BTS Jimin, ranked 1st in K-pop popularity poll for 116 weeks

Jimin of BTS shone as the ‘King of K-Pop’ by continuously setting new popularity poll records in the new year.

Jimin ranked first in the weekly rankings for the second week of January 2023 (January 9 - January 15, 2023) on the global popularity voting service app 'KDOL'.

Jimin received a total of 33,082,81 hearts in one week, breaking his own record of being number one in the weekly rankings, and has been in first place for 116 weeks, continuing his unrivaled popularity in the new year.

Following the weekly ranking, as of January 18, Jimin set a record of being ranked first in the daily ranking (755 times), weekly ranking (116 times), and monthly ranking (23 times), and was ranked first in the longest daily ranking (761 days). It swept all rankings from 2nd (54 days), 3rd (35 days), 4th (33 days), and 5th (29 days).

In addition, Jimin, who continues to hold the top spot in total cumulative votes with an overwhelming total of 10,389,041,136 votes, received the most daily votes (2,686,681,922 votes), the most weekly votes (2,749,178,562 votes), It received the most monthly votes (3,066,876,445 votes) and the most birthday votes (2,686,681,922 votes), showing its high popularity in the number of votes by category.

'K-Dol', a popular chart service app for global K-pop idols that allows votes from all over the world, reflects 100% of the votes of users from Korea, the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe in the rankings, and through this, users can vote for K-pop idols. You can find out global popularity in real time.

As a K-dol record maker with the best record that no one can surpass, Jimin is proving his overwhelming popularity with 10 Hall of Fame awards, and is showing off his global status even more with his recent selection as Dior's global ambassador.

Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr