Korean slang profile
북톡
buktok
A trend of sharing content about books or reading life on TikTok, or a name used for those posts.
A trend of sharing content about books or reading life on TikTok, or a name used for those posts.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- BookTok
- Earliest source found
- Jul 29, 2025
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
북톡에서 본 책을 도서관에서 빌렸어.
I borrowed a book I saw on 북톡 from the library.
02Documented history
- 2025-07-29Hankyung JOB&JOY introduced the meaning and usage of 북톡.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Hankyung JOB&JOY introduces TikTok’s BookTok as an example of social-media reading culture. It refers to reading content on that particular platform, distinguished from reading culture in general. The first poster could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The usage in the source was checked, but there is insufficient evidence to establish how the expression is formed or its earliest origin.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 텍스트힙 유행이라는데 종이책 판매 부수는 감소 │ 한경매거진&북 (한경JOB&JOY)Published Jul 29, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026