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SCMP Reporter

Posts about K-pop dominated the Twitterverse in 2019, with a new global record of 6.1 billion related tweets in 2019, the social media platform announced yesterday.
The figure represented a 15 per cent increase in the number of K-pop conversations posted compared to the previous year.
Although the sound originated in South Korea, the country that tweeted the most about K-pop was Thailand.
South Korea was in second place, with Indonesia third, the United States fourth and the Philippines in fifth place.
Unsurprisingly, powerhouse boy band BTS were the most discussed K-pop account worldwide, followed by fellow boy bands Exo (second), Got7 (third) and Monsta X (fourth). The only girl band in the top five were Blackpink in fifth place.

Duh pic.twitter.com/3lGmo7GpF6
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) June 9, 2019

BTS also secured the most retweeted tweet of 2019 – a video of BTS member Jungkook dancing to the hit song Bad Guy by Billy Eilish.
Meanwhile, Blackpink were the fastest-rising K-pop account in 2019, followed by “supergroup” boy band SuperM (second), newcomers Tomorrow X Together (third), and boy bands Stray Kidz (fourth) and WayV (fifth).

Kim Yeon-jeong, head of global K-pop partnerships for Twitter, said: “Twitter serves as the bridge for K-pop to the world, enabling fans to get the fastest news and drive conversation about K-pop.
“As a live public conversational platform, Twitter will continuously drive various partnerships with top and emerging K-pop artists as well as global events like Mama and KCON to accelerate the rise of K-pop globally in 2020.”


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K-pop was the biggest topic of conversation on Twitter with 6.1 billion related tweets last year
BTS were most talked about, followed by Exo and Got 7. Girl band Blackpink were the fastest rising account



BTS led the conversation on Twitter and K-pop was the topic of more than six billion related tweets last year. Blackpink were the most talked about girl group and the fastest rising account.
