SEOUL, South Korea — In time for the 13th Annual Soompi Awards, Korean pop (K-pop) and drama fans stayed close to all the action on Twitter. This year marks the first for the social media site to officially support the awards.
Fans tweeted their love for their favorite K-pop group with their teams’ hashtags, generating nearly 42 million tweets worldwide in two 24-hour voting periods.
Here are the top Twitter K-pop fandoms and the countries that most actively voted in Soompi Awards’ Best Fandom category:
Top 10 fandoms ranked by number of vote tweets:
1. #TeamGOT7
2. #TeamBTS
3. #TeamEXO
4. #TeamSuperJunior
5. #TeamMonstaX
6. #TeamInfinite
7. #TeamTVXQ
8. #TeamSeventeen
9. #TeamWannaOne
10. #TeamNuest
Boy group GOT7 emerged as the winner of the Twitter Best Fandom Award with nearly 40 percent of the total number of voting Tweets and successfully defended their Best Fandom title for the third year in a row. Further cementing their status as a heavyweight in the Hallyu wave, GOT7 was also crowned Best Male Group and won the Latin America Popularity Award at this year's Soompi Awards.
Top 10 countries ranked by number of unique voters on Twitter:
1. Thailand
2. South Korea
3. Philippines
4. Indonesia
5. USA
6. Brazil
7. Japan
8. Malaysia
9. Mexico
10. Turkey
Soompi is the publishing division of Rakuten Viki, a global streaming destination for Asian entertainment, where millions of people watch their favorite TV shows, movies, original Viki productions, as well as curated lifestyle clips and influencer videos.