STAYC, Kim Woojin, and More: These are the K-Pop Artists With the Highest Follower Growth Rate on TikTok
K-Pop Radar released their "2021 K-Pop World Map" based on TikTok data on November 10. There, they revealed which K-pop artists on the platform had the highest growth rate this year. Want to know who they are? Then keep on reading!
STAYC is the K-Pop Artist With the Highest Growth Rate on TikTok
On November 10, K-Pop Radar unveiled their "2021 K-Pop World Map," which looks at trends and popularity of K-pop songs and artists on TikTok. One of the aspects they looked into was the follower growth rate of artists in the past six months, from March 31, 2021, to September 30, 2021.
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Ranking at the top is STAYC. Though they only had over 759,000 followers on TikTok by the end of September, they had a follower growth rate of 493.8%! Thus, their number of followers increased nearly fivefold in six months. As of the time of writing, STAYC has 924.1k followers on TikTok, with a total of 11.8 million likes.
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K-Pop Radar credits STAYC's high follower growth rate with their "ASAP" challenge. When STAYC released "ASAP" in April 2021, the girl group launched their "ASAP" challenge. They collaborated with several K-pop artists for this challenge, such as ITZY, ASTRO, BDC, and more! This challenge allowed STAYC to reach the followers of other K-pop artists, which led to their high follower growth.
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Congratulations, STAYC!
Kim Woojin is the K-Pop Soloist With the Highest Follower Growth Rate on TikTok
The soloist with the highest follower growth rate on the video platform is Kim Woojin, a former member of the K-pop group Stray Kids. According to K-Pop Radar, Kim Woojin had a 234.7% growth rate on TikTok from March 31, 2021, to September 30, 2021. By the end of September, he had 1.7 million followers.
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He is the only male soloist to make the top ten of K-Pop Radar's list.
As of the time of writing, Kim Woojin has 1.8 million followers. He has amassed 20 million likes on the platform. He started posting to TikTok on December 30, 2020.
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These are the K-Pop Artists With the Highest Follower Growth Rate on TikTok
*Note: From March 31, 2021, to September 30, 2021 (Six months)
1. STAYC - 493.8% growth rate / 759,000 followers
2. BDC - 474.4% growth rate / 666,000 followers
3. Kim Woojin - 234.7% growth rate / 1.7 million followers
4. Weeekly - 200.9% growth rate / 1.2 million followers
5. MIRAE - 170.1% growth rate / 766,000 followers
6. CIIPHER - 147.5% growth rate / 287,000 followers
7. P1HARMONY - 110.4% growth rate / 1.3 million followers
8. ASTRO - 99% growth rate / 3.8 million followers
9. BLACKPINK Rosé - 97.3% growth rate - 19 million followers
10. ITZY - 94.7% growth rate - 4.7 million followers
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Written by Alexa Lewis
