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BTS Jimin, No. 1 in K-pop idol popularity poll for 115 weeks
Jimin took first place with 81,965,308 votes in the weekly ranking of the global popular voting service app 'KDOL' for the first week of the new year in January 2023 (January 2 to January 8).
As a result, Jimin ranked first in the weekly rankings a total of 115 times, breaking his own record of being ranked first in the weekly rankings for the most times. This can be said to be an indicator of Jimin's steady and solid popularity.
In addition, as of January 11, the cumulative number of votes reached a record of 10,356,170,921, showing off the global power of an irreplaceable idol that no one can surpass.
In addition, on his birthday, October 13, 2022, he received 2,686,681,922 votes on a single day, recording the most votes on a birthday and the most votes on a single day. In October 2022, he received the most votes in a month with a total of 3,066,876,445, and ranked first with the most monthly rankings at 23 times. He even holds the above record.
In the daily ranking, Jimin took first place 751 times, showing a difference of almost 10 times from second place (78 times), and the record of first place in the daily ranking for 61 days from January 1 to March 2, 2021 has not been broken to this day. Not only does it remain a new record, but all records from 2nd to 5th in the daily ranking are all held by Jimin.
K-Dol reflects 100% of user votes from around the world, including Korea, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asia, into the rankings and tallies them in real time. It announces daily, weekly, and monthly rankings cumulatively every day at midnight Korean time, and adds up the total votes. Accordingly, he is inducted into the Hall of Fame.
In the fierce K-pop industry, Jimin is proving his unwavering global popularity and influence as the only idol to be included in 10 records and the K-Doll Hall of Fame's cumulative votes exceeding 10 billion.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
