App Store keywords in South Korea

Storefront code

KR

Research language

Korean

App Store localizations

Korean, English (U.K.)Default first, as listed by Apple.

Locale LocalASO writes

ko

Apple says people can search for your app using localized keywords in every country or region where the App Store supports that language (Apple). For South Korea, Apple lists 2 localizations (Apple: App Store localizations):

• Korean: also listed in 1 other storefront covered here.
• English (U.K.): also listed in 48 other storefronts covered here.

Each of these localizations has its own name, subtitle and 100-byte keyword field. Name and subtitle are visible to users, so keep them real text in that language. See App Store localization for keywords.

Korean phrases can be typed with or without a space (외국어 공부 or 외국어공부). Check both forms of a phrase.

Example: for language learning, people here type phrases like “외국어 공부” rather than “language learning”.

Translate the intent, not the words: find the phrase people in South Korea type for the same need, then check that the top results are apps like yours. A step-by-step method is in App Store keyword research.

Your iPhone only shows the store of your Apple Account’s country. Apple’s public search data returns the top 200 apps for a term in any storefront; your rank is your app’s position in that list:

https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=%EC%99%B8%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4%20%EA%B3%B5%EB%B6%80&country=kr&entity=software&limit=200

More on reading and tracking ranks: App Store ranking by country.

1. Add your app and your keywords.
2. Click “Localize”: LocalASO asks your AI for the Korean phrase people in South Korea type and checks it in the KR store.
3. Read rank, estimated volume and difficulty for South Korea next to every other country, and track the rank daily.
4. In Optimize, get a name, subtitle and keyword field for the ko localization.