BTS V was selected as the top 10 most popular male and female K-pop idols in the world, proving his global popularity.
British entertainment media Nubia Magazine has revealed the 10 most popular idols in the article titled, "Most Popular Kpop Idols Worldwide 2021 (Male &Female) Groups".
V took first place in the male idol and all idol categories, and Blackpink's Lisa took first place in the female idol category.
The media revealed that the 10 most popular idols, regardless of gender, were selected as a result of analyzing vast amounts of data online and offline.
Data collected online included data collected from more than 70 popular social media platforms around the world, as well as data collected from Google Trends and Google News. It was revealed that the investigation was conducted in the form of asking questions about K-pop idols.
According to Dearzone, the largest K-pop community active in Russia's largest social network VK, the number of fan club members of V ranks 4th after BTS, EXO, and Blackpink, and holds the highest ranking as an individual in 2019 and 2020 in a row. V also has the most followers on Instagram fan pages run by fans without a personal account.
V is showing his fan power base by breaking various records such as the first and highest records on BTS' official SNS, the first in the number of Wikipedia page views, the first in the number of fancam views, the first in the group purchase of BTS albums, and the iTunes world record. 

Written by Mun Wan SikTranslated by Lee So Yun