: It sparked real-world trends including the "red light, green light" game, dalgona candy challenges, and iconic green tracksuit costumes. Following Hits : Success continued with other Korean titles like The Silent Sea

Despite being largely virtual, ACFM attracted 205 companies from worldwide and traded 833 contents in 2021, a slight increase from the previous year. Corporate giants including Disney, Apple and Netflix flocked to Busan to buy license rights of original works and used the market as a networking platform with Asian content creators.