Most Popular Member of NCT in SK?

Lucas, of course.

I love how this thread turns into animal kingdom real quick 😂😂

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I frowned...

It's true

Nctzen so afraid to admit who is the most popular bc the one sm push to death isn't

Like that's his fault

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I wasn't even trolling this time I just wanted to know

You led off with how they're a "flop" in Korea, then called yourself a NCTzen but mmkay.

In Korea, it would be Jaehyun followed by one of Jaemin, Haechan and Mark, and sometimes Jungwoo, Doyoung, Jeno and Taeyong in a constantly shuffling position behind him depending on activity. It seems like Doyoung and Jungwoo are much more popular in Korea than internationally.

You can take or leave brand reputation rankings, which also fluctuate if the group is promoting, although Jaehyun is typically the top Neo there unless Jaemin is active and he is not.

He is the most searched Neo on Google in Korea, the second most on YouTube in Korea (behind Haechan and ahead of Jaemin and Mark) and everything he does seems to trend on Twt (his new Bubble hashtag trended, so not even anything big) and you can see here how his music recs started trending on Melon, while his projects also trend on Naver. I mean, his Subway skit on SNL was even popular in Korea..and that was in the same show where people were losing their minds on social because he showed his abs:

From a global perspective, he has the highest number of IG followers, the solo with the highest Spotify streams and the most viewed reels on the NCT IG account. His cover song - so not even an actual release - has 78M views on YT.

I think it's important to recognize that different members meet different roles - there are those in the perfect take him home to mom lane and those in the fun and flirty lane and everything in-between, so their popularity may jostle a bit depending on what they're doing.

As for Taeyong's song, it's a SM Station song, which means it will get minimal promo and probably no performances on music shows or anything. Jaehyun may have the highest solo streams but that only happened because the song went viral on TikTok. Prior to that, it did well (over time) but it didn't really take off until recently and doubled its streams over those months of it going viral.

MARK

ME BITCHES

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seems like jokes aren't allowed

"Objectively nct is lowkey a flop in SK (it's fine I can say that I'm an nctzen in my blood)"

I can't find the funny

I'm not an Nctzen but I live in Korea with multiple Korean Nctzen friends, according to them it's easily Jaehyun one and Jaemin is easily #2. Then Jungwoo/Jeno/Mark/Haechan/Doyoung are all in the mix for 3rd, but probably Jungwoo and Jeno a bit higher than the other three. Taeyong is much more popular internationally than in Korea.