Top singers and actors in the 2022 Korean Wave survey by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

how come iu and psy more popular than blackpink in India this is some fifth dimensional mystery

it would be nice they start including Mexico and Brazil. Kpop is popular there

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how come iu and psy more popular than blackpink in India this is some fifth dimensional mystery

its simple.

iu cos of kdramas

psy cos of GS

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it would be nice they start including Mexico and Brazil. Kpop is popular there

There's Brazil in the table, but no Mexico.

wow BTS topping most countries. Esp the 3 huge music markets with the hugest gap.

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it would be nice they start including Mexico and Brazil. Kpop is popular there

they did

Brazil

BTS - 35.6%

Black Pink - 10.5%

Psy - 5.2%

Quote from Vivi1388

they did

Brazil

BTS - 35.6%

Black Pink - 10.5%

Psy - 5.2%

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where? I don't see it

Lee min ho

ayy bangtan and twice getting great results

how lee min ho is soooo popular.

even my cousin who is extraaaa religous and consider any music and dramas haram, swoon over him

Other countries

Argentina
BTS - 44.3%

BlackPink - 4.9%

Exo - 3.3%

Brazil

BTS - 35.6%

Black Pink - 10.5%

Psy - 5.2%

France
BTS - 31.7%

BlackPink - 6.3%

Psy - 4.2%

Russia

BTS - 28.6%

BlackPink - 5.5%

Psy - 3.3%

Turkey

BTS - 32.4 %

BlackPink - 16.4%

Psy - 2.9%

Exo-2.9%

Bigbang -2.9%

UAE

BTS - 31.3 %

BlackPink - 5.5 %

GD - 3.5%

South Africa

BTS - 30.4%

Psy - 8.2%

GD -5.7%

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where? I don't see it

op didn't post all countries

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Other countries

Argentina
BTS - 44.3%

BlackPink - 4.9%

Exo - 3.3%

Brazil

BTS - 35.6%

Black Pink - 10.5%

Psy - 5.2%

France
BTS - 31.7%

BlackPink - 6.3%

Psy - 4.2%

Russia

BTS - 28.6%

BlackPink - 5.5%

Psy - 3.3%

Turkey

BTS - 32.4 %

BlackPink - 16.4%

Psy - 2.9%

Exo-2.9%

Bigbang -2.9%

UAE

BTS - 31.3 %

BlackPink - 5.5 %

GD - 3.5%

South Africa

BTS - 30.4%

Psy - 8.2%

GD -5.7%

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BTS are a freaking wall

BTS are #1 in all countries except China, Thiland, Malaysia.

BTS are top 3 in all countries except China where they are not even top 7.

If there were more countries surveyed, the gap would only increase.....

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CONCERT IN INDIA NEXT PLEASE

India is contributing as many youtube views to BTS as Japan. Keep streaming they might give you one......

I'm so proud of akp's nugu flop group twaisu making it on here.

Damn both GD and Bigbang made the list despite being on hiatus for so long!

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BTS are #1 in all countries except China, Thiland, Malaysia.

BTS are top 3 in all countries except China where they are not even top 7.

If there were more countries surveyed, the gap would only increase.....

India is contributing as many youtube views to BTS as Japan. Keep streaming they might give you one......

I think that is in part to solo stans voting for individual members instead since from what i saw. Tae has a higher percentage that BTS in China

bts ended everyone the gap is just sooo big imagine thinking bp is even close to bts in anyway

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SINGERS

1 BTS
2 BLACKPINK
3 IU
4 Lisa
5 Psy, TWICE
7 EXO
8 BIGBANG
9 SNSD
10 G-Dragon

ACTORS

1 Lee Min Ho
2 Hyun Bin
3 Gong Yoo
4 Song Hye Kyo
5 Song Joong Ki
6 Lee Jong Suk
7 Jun Ji Hyun, Lee Ji Eun (IU)
9 Jung Ho Yeon
10 Kim Soo Hyun

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The actor who scored lowest in Europe, out of everyone in the list - Lee Jieun

The singer who scored lowest in Europe , out of everyone in the list - Lee Jieun

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Wow!!!! That's impressive. #2 in YouTube and Spotify. Spotify isn't even that widely used in India, right? You guys have some domestic platforms.

India is slowly becoming BTS biggest country streaming wise. Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Japan should be aware.....

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I think that is in part to solo stans voting for individual members instead since from what i saw. Tae has a higher percentage that BTS in China

I'm surprised of BP not ranking in India... India has been Blackpink biggest contributer on youtube and their spotify number was also good ( or maybe not being active on music activity hurt them more than i thought). Also Kudos to lisa for ranking in top 5.

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how come iu and psy more popular than blackpink in India this is some fifth dimensional mystery

BP is more South East Asian whose culture is different from India's

Quote from tetetete

CONCERT IN INDIA NEXT PLEASE

Indian market is unorganized and fragmented, maybe only 0.5% of the population is even aware of K-pop, urban affluent youth and NE states. But the thing is India is so huge, that even that 0.5% would be 40-50 million people, as much as S.Korea's whole population.

So maybe they can do couple of concerts in the metros. But not really that lucrative.

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The actor who scored lowest in Europe, out of everyone in the list - Lee Jieun

The singer who scored lowest in Europe , out of everyone in the list - Lee Jieun

stop cosplaying as IU's fan

SNSD and Big Bang being on the list even though it's been years since they were last active

impressive

Frankly most these countries are lightweights when it comes to the market for entertainment. Sure name recognition is a thing, but it would be from urban-affluent-youth who tend to be a very small % of the population.

For K-pop,

Japan, US and China are really the best markets to expand into or already has expanded into.

India is large, but extremely fragmented and culturally highly rooted to take to any foreign product in a big way (heck despite Islamic and Christian invasions, it remained largely Hindu, unlike most other nations)

Other places, it would be a passing fad.

China would be great, but not for the politics of it.

Future will tell if K-pop actually persists in the US, beyond BTS or not.

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BP is more South East Asian whose culture is different from India's

SEA is called Indo-China, it is midway between Indian and Chinese cultures.. Cultures are on an overlapping spectrum, you can both see differences and similarities.

Also SEA can either be seen as one homogeneous culture or quite diverse culture.

So culture is an extremely difficult thing to factor for such things. Even India is extremely diverse in terms of language or music to assume that any one thing can appeal to all.

But SEA is generally more receptive to foreign influences and having one their own in an extremely successful group, gives the boost via affinity.

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BTS are #1 in all countries except China, Thiland, Malaysia.

BTS are top 3 in all countries except China where they are not even top 7.

This kind of shows how much true it is that BTS don’t depend on China/Chinese fanbases comparatively to other intl fanbases

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I think that is in part to solo stans voting for individual members instead since from what i saw. Tae has a higher percentage that BTS in China

This is not surprising to me. Solo fanbases strength usually blooms there. I saw that Tae had 2.4 and BTS like 1.7 or something? The Low % is not surprising seeing how they have controversy/clashes with BTS not bowing down to their political/historical beliefs.

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even one city would work well

they did one concert in taiwan so

East Asia is a better prospect for building long standing markets, given the cultural/linguistic proximity.

English has a strong presence in India, yet even the Western bands singing English, are infrequent to India.

So I am not sure about it... maybe as a stop in a World tour.

Places like Dubai are rather artificial, like how their cities/malls are artificial to the desert culture. Those are "fashion stans", who flaunt going to a concert, as they would the latest model Ferrari. and forget about it the next day, those types will be there everywhere, but more so in places like Dubai.