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Webtoons are booming in France, and studios are turning them into series

A new CNC study finds France leads Europe in webtoon awareness at 39%, on par with the US, with TikTok driving readers. Studio TF1's Brain Comet is already adapting one.

Oct 08, 2026
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Webtoons, the vertical-scrolling digital comics born in South Korea and read mostly on smartphones, are gaining ground in France and beyond. Spanning genres from romance to action, the format is draw…

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