Short answer. Of 30 candidate channels with AI audiences in Korea (10), Japan (12), Taiwan (4) and Hong Kong/Singapore (4), observed 2026-09-10, three publish a rate card: 요즘IT (Korea), PR TIMES (Japan) and IT Brief Asia (Singapore). The other 27 are form-gated or quote-only. Usable price anchors come from published creator-rate surveys: about ₩16M per branded video for a Korean tech YouTube channel with 100–500K subscribers (단가로, 2026-07), ¥200–400K per post for a Japanese X account with 100K followers (tatap, 2026-07), NT$30–100K for a mid-size Taiwan KOL (tasker/nss, 2026), and SGD 1,450–4,350 per placement at IT Brief Asia. One AI company has run a full above-the-line campaign in the region: Genspark in Japan (2026-01).
Korea: 10 channels, one rate card
Reach sits on YouTube; only 요즘IT publishes prices.
| Channel | Type | Reach | Ad product, price (VAT excl.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 요즘IT (Wishket) | IT media + newsletter | 415K monthly visits; newsletter 84K at 19% open; X 15K; Discord 4K | Branded article ₩5M; affiliate post ₩1M (×1) / ₩3M (×4); solo eDM ₩10M; web banner ₩1–2M per 28 days |
| 조코딩 | YouTube, AI / vibe coding | 749K subscribers | Undisclosed |
| 노마드코더 / 코딩애플 / 안될공학 | YouTube | 497K / 458K / 445K (92M views) | Undisclosed |
| 티타임즈TV | YouTube + card news | 355K (51M views) | Undisclosed |
| 일잘러 장피엠 | YouTube, AI at work | 136K | Undisclosed |
| 아웃스탠딩 | Newsletter + KakaoTalk rooms | 44K at 10–15% open; FB 48K; 16 rooms, 14K | Basic / Standard / Premium, undisclosed |
| GeekNews (hada.io) | Developer community + newsletter | "6,000+ companies and teams" | 4 banner types, on inquiry |
| 지피터스 (GPTers) | AI community, study groups | Members undisclosed (YouTube 8.8K, Threads 2.8K) | No media kit; revenue is courses |
Also observed: 테디노트 (YouTube 52K, undisclosed) and 뉴닉 (2.2M users, newsletter 930K; banner ₩40K per day, rest undisclosed). Blocked or unpublished: 미라클레터, AI타임스, 커피팟, 디스콰이엇, 커리어리.
All five large channels fall in the 100–500K bracket priced at ₩16M per branded video (단가로, 2026-07, ±50%; PPL 65%, Shorts 40%), the same tier as English AI YouTube at CPM $28–55 (OutlierKit, 2026-09-08). Precedent: 뤼튼 booked ₩29.4B of advertising expense in 2025 (ZDNet Korea, 2026-04-14) behind a G-Dragon TV/YouTube campaign via Cheil (from 2025-06), with 1.62M domestic app users (2025-12); Genspark had 500K (2026-04); Higgsfield has a Korean YouTuber sponsorship live (upload 2026-09-10). No Korean platform brokers newsletter or AI-media ads.
Japan: individual X accounts out-reach the media brands
Media brands' official X accounts sit at 5.6K–18K followers; the leading individual AI commentators have about ten times that.
