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 ...

You might have come across #EatWithMe videos on TikTok, which typically feature young women eating food while encouraging viewers to eat along with them. Many such content creators say they aim to ...

Do you enjoy mukbang videos? You know those TikTok videos where people (aka mukbangers) eat a lot of food while chatting with their viewers? You might want to think twice before watching them again.

A 24-year-old TikTok star, Efecan Kultur, who gained fame through his mukbang videos, passed away due to obesity-related complications after being hospitalized for three months. Mukbang, a popular ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Usually within about 30 seconds of opening the TikTok app on my phone, I can ...

The Department of Health (DOH) is considering banning “mukbang” or eating vlogs following the death of a food content creator in Iligan due to stroke. According to Mariz Umali’s report on “24 Oras,” ...

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 ...