Twitter is rounding about the year with its Top 10 lists, including the Top Trending Artists, which saw many K-pop artists. EXO ranks No.1, followed by BTS’s Jimin. The late American singer-songwriter Prince ranks third, followed by Justin Bieber, the late David Bowie, and One Direction. GOT7’s Bambam follows in seventh place as the only GOT7 member… Continue reading K-Pop Dominates Twitter’s Top Trending Artists, Including EXO, BTS And GOT7 Members
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Twitter Korea Reveals 2016’s Top 10 Most Followed Accounts, K-Pop Dominates
To add on to the flurry of year-end rankings, Twitter Korea has released, together with its list of Top 10 Twitter Keywords, another list ranking the top 10 accounts with the most followers, which happen to all be those of K-pop artists! The cut-off date for the ranking was December 2. First place goes to… Continue reading Twitter Korea Reveals 2016’s Top 10 Most Followed Accounts, K-Pop Dominates
BTS Places In Twitter Korea’s Top 10 Keywords And Accomplishes “Golden Tweet Of 2016”
BTS has made it into South Korea’s top Twitter keywords of 2016! On December 5, Star Seoul released the top keywords of Twitter for South Korea this year. The keywords were ranked by Twitter Korea, who took the tweets created in 2016 and analyzed the accounts. They then divided the keywords into three categories: society, music,… Continue reading BTS Places In Twitter Korea’s Top 10 Keywords And Accomplishes “Golden Tweet Of 2016”
BTS Gets Crowned the Most Retweeted Artist on Twitter
As Twitter celebrates their 10th anniversary, popular boy group BTS has been revealed as a top global Twitter star. Forbes magazine recently wrote about the top 10 most popular artists for a number of categories including largest number of followers, most new followers in the last month, and more. BTS was the only Korean artist… Continue reading BTS Gets Crowned the Most Retweeted Artist on Twitter
BTS’ Group Selca Selected as the Golden Tweet by Twitter Korea
Apparently BTS is setting all sorts of records today! On top of their debut into the Billboard Top 200 chart, Twitter Korea revealed on December 8 that the number one most retweeted post in South Korea is one from the BTS official Twitter account. The tweet in question is a selca the group took with an award… Continue reading BTS’ Group Selca Selected as the Golden Tweet by Twitter Korea
Siwon Apologizes for Controversial Retweet Supporting Kim Davis
Choi Siwon has taken (again) to Twitter, this time to apologize for his controversial retweet. On September 11, the Super Junior member had shared a post proclaiming that “so-called same-sex marriage does not exist.” The post in question links to an opinion editorial written in support of Kim Davis, an American county clerk who illegally refused… Continue reading Siwon Apologizes for Controversial Retweet Supporting Kim Davis
Twitter Reacts to Choi Siwon’s Stance on Gay Marriage
Siwon retweeted, and the Twitterverse has responded. On September 11, the Super Junior member shared a Twitter post proclaiming that “so-called same-sex marriage does not exist.” The post in question links to an opinion editorial written in support of Kim Davis. Kim Davis is the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex… Continue reading Twitter Reacts to Choi Siwon’s Stance on Gay Marriage
Tablo Hints at a New Solo Album
Tablo recently had a fan interaction on Twitter that hinted at a new solo album! In response to a fan that tagged Tablo and tweeted, “Give me another solo album, dude!” Tablo responded to the fan, “I’ll give you one in 2016.” Not only is this fan super excited that Tablo responded to her post, she… Continue reading Tablo Hints at a New Solo Album
Which Keywords Topped Popular Twitter Searches in First Half of 2015 in Korea?
The most-searched keywords on Twitter for the first half of 2015 in Korea have been revealed! On July 7, Twitter Korea released a ranking of the 10 most popular searches so far this year, divided into three categories: Society, Music, and TV/Film. In the ‘Society’ category: 1. Sewol Ferry 2. MERS 3. Sung Wan Jong 4.… Continue reading Which Keywords Topped Popular Twitter Searches in First Half of 2015 in Korea?
The Most Retweeted from Korean Celebrities, Most Talked About on Twitter, and More from 2014!
On December 10, Twitter Korea uploaded a blog post breaking down Korea’s year on Twitter. (Correction: BTS V (Taehyung)’s tweet with EXO’s Baekhyun after MAMA 2014 actually takes the golden tweet title for 2014! See below.) According to the post, Korea’s golden tweet of the year was G-Dragon’s (@IBGDRGN) tweet, “#PRAYFORSOUTHKOREA,” which he tweeted in… Continue reading The Most Retweeted from Korean Celebrities, Most Talked About on Twitter, and More from 2014!