In the hallowed hall of food fads, what in the world could be weirder than mukbang? A Korean word, loosely translated it means something like eat-casting. Basically, it's watching long YouTube videos ...

For years, people have been heading to YouTube to spend upwards of 60 minutes at a time to watch strangers consume 4,000 or more calories in one sitting. Not only that, many of these viewers are ...

Spread atop a wooden board are about half a dozen small octopuses, alive and squirming. The Korean "mukbang" influencer Ssoyoung warns her viewers not to try the delicacy—a known deadly choking hazard ...

Muk Sna/ a.bite, has amassed fans from all over the world for the way she presents and eats beautifully arranged plates of food As any chef will tell you, we eat with our eyes - so for people who make ...

China has made the decision to outlaw overt gluttony, which also targets Chinese mukbangers who gorge on camera to the enjoyment of millions of viewers. Getty Images The internet’s “mukbang” trend is ...

Vivienne Lewis works for The University of Canberra and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society. Sijun Shen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Mukbang is the art of live-streaming while you eat. It originated among lonely young professionals in South Korea, and it’s now got Indians slurping and crunching their way to internet fame. Do nom ...

A 24-year-old extreme eater, who gained fame on TikTok, died due to complications from obesity, according to a report. Efecan Kultur, 24, well known in his native Turkey for his ‘mukbang’ streams, in ...