BTS member Jungkook is once again proving his strong popularity even while taking a break for military service.
According to music chart accounts About Music and Pop Planet, Jungkook ranked No. 1 among male group idols with the most searches on YouTube Korea in 2026.
This is not the first time Jungkook has shown strong search power. He also ranked No. 1 in the same category in 2024 while serving in the military. In 2025, he ranked No. 2 among the most searched male idols on YouTube Korea, showing steady public interest.
His global popularity also remains strong. Jungkook reportedly ranked No. 1 among the most searched K-pop male idol group members on YouTube in the United States for two straight years in 2024 and 2025. In Japan, he ranked No. 1 among male idol group members searched over the past 10 years.
Jungkook also continued to stand out worldwide. He reportedly stayed No. 1 as the most searched K-pop idol on YouTube for five years in a row. He also ranked No. 1 on Google and Tumblr for five straight years, further showing his strong online influence.
His name was also widely mentioned on YouTube. Last year, Jungkook was reportedly the third most mentioned person in the world after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Even during his military service, he ranked No. 1 in YouTube mentions among global solo artists.
On TikTok, his personal hashtag “#jungkook” became the first by a global solo artist to pass 300 billion views. He is also said to be the only person with more than 40 million posts under one personal hashtag.
Recently, Jungkook’s “Hooligan” challenge video on Instagram also passed 100 million views in just four days. The post reportedly became the third most shared post in Instagram history.
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