BTS' JUNG KOOK surpasses 20 million TikTok followers

JUNG KOOK (BTS) has surpassed 20 million followers on his personal account on the global short video platform TikTok.

　JUNG KOOK uploaded his last post in December 2023, and despite a period of inactivity due to his military enlistment, he has been steadily increasing his followers like a global superstar, recently surpassing the 20 million follower mark on TikTok.

　Of the 19 posts on JUNG KOOK's TikTok account, two videos have received over 100 million views and 12 videos have received over 50 million views.

　Previously, JUNG KOOK's account reached 1 million followers in 2 hours and 36 minutes, the fastest in TikTok history.It also surpassed 10 million followers in 21 days, proving its global influence and popularity.

　JUNG KOOK recorded over 300 billion views on TikTok with his personal hashtag "#jungkook" for his proper noun JUNG KOOK became the first solo artist in history to record 300 billion views worldwide with just one hashtag, "#jungkook," and the first artist in history to record 300 billion views on TikTok with just one hashtagJUNG KOOK showed the power of the "King of TikTok" with a single hashtag, #jungkook.

　JUNG KOOK also became the No. 1 most searched K-pop male idol on YouTube in Korea, the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Taiwan, and other countries in 2024.He also holds the record as the most searched K-Pop idol on YouTube worldwide for five consecutive years.

　JUNG KOOK has also been ranked as the most searched K-pop idol on Google, the world's largest search engine, for five consecutive years, and the most searched K-pop idol on Pinterest, an image-sharing social media site in the U.S. JUNG KOOK continues to show its overwhelming presence on social networking sites.JUNG KOOK's personal live performances.

　JUNG KOOK's personal live broadcasts have also exploded in popularity: on December 19 of last year, JUNG KOOK held a live broadcast titled "I missed you, Unto" through the fan communication platform, Weverse, with a cumulative total of over 20.2 million viewers.This was recorded as the largest number of real-time viewers in history since the Weverse platform opened in 2019.