{"id":87616,"date":"2026-07-15T22:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/87616\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:03:12","slug":"naver-unveils-first-ai-selected-top-10-creators-offers-10-million-won-monthly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/87616\/","title":{"rendered":"Naver Unveils First AI-Selected Top 10 Creators, Offers 10 Million Won Monthly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"null - Seoul Economic Daily Technology News from South Korea\" title=\"Naver Unveils First AI-Selected Top 10 Creators, Offers 10 Million Won Monthly\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto rounded-sm\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:contain;object-position:center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-p.v1.20260715.83529621cd5f477aa31bb68693dc502c_P1.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Naver has disclosed for the first time a list of the top 10 creators by category among producers of high-quality user-generated content (UGC) used in its artificial intelligence (AI) search service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Naver announced the results of its first &#8216;Special Naver Mate&#8217; selection on the 16th, while running its AI fellowship program &#8216;Naver Mate&#8217; in beta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">&#8216;Naver Mate&#8217; is a program that selects about 3,000 people each month from among UGC creators who produce high-quality content on blogs and cafes based on expertise and diversity. The selection comprehensively evaluates the number of citations in &#8216;AI Briefing,&#8217; a summary-type AI search service, along with topic-specific expertise and activity levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Among them, leading figures who consistently recorded their own experiences and know-how over a month, adding value to Naver&#8217;s AI ecosystem, are highlighted as &#8216;Special Naver Mate.&#8217; Special Naver Mate consists of one representative creator and 10 outstanding creators in each of 10 categories, including travel, life and tech, for a total of 11 people per category (110 in total).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">The 10 representative creators receive a special subsidy of 10 million won per month in addition to a basic activity fee of 300,000 won, while the 100 outstanding creators receive an additional 3 million won per month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">The representative creators in each of the 10 categories who were active during the month of June include: Naildong: Japan Travel Cafe (travel), Mangdi&#8217;s Meoklog (food), MJ&#8217;s Hudadak Recipe~\u2665 (recipe), GO OUT CASUALLY DRESSED (style), Photographer Shinnam&#8217;s IT World (tech), Momsholic Baby (life), Old Spice Ieumse (culture), Boneun Saram (media), Investment Notes That Record (insight), and Game Info (hobby).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Naver explained that these creators have proven their expertise and the value of their information by being continuously cited in AI Briefing since January this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">In particular, blogs such as &#8216;Mangdi&#8217;s Meoklog&#8217; and &#8216;Boneun Saram&#8217; have steadily accumulated trend analyses and detailed reviews, while online cafes such as &#8216;Naildong&#8217; and &#8216;Momsholic Baby&#8217; received high marks for richly building up various everyday know-how based on active communication among users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Lee Il-gu, head of Naver&#8217;s Content Service Division, said, &#8220;Together with the Naver Mates, we are exploring ways to activate a UGC ecosystem containing &#8216;people&#8217;s experiences and insights,&#8217; whose value has grown even greater in the AI era.&#8221; He added, &#8220;We will continue various attempts to broaden consensus on good creators and content and to raise their influence and honor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">In addition, Naver on the 1st also disclosed a list of 3,000 &#8216;Naver Mate&#8217; creators active from July. 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