Korean slang profile

UCC

User-created content

Documents, photos, videos, and other content that users make themselves and post online.

Expanded form: User Created ContentsUser-created content
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Oct 11, 2006
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
직접 만든 UCC를 올려 봤어.
I uploaded a video I made myself.
Quoted from a source
웹2.0 열풍이 국내에 상륙하면서 사용자제작콘텐츠(UCC:User Created Contents)라는 단어가 부쩍 눈에 띈다.[1]
As the Web 2.0 craze has arrived in Korea, the word User Created Contents (UCC) is gaining attention.
English translation by Julimmal.

02Documented history

October 2006As the Web 2.0 craze has arrived in Korea, the word User Created Contents (UCC) is gaining attention.[1]
February 2007Kyunghyang Shinmun: “UCC (User Created Contents) is translated as ‘user-generated content.’”[2]

03Origin & word formation

Short for “User Created Contents.” The 2006 source from Electronic Times explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

[프리즘]UCC 동영상 (전자신문)Published Oct 11, 2006Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
대선 앞두고 UCC 특허 급증 (경향신문)Published Feb 26, 2007Original source checked Nov 5, 2026