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The list of the 100 most searched-for K-Pop artists on Google in the first 6 months of 2020 has just been revealed, with BTS Jungkook being the most googled idol.
K-Pop fans always want to know the extent of their idol's coverage in the world. In fact, there are many factors and tools to evaluate an idol's popularity, and Google - the most popular search engine in the world - is one of that factor.
Besides the year-end summaries, the mid-year summary is also very interested by K-Pop fans. Recently, a data aggregation site has posted a list of the most googled K-Pop idols in the first 6 months of 2020 worldwide. Let's find out what those 100 names are.
Note:
- Data were recorded from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2020.
- The number shown next to the name is the Google search score (rounded to the 2nd decimal place).
NO.20: CHANYEOL (EXO) - 90.38
NO.19: CHA EUNWOO (ASTRO) - 93.33
NO.18: TZUYU (TWICE) - 95.83
NO.17: HEECHUL (SUPER JUNIOR) - 99.95
NO.16: CHEN (EXO) - 100.00
NO.15: G-DRAGON (BIG BANG) - 100.00
NO.14: BAEKHYUN (EXO) - 105.56
NO.13: SUZY (Former Miss A member) - 106.67
NO.12: ROSÉ (BLACKPINK) - 110.81
NO.11: JISOO (BLACKPINK) - 115.00
NO.10: J-HOPE (BTS) - 166.67
NO.9: RM (BTS) - 203.70
NO.8: JENNIE (BLACKPINK) - 206.25
NO.7: JIN (BTS) - 242.86
NO.6: LISA (BLACKPINK) - 242.86
NO.5: IU - 350.00
NO.4: SUGA (BTS) - 375.00
NO.3: JIMIN (BTS) - 450.00
NO.2: V (BTS) - 590.91
NO.1: JUNGKOOK (BTS) - 628.57
Jungkook topped the Google global search rankings in the first half of 2020 - in the past 25 weeks, the youngest member of BTS has topped the rankings for a total of 22 weeks. In addition, keywords related to Jungkook were also searched a lot, especially in the beginning of this year, including "still with you", "still with you jungkook", and "still with you lyrics".
Jungkook is also the first singer in the world to surpass the 10 billion hashtag views on TikTok. Jungkook is also the most searched idol on YouTube. With such a strong influence, many people predict that the male idol will also be at the top of Google's K-Pop idol search rankings when 2020 ends.
