:Soompi

{{Short description|Website on Korean pop culture}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox website

| logo = Modern Soompi Logo.svg

| logo_size = 191

| name = Soompi

| launch_date = {{start date and age|1998|03}}

| url = {{URL|https://www.soompi.com/}}

| language = English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Thai

| owner = Rakuten Inc.
(Viki)

| headquarters = San Francisco, United States (Global)
Seoul, South Korea (Korean offices)

| registration = Optional

| current_status = Active

}}

Soompi is an English-language website providing coverage of Korean pop culture.{{cite web|title=Soompi.com shows Hallyu where to go|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110102000267|work=The Korea Herald|access-date=16 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216183733/http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110102000267|archive-date=16 February 2011}} It has one of the largest international Internet communities for K-pop,{{cite web|title=Have You Heard Of Soompi? It's The Largest English Community For The Korean Wave|url=http://www.advancedtechnologykorea.com/?p=3298|work=Advanced Technology Korea|access-date=16 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429202117/http://www.advancedtechnologykorea.com/?p=3298|archive-date=29 April 2011}} mostly concentrated in news and forums. With more than 23 million fans across all platforms, Soompi offers English and Spanish services.{{cite news | url=http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/23628/kt-new-strategies-media-contents-industry | title=KT - New Strategies for Media & Contents industry | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220120517/http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/23628/kt-new-strategies-media-contents-industry | archive-date=20 February 2015 | date=24 September 2012 | work=Korea IT Times | access-date=16 March 2018 | first=Kim | last=Dae-yong }}

Since its establishment in 1998, Soompi has grown into one of the longest-running, and most frequently visited websites providing coverage of Korean music, celebrity news and entertainment.{{cite web|last=Bue|first=Jonathan|title=K-Pop's Connection to CSUN|url=http://sundial.csun.edu/2012/10/the-stealthy-spree-of-k-pop/|quote="of Soompi.com, an English language authority for Korean entertainment." |publisher=Daily Sundial|access-date=27 October 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001627/http://sundial.csun.edu/2012/10/the-stealthy-spree-of-k-pop/|archive-date=31 December 2013}}{{cite news |title=Can Girls Generation break through in America?|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/02/07/can-girls%E2%80%99-generation-break-through-in-america/|work=The Wall Street Journal|quote="“Girls’ Generation are easily the biggest girl group in all of Asia,” says Susan Kang, founder and CEO of Soompi.com, the largest English-language K-pop site."| access-date=14 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212052959/http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/02/07/can-girls%E2%80%99-generation-break-through-in-america/|archive-date=12 February 2012}}{{cite web|title=Ways to keep the Wave rolling around the world |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2941687 |work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=16 February 2012|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625004348/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2941687|archive-date=25 June 2012}}{{cite news|title=Gangname-style viral popularity in US has koreans puzzled gratified |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/08/28/gangnam-style-viral-popularity-in-u-s-has-koreans-puzzled-gratified|work=The Wall Street Journal|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705161953/https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/08/28/gangnam-style-viral-popularity-in-u-s-has-koreans-puzzled-gratified/|archive-date=2017-07-05}}

Initially its visitors were mostly Koreans residing in foreign nations, with over 1.2 million people visiting the site. However, as of 2012, the majority of its members are non-Koreans in the United States, Canada, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, among others.{{cite web|title=Web triggers global renaissance of Korean Wave|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/html/492/2941492.html|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=16 February 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712125254/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/html/492/2941492.html|archive-date=12 July 2012}}{{cite web|title=Soompi – A Site Where Netizens Revel in Korean Culture|url=http://www.koreabrand.net/en/know/know_view.do?CATE_CD=0009&SEQ=2624|work=Koreabrand.net|access-date=16 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119065846/http://www.koreabrand.net/en/know/know_view.do?CATE_CD=0009&SEQ=2624|archive-date=19 January 2012}}