{"id":17960,"date":"2021-12-19T19:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T03:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=17960"},"modified":"2023-01-18T04:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:38:37","slug":"btss-v-instagrams-k-pop-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/btss-v-instagrams-k-pop-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217;s V became Instagram&#8217;s most followed male K-Pop artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 6th, <strong>BTS<\/strong> announced a rest break and each member opened an individual Instagram account. All members have achieved high following numbers, but <strong>V<\/strong> has gained 26.8 million followers and became the most followed K-Pop male idol on the platform in just 13 DAYS!<\/p>\n<p>The old record belonged to <strong>Jackson Wang<\/strong> with 26.5 million! Very impressive, right? Last week V also became the fastest Instagram account to reach 20 million followers.<\/p>\n<p> His groupmates <strong>Suga<\/strong>, <strong>Jungkook<\/strong>, <strong>Jin<\/strong>, <strong>RM<\/strong>, <strong>Jimin<\/strong> and<strong> J-Hope<\/strong> also have a large following, at least 23 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartsjackson\/status\/1472382530221395971\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most followed male idols on Instagram <\/p>\n<p>1. Taehyung (V)<br \/>2. Jackson Wang <\/p>\n<p>Jackson was the most followed male idol on Instagram for 245 days! A streak we should all be proud of\ud83d\ude4f\u2764\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>And congratulations to V\ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fw4yPlli5O\">pic.twitter.com\/fw4yPlli5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jackson Wang Central (@chartsjackson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartsjackson\/status\/1472382530221395971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You may also like: <\/p>\n<p>BTS\u2019s\u00a0V\u00a0continues to gain popularity and adds a personal record by leading the list of most searches on\u00a0<strong>Google<\/strong>\u00a0in 2021 and ARMY celebrates on social networks.<\/p>\n<p>Google released an official list of the<strong>\u00a0100 Most Wanted Asian Celebrities<\/strong>\u00a0from January 1 to December 14, 2021 and BTS\u2019s V tops the list.\u00a0<strong>Kim Taehyung<\/strong>, V\u2019s real name, surpassed Asian entertainment artists; however, the list excludes political figures and social workers.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Taehyung tops the list of the 100 most searched celebrities on Google for 2021, while his bandmate\u00a0<strong>Jeon Jungkook<\/strong>\u00a0takes second place. K-pop idols like BTS\u2019s<strong>\u00a0Park Jimin<\/strong>, BLACKPINK\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Lisa<\/strong>, and Indian actors like\u00a0<strong>Priyanka Chopra<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Shah Rukh Khan<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Salman Khan<\/strong>, and<strong>\u00a0Kareena Kapoor<\/strong>\u00a0also round out the Top 10 on the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 6th, BTS announced a rest break and each member opened an individual Instagram account. All members have achieved high following numbers, but V has gained 26.8 million followers and became the most followed K-Pop male idol on the platform in just 13 DAYS! The old record belonged to Jackson Wang with 26.5 million! 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