Which five male idols were most-searched on YouTube in South Korea every year?
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On an online community forum, netizens looked at the top five most-searched names of male idols since 2010. Based on the data, a good variety of idols made the list throughout the years, from 2PM's Nichkhun to BTS's Jungkook.
2010:
1. Nichkuhn (2PM)
2. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
3. Taeyang (Big Bang)
4. Taecyeon (2PM)
5. Jonghyun (SHINee)
2011:
1. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
2. Nichkuhn (2PM)
3. Yoseob (BEAST)
4. Kikwang (BEAST)
5. Taeyang (Big Bang)
2012:
1. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
2. Yoseob (BEAST)
3. Taemin (SHINee)
4. Taeyang (Big Bang)
5. Kai (EXO)
2013:
1. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
2. Baekhyun (EXO)
3. Taeyang (Big Bang)
4. Xiumin (EXO)
5. Taemin (SHINee)
2014:
1. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
2. Baekhyun (EXO)
3. Taeyang (Big Bang)
4. Xiumin (EXO)
5. Chanyeol (EXO)
2015:
1. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
2. Baekhyun (EXO)
3. Chanyeol (EXO)
4. Jonghyun (SHINee)
5. Jungkook (BTS)
2016:
1. Baekhyun (EXO)
2. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
3. Jungkook (BTS)
4. Chanyeol (EXO)
5. Taemin (SHINee)
2017:
1. Kang Daniel (Wanna One)
2. G-Dragon (Big Bang)
3. Jungkook (BTS)
4. Jonghyun (SHINee)
5. V (BTS)
2018:
1. Jungkook (BTS)
2. Jimin (BTS)
3. V (BTS)
4. Kang Daniel (Wanna One)
5. SUGA (BTS)
2019:
1. Jungkook (BTS)
2. Jimin (BTS)
3. V (BTS)
4. Baekhyun (EXO)
5. SUGA (BTS)
2020:
1. Jungkook (BTS)
2. V (BTS)
3. Jimin (BTS)
4. Baekhyun (EXO)
5. SUGA (BTS)
2021:1. Jungkook (BTS)
2. V (BTS)
3. Jimin (BTS)
4. Baekhyun (EXO)
5. Taemin (SHINee)
Seeing this trajectory, netizens commented:
"Wow...Baekhyun is really amazing"
"Yay Jungkook!"
"Taemin and Jonghyun, I love you"
"Oh wow, SUGA made the list quite often even though he's not a main dancer member"
"Whoa this is so interesting to see the history of popular male idols"
"Baekhyun and Taemin...wow"
"I love how Jungkook's popularity rises"
"I miss you, Jonghyun"
"I'm not surprised and I think this is legit"
"Baekhyun and Taemin are long-run figures..."
"G-Dragon, Baekhyun, Kang Daniel, Jungkook...that seems to be the top history"
Source: Allkpop
