📈 What Apps students use to find online English teachers: country-by-country, Breakdown, pricing (cost of living has a huge impact on pricing) and insights If you want to grow your online English teaching business, it’s vital to understand where students from different countries go to find tutors — and how much they’re willing to pay. In this guide, we’ll break it down by country, covering the most popular platforms and apps students use, plus pricing expectations. 🇨🇳 China Popular Apps: - WeChat: For community groups and private teacher-student interaction. - Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book): Students search for lifestyle-focused teachers. - Douyin (TikTok China): Younger students love short, punchy learning videos. - Bilibili: For more serious learners who watch long-form educational content. How students find teachers: - Word-of-mouth in WeChat groups - Xiaohongshu search + influencer-style posts - TikTok-style videos with mini-lessons Pricing (per 60-minute class): - Chinese tutors: ¥50–120 (approx. $7–17 USD) - Foreign tutors: ¥150–300 (approx. $20–40 USD), higher for test prep or business English 🇰🇷 South Korea Popular Apps: - Cafetalk: A well-known tutoring platform - HelloTalk and Tandem: Used for language exchange, can lead to paid lessons - Instagram & YouTube: Popular among younger learners for discovering native speakers How students find teachers: - Search Cafetalk for rated tutors - Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts with Korean-English subtitles Pricing (per 60-minute class): - Local tutors: ₩15,000–25,000 (approx. $11–19 USD) - Native speakers: ₩25,000–45,000 (approx. $19–34 USD) 🇯🇵 Japan Popular Apps: - Italki and Cafetalk: Very well-established in Japan - LINE: Used for private communication and group learning - YouTube: Students follow and message teachers they admire How students find teachers: - Through Italki and Cafetalk teacher rankings - LINE groups for study and exam prep - YouTube comment sections

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Found this CRAZY video in my feed today. Some dude's filming in my hometown (Southend of all places) and gets TOTALLY HARASSED by these "community officers" for taking pictures. WTF?? The guy's snapping some pics of pigeons and buildings... Next thing you know, these wannabe cops are following him around demanding ID. Made me remember EXACTLY why I left the place. What a shit hole the UK has become.