BTS & BLACKPINK Defeated? The Singer that Koreans Like Most is “This Person”

On June 19, Gallup Korea published its result for the “Top 50 Things that Koreans Like” survey, which was conducted from March 22 to April 5, 2024 with over 1,777 people aged 13 or older nationwide.

According to Gallup Korea, the results for the Singer category of “Top 50 Things that Koreans Like” is as follows:

1. Lim Young-woong: 10.3%
2. IU: 9.0%
3. BTS: 4.9%
4. Na Hoon-ah: 4.0%
5. New Jeans: 3.5%
6. Jang Yun-jeong: 3.4%
7. Jin-seong: 2.7%
8. Yeong-tak: 2.4%
9. Song Ga-in: 2.4%
10. BLACKPINK: 2.2%

Other singers with who received more than 1% responses from the survey includes Lee Chan-won (2.0%), Sung Si-kyung (1.9%), Kim Yeon-ja (1.6%), Kim Ho-jung, Cho Yong-pil (over 1.5%), and Lee Hyori (1.3%), Lyn (1.2%), Jeon Yu-jin, IVE (above 1.1%), as well as Jang Min-ho, Lee Seung-cheol, Lee Moon-se, and Lee Mi-ja (above 1.0%).

It seems that Lim Young-woong’s popularity in Korea is immense, especially among older woman, leading to the trot singer even overcoming top idol groups like BTS, NewJeans, and BLACKPINK and even the “nation’s little sister” IU.

Below are some comments from netizens regarding this result:

• Wow NewJeans is truly the public’s pick
• The fact that BTS was in the military and still rank so high
• BLACKPINK hasn’t done any group activities since forever, so it’s impressive
• IU tops the charts for so many age groups… she’s so impressive

Source: Gallup, theqoo