SEOUL, KOREA- Kakao Music passed the 1.2-million mark in download numbers in just four days after being launched. Kakao Music is a service developed jointly by Kakao, which is famous with its popular mobile messenger KakaoTalk, and Neowiz Internet.Kakao Music, accordingly, emerged as a strong rival to existing music source service providers such as Mnet and Bugs.

Market research firm Ranky.com announced on October 2 the result of its analysis on the performance of major music apps during the fourth week of September (Sept. 22-28), where it said the number of Kakao Music users reached 1.21 million.

Kakao Music was launched on September 25. The analysis reveals that the number of people who installed the Kakao Music app stood at 1.21 million and most of them actually use the app.

During the same period, the number of Mnet users stood at 1.34 million, while those of Bugs Music 1.19 million.