K-pop tweets hit 6.7 billion in 2020: Twitter

SEOUL: K-pop related tweets remained in full force last year, reaching a new record of 6.7 billion, Twitter said on Thursday. The figure represents a jump of 600 million from 6.1 billion K-pop tweets in 2019. The social media company said that Indonesia ranked as the top market tweeting about K-pop by volume, followed by

Thailand and South Korea. In terms of unique users tweeting about K-pop, Japan topped the list, followed by the United States and Indonesia, reports Yonhap news agency. Global superstar BTS was the most mentioned K-pop artist last year, while NCT, EXO and Blackpink were next on the list.