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| language = English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and ThaiRakuten>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.WEB, Soompi.com shows Hallyu where to go,weblink The Korea Herald, 16 February 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110216183733weblink">weblink 16 February 2011, It has one of the largest international Internet communities for K-pop,WEB, Have You Heard Of Soompi? It's The Largest English Community For The Korean Wave,weblink Advanced Technology Korea, 16 February 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110429202117weblink">weblink 29 April 2011, mostly concentrated in news and forums. With more than 23 million fans across all platforms, Soompi offers English and Spanish services.NEWS,weblink KT - New Strategies for Media & Contents industry,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150220120517weblink">weblink 20 February 2015, 24 September 2012, Korea IT Times, 16 March 2018, Kim, 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.WEB, Bue, Jonathan, K-Pop's Connection to CSUN,weblink "of Soompi.com, an English language authority for Korean entertainment.", Daily Sundial, 27 October 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131231001627weblink">weblink 31 December 2013, NEWS, Can Girls Generation break through in America?,weblink The Wall Street Journal, "“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.", 14 February 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120212052959weblink">weblink 12 February 2012, WEB, Ways to keep the Wave rolling around the world,weblink Korea JoongAng Daily, 16 February 2012, usurped,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120625004348weblink">weblink 25 June 2012, NEWS, Gangname-style viral popularity in US has koreans puzzled gratified,weblink The Wall Street Journal, live,weblink 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.WEB, Web triggers global renaissance of Korean Wave,weblink Korea JoongAng Daily, 16 February 2012, usurped,weblink" title="archive.today/20120712125254weblink">weblink 12 July 2012, WEB, Soompi – A Site Where Netizens Revel in Korean Culture,weblink Koreabrand.net, 16 February 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120119065846weblink">weblink 19 January 2012,

History

Soompi was founded in 1998 by Korean American web developer Susan Kang,WEB, Music Of The Seoul,weblink The Daily, 16 February 2012, live,weblink" title="archive.today/20120913214308weblink">weblink 13 September 2012, WEB, Founder of largest English K-pop site Soompi,weblink Korea Times, 17 February 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131029200141weblink">weblink 29 October 2013, In February 2011, it was acquired by Enswers, Inc.,WEB, Enswers Acquires Soompi Korean Entertainment community,weblink allthingsd.com, 14 February 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120217193905weblink">weblink 17 February 2012, WEB, Enswers' history,weblink enswersinc.com, 14 February 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120101204818weblink">weblink 1 January 2012, WEB, SOOMPI.COM - the Korean Pop Culture Site,weblink HanCinema, 16 February 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130324152055weblink">weblink 24 March 2013, a Seoul-based IT venture company specializing in video search technology,WEB, Translation services make World Wide Web more worldwide,weblink Yonhap News Agency, 16 February 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120525080723weblink">weblink 25 May 2012, and operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of it. When Enswers was acquired by another company, Soompi found a new home with Crunchyroll, a U.S.-based VOD site that specializes in anime, in 2013.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Viki acquired Soompi on August 19, 2015.WEB,weblink Viki Buys Korean Fan Community Soompi from Peter Chernin's Crunchyroll, Variety (magazine), Variety, 19 August 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150823012943weblink">weblink 23 August 2015, live, 12 September 2015,

Soompi Awards

Soompi is also known for its annual Soompi Awards,WEB,weblink Interactive Soompi Awards Show Immense Growth In K-Pop-Oriented Twitter Activity, Herman, Tamar, 16 April 2018, Forbes, en, 25 March 2019, which began in 2005, and recognise K-pop and Korean drama acts.MAGAZINE,weblink BTS, GOT7 & Other K-Pop Acts Win Big at Soompi Awards, Herman, Tamar, April 16, 2018, Billboard, 28 June 2021, Winners are selected partially based on fan voting and partially based on Soompi's music charts.

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