What Does “Mukbang” Mean?
An eating broadcast — videos of people eating (often huge amounts) while chatting.
The full meaning
A mukbang is a video or livestream in which the host eats, often enormous or extremely satisfying-looking meals, while talking to the audience. The genre ranges from cozy dinner-companion content to spectacular eating challenges.
Where “mukbang” comes from
A Korean blend of the words for "eating" and "broadcast," born on Korean streaming platforms around 2010. The format went global in the mid-2010s and the Korean word traveled with it, now recognized worldwide and listed in major dictionaries.
How it’s actually used
Used for the genre ("she films mukbangs") and casually for any impressive eating session ("I had a whole mukbang after the gym"). ASMR mukbangs focus on eating sounds, a sub-genre people either love or absolutely cannot handle.
✔ For parents & teachers
The word is harmless. Worth knowing that some extreme-eating content raises reasonable questions about health, so it's more a screen-content conversation than a vocabulary one.
Related slang
Last updated: 2026-07-06. Slang evolves fast — we review definitions regularly.