched instant image translation and more. In August 2022, it introduced 'AR Instant Translation,' which recognizes video captured by the camera and translates it in real time. The number of supported languages also increased to 16 this year with the addition of Arabic.

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