Lee Min-ho Breaks Through 28 Million Weibo Followers

Actor Lee Min-ho still shows off his strong Hallyu influence by becoming the 'No. 1 Korean actor' with an overwhelming number of followers on social media such as Facebook, Instagram and Weibo.

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Lee Min-ho is a global top actor with the largest number of SNS followers among the Korean Weibo followers and is showing unprecedented popularity. Typically, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter reached 17.3 million, 16.6 million and 3 million, respectively, while Weibo surpassed 28.5 million as of June 16th. This is the number one record among all Korean actors.

In particular, he is overwhelmingly the most popular Korean artist, including singers and actors, on Weibo and Facebook.

Even after SBS's "The King: Eternal Monarch" ended on the 12th, Lee Min-ho's global popularity has been on the rise day by day. Lee Min-ho, who showed perfect visuals and mature performances that redoubled the aura and dignity of the emperor of the Korean Empire, dominated women's hearts with his unrivaled emperor charm, further expanding global attention. With Netflix, which has overseas viewers in more than 190 countries, its impact seems to be getting stronger.

Thanks to Lee Min-ho's enthusiastic performance, "The King: Eternal Monarch" maintained its No. 1 spot on the domestic online video service (OTT) platform Wavve drama list for seven consecutive weeks, while on Netflix, the world's largest OTT, it topped the weekly TV show rankings in countries including Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Nigeria. In Japan, India, Chile, and the Dominican Republic, Lee Min-ho's global status was realized by maintaining the top spot with popular content.

Among them, the most prestigious Netflix chart is 'World Ranking', which collects and announces results from all 190 service locations, and "The King: Eternal Monarch" starring Lee Min-ho, is the only Korean drama to rank ninth, contributing to the spread of K-content and the Hallyu or Korean Wave.

In various domestic and foreign media and social media outlets, Lee Min-ho also boasted his unique presence as a Hallyu star. Keywords related to Lee Min-ho dominated the top ranks on China's largest SNS, Weibo and Twitter Worldwide Trending and his name is also on China's most popular Hallyu star charts.

In one Taiwanese broadcast program, a corner imitating Lee Min-ho in the drama was also covered and an Indonesian doctor working at a COVID-19 site made a warm impression by putting a name tag made of Lee Min-ho's photo on his quarantine suit to console his patient.

Lee Min-ho has solidified his position as a leading Korean actor in the Hallyu by being selected as the 'No. 1 Most Favorite Korean Actor' for two consecutive years from 2018 to 2019 in the "External Hallyu Survey" released by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Foundation for International Cultural Exchange in February.