Daum (web portal)

{{Infobox website

| name = Daum

| url = {{URL|daum.net}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = Web portal

| registration = Optional

| language = Korean

| owner = Kakao Corp.

| users = 6.9 million (Mobile MAU)

| launch_date = {{start date and age|1997|05}}

| current_status = Online

| logo = Daum logo (2025–).svg

| logo_caption = Logo since 2025

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 다음

| rr = Daeum

| mr = Taŭm

}}

Daum ({{langx|ko|다음}}) is a South Korean web portal. Daum was founded in 1995 and launched on December 20th, 1995 by the company Daum Communications. It also offers a variety of services, including cloud storage (Daum Cloud), Daum Dictionary (for mobile devices), Daum Comics, and map service (Daum Maps).{{Cite web |title=Kakao company |url=https://www.kakaocorp.com/page/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=kakaocorp.com |language=ko}}

File:Daum Spacedotone Statue.jpg

Daum Kakao is the company behind the Kakao messaging service and Daum is a Korean web portal with many services.{{Cite web |last=matthew |date=2014-02-03 |title=KakaoTalk Nominated for Most Innovative Mobile App Award at Global Mobile Awards 2014 |url=https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=3135 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Businesskorea |language=ko}}

History

The former Daum Communications Corporation was founded in 1994 by Park Geon-hee and Lee Jae-woong (businessperson), and the company launched the namesake portal in May 1997 making it the first South Korean web portal.

Daum offers various Internet services to web users, including a popular free web-based e-mail, messaging services, shopping, news services.

In 2006, they started a blogging service Tistory a blogging platform developing company.{{Cite web |title=카카오 티스토리 블로그에 '후원' 모델 도입 |url=https://v.daum.net/v/20231023115236547 |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=다음 - 미디어오늘}}

Daum company also develops and distributes the freeware media player PotPlayer.

In addition to its freeware media player (Daum tvPot), Daum Communications Corp. provides a variety of services such as clouding service (Daum Cloud), Daum Dictionary (applicable on mobile devices), Daum Comics, and map service (Daum Maps).{{Cite web |title=카카오맵 |url=https://m.map.kakao.com/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=카카오맵 |language=ko}}

Daum has about 874 employees as of March 2009, and was the 2nd largest web portal service provider in South Korea in terms of daily visits.{{Cite web|url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01236566589718112&mediaCodeNo=257&OutLnkChk=Y|title=NHN, 포털 1위 쉽게 내주지 않을 것-교보|date=2009-06-03|website={{ill|Edaily|ko|이데일리}}|language=ko|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729014743/https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01236566589718112&mediaCodeNo=257&OutLnkChk=Y|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Daum merged with Kakao Corp. (at that time known as Kakao Inc.), known as the maker of KakaoTalk, to form Daum Kakao.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/25/kakao-daum/|title=Kakao And Daum To Merge, Creating One Of South Korea's Largest Internet Companies|first=Catherine|last=Shu|date=26 May 2014|access-date=25 June 2017|archive-date=26 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526082243/https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/25/kakao-daum/|url-status=live}}

Logos

Daum Communications logo (1997–2000).png|1995–2000

Daum Communications logo (2000–2010).svg|2000–2010{{cite web |lang=ko |script-title=ko:<다음Daum, 로고 및 홈페이지 전면 개편> 개인화서비스를 강조한 “다음2.0버전“ 새롭게 선보여 |url=https://www.kakaocorp.com/page/detail/5275 |website=Kakao Corp. |date=2000-01-10 |access-date=2025-01-14}}

Daum Communications logo (2010–2013).svg|2010–2013{{cite news |lang=ko |author=이희욱 |script-title=ko:CI 바꾼 다음, "최고의 검색 품질, 모바일로 확장" |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/293/0000004471?sid=105 |date=2010-04-14 |access-date=2025-01-14 |newspaper=Bloter}}

Daum logo (2013–2025).svg|2013–2025

Daum logo (2025–).svg|2025– (current){{cite web |lang=ko |script-title=ko:다음의 새 로고를 소개합니다 |url=https://magazine.daum.net/daum_notice/677f745af8cd1456677fcdbb?view=embed |website=daum |date=2025-01-10 |access-date=2025-01-14}}

Service

=Daum Mail=

The popularity of Daum stems from the range of services it offers, but also from the fact that it was the first Korean web portal of significant size. Daum popularity started when it merged with the then most popular e-mail service, daum.net or hanmail.net.

=Daum Cafe=

After the merging, Daum started the forum service Daum Cafe which brought it firm status in the market. Daum received the eighth-highest trust rating in a 2020 Reuters Institute survey of selected South Korean media outlets.{{Cite book |url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-067/DNR_2020_FINAL.pdf |title=Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020 |publisher=Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |location=University of Oxford |pages=102 |access-date=2021-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531050725/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk764/sites/default/files/2020-06/DNR_2020_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=2021-05-31 |url-status=live}}