Although Korean Pop, or more commonly known as K-Pop, is a music loved by some and criticized by others as ‘wanted American’, it is obvious that the popularity of K-Pop artists is a non-negotiable subject. BTS is considered one of the most popular of all K-Pop groups, and BTS members are breaking engagement records over and over, especially on Twitter.
BTS member Jungkook, with a tweet he sent in the last days of May, has 6 of the 20 tweets with the most likes since Twitter was launched, and has a hard-to-break record.
Jungkook’s tweet with the most likes is a selfie he took on January 24. The post in question has received 3.2 million likes from Twitter users. Jungkook’s tweet with the least likes in the top 20 has 2.8 million likes. The last tweet, which made Jungkook the first person to have 6 tweets out of the 20 most liked tweets, was shared on May 29 and has 3 million likes so far.
When we look at the tweets that received the most likes in general so far, the death news shared by Chadwick Boseman’s family ranks first, and the bad news has received 7.4 million likes so far. An August 2017 tweet by Barack Obama ranked second with 4.2 million likes; A tweet shared by the current president of the USA, Joe Biden, after taking the presidency, ranks third with 4.1 million likes.
Owners of the 20 most liked tweets so far:
- Chadwick Boseman’s family
- Barack Obama
- Joe Biden
- Barack Obama
- Andy Milonakis
- Jungkook
- Kamala Harris
- Joe Biden
- Macaulay Culkin
- Jungkook
- V
- Jungkook
- Jungkook
- V (BTS member)
- Jungkook
- Barack Obama
- Jungkook
- BTS
- Mel
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