(Articles in Korean)
Here are total views of various singers based in K-O-R-E-A.
Those who had more than 100m views in K-O-R-E-A.
4. Aespa, 308M views
3. Lim Youngwoong, 616M views
2. IU, 657M views
1. BTS, 752M views.
But, let's now go to the world.
10. Vietnam 357M views
9. Thailand 520M views
8. Brazil 627M views
7. Philippines 761M views
6. Korea 768M views
5. USA 911M views
4. Mexico 1.04B views (Mexico's pop is smaller but they view more BTS than people in USA - looks like a lot of them come from China)
3. Indonesia 1.05B views
2. India 1.65B views (A lot of views from India appears to be from China.)
1. Japan 2.04B views.
Now we will look at Lim Youngwoong.
LYW is the one on the left.
(omits countries with less than 1M views.)
6. Canada 1.4M views
5. Japan 1.84M
4. Argentine 2.54M
3. India 6.56M (surprising!)
2. USA 12M
1. K-O-R-E-A 616M.
Now let's examine KPop's Senior Singer and the greatest rival of BTS.
13 Hong Kong 12.7M
12 Mexico 15.8M
11 Argentine 30.6M
10 Malaysia 31.02M
9 Vietnam 37.3M
8 USA 45.4M
7 Taiwan 45.9M
6 Japan 48.7M
5 Philippines 56.7M
4 Thailand 72M
3 Indonesia 83M
2 India 105M
1 K-O-R-E-A 657M.
Given that the people of India, Argentine or Mexico hardly know LYW or Lee Jieun it is likely that these figures are from China, with the Chinese youtube watchers using VPN and connecting to servers from these countries.
Revised list
LYW
5. Canada 1.4M views
4. Japan 1.84M
3. China at least 9.1M
2. USA 12M
1. K-O-R-E-A 616M.
Lee Jieun
11 Hong Kong 12.7M
10 Malaysia 31.02M
9 Vietnam 37.3M
8 USA 45.4M
7 Taiwan 45.9M
6 Japan 48.7M
5 Philippines 56.7M
4 Thailand 72M
3 Indonesia 83M
2 China at least 151.2M
1 K-O-R-E-A 657M.