| Channel | Reach | Ad product, price |
|---|---|---|
| AIsmiley | 3M PV per month; 2,000 inquiries per month; 500 products listed | Product listing, case studies, webinars; performance-based (listing fee + referral commission) |
| AI Market / Ledge.ai / AINOW / ITmedia AI+ | 1,000 companies referred / X 17K / X 5.6K / X 17.9K | Banner, tie-up (SpecialPR); all form-gated |
| X: 深津貴之 / チャエン / 木内翔大 / usutaku / shi3z | 232K / 200K / 151K / 92K / 25K followers (fxtwitter) | All undisclosed. Market listing ¥200–400K per post at 100K followers (tatap, 2026-07); conservative ¥100–200K |
| YouTube: mikimiki / KEITO / いけとも | 353K / 210K / 193K | ¥1–3M integrated at 100K subscribers (mochainc, 2026-08); Shorts ¥300–800K; agency margin 10–30%; secondary use +30–100% |
| Communities: GUGA / SHIFT AI / AI Tinkerers Tokyo | 100+ member companies, 115K cumulative 生成AIパスポート takers / 30K members / — | Undisclosed |
| PR TIMES | 90M PV per month; 260 outlets | ¥30K per release; flat plan from ¥70K per month |
Also observed: ウェブ職TV (YouTube 145K, undisclosed). The one documented AI campaign is Genspark's Japan launch (2026-01-28): TV commercial (松坂桃李), transit ads, X campaign #Gensparkさえあればいい, Nikkei morning-edition ad, stated $100M Japan investment (Nikkei). No Japanese influencer campaign by Higgsfield, Kling or Manus was found, and no sponsor case on the YouTube channels above.
Taiwan: Facebook pages, all "來信洽談"
| Channel | Reach | Ad |
|---|---|---|
| INSIDE (TNL Mediagene) | 1.68M monthly UU; FB 353K; readers 71% Taiwan, 12% Hong Kong | Sold via group unit Ad2iction; undisclosed |
| 電腦王阿達 | FB 460K; YouTube 150K; 150–250K impressions per day | Sidebar sponsor, product tests; actively solicits app developers |
| TechOrange / 數位時代 | 100K+ per day / 6 IMC products | Quote-based (iThome returned 403) |
Top AI YouTube is lecture-style (李宏毅, 208K); no commercial AI-tool channel or Threads data found. KOL market rates: mid-size NT$30–100K, large NT$100–500K, short-form +30–50% (tasker / nss, 2026). Kolr (iKala, 300M profiles), Influenxio and Partipost do not publish prices.
Hong Kong / Singapore: newsletters and meetups, small tickets
Tech in Asia: 1.77M monthly visits, sells CPM, email and social. e27: newsletter and Echelon events. IT Brief Asia is the only public rate: SGD 1,450 (press release) to SGD 4,350 (interview). AI Tinkerers Singapore lists prior sponsors OpenAI, Google Cloud, ElevenLabs, Cloudflare, AWS and Tencent Cloud, the one venue in the region with named AI-company sponsors.
Rate anchors
| Inventory | Anchor | Source, date |
|---|---|---|
| Korea, tech YouTube 100–500K subs | ₩16M per branded video; PPL 65%, Shorts 40% | 단가로, 2026-07 |
| Korea, 요즘IT | Branded ₩5M; solo eDM ₩10M | 요즘IT rate card |
| Korea, Instagram 100K+ | Feed ₩5–15M; Reels ₩8–20M | 단가로, 2026-07 |
| Japan, X 100K followers | ¥200–400K per post; conservative ¥100–200K | tatap, 2026-07 |
| Japan, YouTube 100K subs | ¥1–3M integrated; Shorts ¥300–800K | mochainc, 2026-08 |
| Japan, PR TIMES | ¥30K per release | PR TIMES price page |
| Taiwan KOL | Mid NT$30–100K; large NT$100–500K; short-form +30–50% | tasker / nss, 2026 |
| Singapore, IT Brief Asia | SGD 1,450–4,350 | IT Brief Asia media kit |
| Reference: English AI newsletter | $8–25 per 1,000 subscribers; mid-tier $1.2–2.5K per issue; top-tier $8–12K | SponsorGap 2026-03 / 2026-06; Ben's Bites on Passionfroot |
| Reference: English AI YouTube | CPM $28–55; dedicated ×1.3–1.5; Shorts ×0.4–0.6 | OutlierKit, 2026-09-08 |
| Reference: intermediary fees | Paved 30% publisher-side; Passionfroot 15% matched, 2% self-sourced | Paved / Passionfroot pricing pages |
Global context: top English AI newsletters (The Rundown 1.7M, TLDR AI 1.15M, Superhuman 1M) report selling out; AlphaSignal (250K) reports 30% of readers in Asia. We found no AI-only ad rep or network anywhere.
