BTS member V (Kim Taehyung) surpassed 50 Million followers on Instagram and became the Fastest Person In The World to reach 50 million followers on Instagram.
On August 20,BTS V surpassed 50 million Instagram followers in 8 months since the account was created, Kim Taehyung is the first Korean male to achieve 50 million followers.
In December of 2021, BTS members opened a personal Instagram account for the first time in eight years of debut, shook fans around the world, and caused a major change in the Instagram platform.
In particular, BTS V (thv) is the fastest person to reach 1 million followers in 43 minutes and fastest to reach 10 million followers in 4 hours and 52 minutes of opening an Instagram account, setting two ‘Guinness World Records‘ and quickly emerged as the world’s strongest Instagram star.
BTS V also set the world’s shortest record to hit 20 million, 30 million, and 40 million followers on Instagram.
The popularity didn’t stop with a one-shot topic. From January to June, V ranked first in the increase of Korean Instagram followers for six consecutive months, demonstrating a strong influence with a steady increase rate without ups and downs.
After being ranked first in the number of Korean male celebrity followers in just 16 days of opening an account, V showed off his extraordinary social power by breaking the world record for the shortest time with 20-50 million followers.
After breaking the shortest record of 50 million on August 20, ‘#TaehyungInstagram50M‘ and ‘ICONIC THV 50MILLION‘ on Twitter took the first and second places in the world, and global fans congratulated them.
With about 50 million followers, V is showing the global influence of K-pop stars all over the world, standing shoulder to shoulder with top stars who have hundreds of millions of followers, such as Ronaldo, Kylie Jenner, and Messi, the world’s number one.
The estimated cost of a sponsor post for BTS V’s Instagram account evaluated by ‘Speakrj’ (a social media auditing company), recorded the highest price in the world at a maximum of $814,000 (about 1.87 billion won).
The reason why BTS V is rated higher in economic value than stars with hundreds of millions of followers is because the follower’s reaction speed is fast and The average number of ‘likes’ on BTS V Instagram account is 13.6 million, boasting the highest in the world.
According to HypeAuditor (an influencer marketing company), BTS V’s global influencer ranking, evaluated by follower activity, is ranked 6th in the world, and is recognized as the most influential Asian celebrity.
In addition, the country with the most number of followers and activities is the United States, and the influencer ranking in the United States is 4th, and the music influencer ranking is 2nd in the world.
Proving her overwhelming social influence with her global ‘Social King‘, BTS V is expected to achieve dazzling results in his solo project activities.
[Gaurav, K-pop Updates]