Neighborhood Friend-Making 'Danggeun Meeting'... Surpasses 15 Million Users

1.27 Billion Cumulative Visits in One Year

Carrot, a domestic local community platform, announced on the 31st that its 'Meetups' feature, which connects local online and offline gatherings quickly and easily, has surpassed 15 million users within one year of its launch.

Launched officially last July starting in the Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon areas, Meetups attracted significant user interest from the beginning and expanded its service area nationwide within three months of opening. After one year, the number of registered users and created meetups increased by 20 times and 12 times respectively, showing rapid growth with over 15 million users and a cumulative visit count reaching 1.27 billion.

Among Carrot Meetup members, half were found to be active in two or more meetups. Additionally, 58% of those who participated in at least one meetup event also joined other meetup events. This indicates that positive experiences through neighbor meetups are accumulating, leading to higher registration and participation rates.

The most popular meetup categories were exercise (26%), neighborhood friends (19%), and self-development (10%). The regions with the highest number of meetup users were Gyeonggi Province (27%), Seoul (17%), and Gyeongsangnam-do (6%). The age groups with the most users were in their 30s (26%), 40s (25%), 50s (22%), and 20s (19%), and the gender ratio was fairly balanced with males at 52.7% and females at 47.3%.

Jingyeom, head of the Carrot Group Platform Team, said, “Although the Meetup service has only been open for one year, many users are sharing interests and actively interacting with neighbors through local meetups, discovering the joy of community activities. We will continue to do our best to create opportunities for neighbors to form empathy on more diverse topics as the largest local community platform in Korea.”

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