Soribada

Soribada, Inc.
Soribada.com, Inc.
Native name
주식회사 소리바다
Jusikhoesa Soribada
Company typepublic company
KRX: 053110
Industrypeer-to-peer system
GenreK-pop
FoundedSeoul, South Korea (October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05))
FounderYang Jung-hwan (Sean Yang)
Headquarters,
Area served
South Korea
Key people
Yang Jung-hwan (Founder)
Son Ji-hyun (CEO)
OwnerISPC International Limited (10.25%)
Yang Jung-hwan and Yang Il-hwan (7.94%)
SubsidiariesCCM Sky
DePassion Co., Ltd.
Soribada Education
Soribada Games
Will Entertainment
Will Investment
Websitesoribada.com

Soribada (Korean: 소리바다) was the first Korean peer-to-peer file-sharing service, launched in 2000 by Sean Yang. The name 'Soribada' means "Ocean of Sound" or "Receiving (downloading) Sound". It was closed in 2002 by court order but continued to be distributed with a stipulation that its users were responsible for any of the files downloaded. On November 5, 2003, Soribada was relaunched as and in July 2004, the website was renewed as a P2P search portal with a paid MP3 service in December 2004.

It remains the most widely used P2P system in Korea. The most recent version of Soribada is Soribada 6, which is downloadable on their website.

In 2017, the site held their first Soribada Best K-Music Awards, after 17 years since the site's launch.