What we could not confirm
- Any individual creator's actual price in Korea, Japan or Taiwan; every creator above is form or email only.
- Taiwan AI app market size (the Sensor Tower APAC 2026 full report is gated).
- Whether チャエン's Manus explainer was paid.
- Threads rates in Korea and Taiwan.
- Any explicit "we want overseas AI advertisers" statement from a regional outlet. Adjacent signals only: Mediagene "PV to true influence" (2026-06), TNL CTO citing 68% zero-click (2026-06), Taiwan MAA calling 2025 a year of pressure (2026-03).
- Sizes and rates for 미라클레터, AI타임스, 커피팟, 디스콰이엇, 커리어리.
Sources (observed 2026-09-10)
- 요즘IT rate card: https://featpaper.com/v/rJ3meoTi · overview: https://wishket-team.notion.site/IT-YOZM-IT-AD-1ce807d58f2e80b2bb41df4e076f8557
- 뉴닉 partnership: https://newneek.co/partnership
- 아웃스탠딩: https://outstanding.kr/
- GeekNews sponsor: https://news.hada.io/sponsor
- 단가로 creator rates: https://dangaro.com/ad-price · https://dangaro.com/blog/youtube-ppl-cost-guide
- YouTube subscriber counts: Social Blade / Playboard (조코딩, 노마드코더, 코딩애플, 안될공학, 티타임즈TV, 일잘러 장피엠)
- 뤼튼 advertising expense: https://zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20260414102220
- AIsmiley: https://aismiley.co.jp/tocompany/
- AI Market: https://ai-market.jp/partner · Ledge.ai: https://ledge.ai/contact/ad-form · ITmedia: https://promotion.itmedia.co.jp/mediadata
- X follower counts (FxTwitter API): https://api.fxtwitter.com/masahirochaen · https://api.fxtwitter.com/fladdict · https://api.fxtwitter.com/shota7180 · https://api.fxtwitter.com/usutaku_channel · https://api.fxtwitter.com/shi3z
- Japan X rates: https://tatap.jp/knowledge/x-influencer-marketing-costs/
- Japan YouTube rates: https://mochainc.co.jp/influencer-pricing-by-followers/ · https://www.rakubo.co.jp/2026/04/30/influencer-marketing-cost-2026/
- PR TIMES price: http://prtimes.jp/price/
- GUGA: https://guga.or.jp/member/
- Genspark Japan launch: https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2081534.html · https://bizpa.net/mag/case-5527/
- INSIDE (TNL Mediagene): https://www.tnlmediagene.com/media/inside
- 電腦王阿達: https://www.kocpc.com.tw/contact
- 數位時代: https://www.bnextmedia.com.tw/bn/index.html
- Taiwan KOL rates: https://www.tasker.com.tw/price/kol-marketing · https://www.nss.com.tw/price-list
- Kolr: https://www.kolr.ai/
- IT Brief Asia media kit: https://itbrief.asia/media-kit
- e27: https://e27.co/advertise/
- AI Tinkerers Singapore: https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/
- Mediagene: https://www.mediagene.co.jp/en/2026/06/19872.html
- The Rundown: https://www.therundown.ai/advertise-with-us · TLDR: https://advertise.tldr.tech/sponsorship-opportunities · Superhuman: https://www.passionfroot.me/zain-kahn · Ben's Bites: https://www.passionfroot.me/bensbites
- SponsorGap newsletter rates: https://sponsorgap.com/blog/newsletter-sponsorship-rates-2026
- OutlierKit YouTube CPM: https://outlierkit.com/resources/youtube-sponsorship-rates/
- Paved publisher pricing: https://www.paved.com/help/articles/8124389-paved-s-pricing-for-publishers · Passionfroot: https://www.passionfroot.me/creator-pricing