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[ASKKPOP] Who were the most mentioned idol groups and artists on Twitter (Korea) in the first half of 2015?

'Twitter Korea' has just announced the top mentioned keywords for the first half of the year for three categories: 'Society', 'Music' and 'TV Shows/Movies'! But we know the category you're most curious is the 'Music' one! So who was the top mentioned idol group on Twitter so far this year?


It was none other than the boys ofBTS! Which might not come as much of a surprise considering this year has been their most successful year yet! What also stands out is that BTS memberJungkookmakes it into the number 10 spot all by himself!TEEN TOPalso make it onto the list and memberNielmakes it onto the list all by himself at number 6.


Top 10 - 'Music' category:

1.BTS

2.VIXX

3.EXO

4.GOT7

5.TEEN TOP

6. TEEN TOP's Niel

7.Shinhwa

8.INFINITE

9.Big Bang

10. BTS' Jungkook



Top 10 - TV Program/Movie:

1. British film 'Kingsman'

2. drama 'School 2015'

3. movie 'Twenty'

4. movie 'Gangnam 1970'

5. variety show 'Running Man'

6. drama 'Let's Eat 2'

7. competition show 'Mask King'

8. variety show 'Infinity Challenge'

9. drama 'Heard It Through the Grapevine'

10. drama 'Producer'


Top 10 - 'Society':

1. Sewol Ferry

2. MERS

3. Sung Wan Jong

4. muk-bang (eating broadcast)

5. price of cigarettes

6. helpnepalchildren

7. baseball

8. employment

9. feminist

10. Asian Cup



The results are based on the number of times the keywords were mentioned on Twitter from January to June 2015.






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