In the past year, there have been 7.5 billion K-pop related tweets on Twitter. There were 7.5 billion K-pop related tweets in one year on Twitter around the world. Twitter announced on the 30th, “From July of last year to June of this year, there were 7.5 billion K-pop tweets.” Twitter analyzed 7.5 billion tweets and counted ‘Top 20 countries with the most K-pop-related tweets’, ‘Top 20 countries with the most K-pop fans’, and ‘Top 20 most mentioned K-pop artists’. According to this, the countries where K-pop related tweets occurred the most over the past year (based on the amount of tweets) were confirmed in order of Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Korea and the United States. In addition, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Japan, India, Argentina, Peru, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Turkey, France, Chile, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, etc. were included in the TOP 20 countries, showing that K-pop’s popularity from Asia to North and South America and Europe has become the global influence.
Twitter Kim Yeon-jung, managing director of Twitter Global K-Pop & K-Contents Partnership, said, “Over the past year, the performances of 3rd-generation artists such as BTS, NCT, and Blackpink have been outstanding, while the 2nd generation such as 2PM and SHINee are returning, Treasure, Tomorrow by Together, and ENHYPEN as the 4th generation continue to advance, and interest in K-pop is increasing on Twitter around the world.”
Source: www.hankyung.com
