Actor Lee Min-ho has become the number one South Korea Actor in the overwhelming number of Followers in Social media such as Facebook, Instagram and Weibo.
Lee Min-ho is a global TOP Actor with the largest number of SNS Followers among Korean wave Actors, showing high popularity beyond imagination. Typically, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Inc. The number of Followers reached 17.3 million and 16.6 million and 3 million respectively, while Weibo exceeded 28.5 million (as of 16 June). This is the number one record in the South Korea Actor.
Especially in the case of Weibo and Facebook, it is the overwhelming number one among all South Korean artists including singer and Actor, and it shows huge global popularity.
Even after SBS 'The King: The Lord of Eternity' (hereinafter referred to as 'The King') ended on the 12th, Lee Min-ho's global popularity is running at a daily high. Lee Min-ho, who showed perfect visuals and mature performances that double the aura and dignity of the emperor of the Korean Empire, has gained a worldwide interest by taking control of the emperor with his unique emperor charm. The impact is getting stronger on Netflix, which has overseas viewers in more than 190 countries.
Thanks to Lee Min-ho's hot performance, "The King: Lord of Eternity" remained at No. 1 in the wave drama rankings, the domestic online video Service (OTT) platform, for seven consecutive weeks, and in Netflix, the world's largest OTT, it ranked No. 1 in the TV show week rankings in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Nigeria, including Korea. Japan, India, Chile and the Dominican Republic also maintained their top position with popular content, making Lee Min-ho realize its global status.
The most prestigious Netflix chart is World Ranking, which collects and announces all 190 Service nationalities, and The King: Eternal Monarch, starring Lee Min-ho, is the only Korean work to show off its ninth place, boosting K content spread and Korean wave craze.
Lee Min-ho also boasted a unique presence as a Korean wave star in various domestic and foreign media and Social media. China's largest SNS, Weibo and Twitter Inc., has proved a hot interest, with keywords related to Lee Min-ho taking the top spot in the world wide trend and being named on China's most popular Korean wave star chart. In one Taiwanese broadcasting program, a corner was covered along Lee Min-ho in the drama, and an Indonesian doctor working at the Corona 19 site gave a warm heart to comfort the patient by wearing a nameplate made of Lee Min-ho photo on the protective suit.
In addition, Lee Min-ho was selected as the "Most Preferred Korea Actor" for the second consecutive year from 2018 ~ 2019 in the "Korean wave Survey" released by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea International Cultural Exchange Agency in February. As the previous round of "The King: Eternal Monarch" was released on Netflix, Lee Min-ho's global popularity is expected to continue to rise.