The South Korean government recently revealed an incredible result of an international survey which showed some of the most popular Korean content and celebrities.

On January 29, Friday, the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korean Foundation for International Culture Exchange has officially announced the results of their 2021 Overseas Hallyu Survey, which turned out to be a huge success for some of their Korean contents and celebrities. The survey got 8,500 respondents fond of K-pop and Korean culture from various international countries such as the U.S.A, China, Japan, and more.

The survey was conducted last September 24 to November 4, 2020, and the respondents were asked a lot of questions varying from Korean TV shows, films, music, and more. The majority of the respondents concluded their answer for the most favorite K-pop singer, and about 22% of the results voted for BTS, while BLACKPINK comes in the second spot with a total of 13.5% votes and PSY sitting a no. 3 at 2.9%.

TWICE is also included with a total of 2.4% votes, and EXO at no. 5 with 2.1% of the votes from the survey respondents. Check out the other list for the dominating Korean contents and celebrities below:

Most Favorite Korean Actors

  1. Lee Min Ho - 9.6% votes
  2. Hyun Bin - 3.5% votes
  3. Gong Yoo - 2.3% votes
  4. Song Hye Kyo - 2.1% votes
  5. Lee Jong Suk - 2% votes

Most Favorite Korean Film

  1. Parasite - 18.4% votes
  2. Train To Busan - 10.2% votes
  3. Peninsula - 3.5% votes
  4. #ALIVE - 2.1% votes
  5. Time to Hunt - 1.6% votes

Most Favorite K-drama

  1. Crash Landing On You - 9.5% votes
  2. It's Okay to Not Be Okay - 4.1% votes.
  3. The World of the Married & Itaewon Class - 2.8% votes
  4. Kingdom - 2.5% votes

Among all the Korean content offered in the survey, the K-drama content was the most dominant and popular content from all the respondents with total votes of 29.7%, followed by the K-beauty products and videos with 27.5% votes. Next is variety shows (26.9%) and fashion (24.8%); this concludes that more consumers turn to more Korean content since the pandemic struck as the results showed significant progress compared to before the health crisis.

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