BTS Jung-koo surpasses Michael Jackson and Justin Bieber.. Tops global social media with most mentions on X in 2026, claiming the 'global social media throne'

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The World Music Awards (WMA) announced that BTS Jung-koo recorded over 2.6 million mentions on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) from January 1 to July 31, 2026, ranking as the most-mentioned singer of the year.

The WMA stated in its official account: "Jung-koo emerged as the number one most-mentioned singer on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in 2026." Jung-koo's mention count exceeded that of second-place Michael Jackson with 2.4 million mentions and third-place Drake with 2.1 million mentions. The top ten also included Bad Bunny at fifth place with 1.7 million mentions, Justin Bieber at sixth with 1.5 million mentions, The Weeknd at eighth with 1.2 million mentions, Bruno Mars at ninth with 1.1 million mentions, and Harry Styles at tenth with 1 million mentions.

Previously, Jung-koo recorded over 800,000 mentions on X immediately after performing at the halftime show of the '2026 FIFA (FIFA) North America World Cup' final, also ranking as the number one most-mentioned solo artist related to the 2026 World Cup on X.

Recently, Jung-koo set a record for having the second-most reposted posts globally on Instagram. The top spot in this category was held by Lionel Messi with 2.6 million reposts. Jung-koo holds seven posts that each received over one million reposts on Instagram, ranking him as the number one individual with the most such posts.

On TikTok, the hashtag '#jungkook' alone achieved 400 billion views.

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