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The talk of the town in Hallyuwood right now is the fierce competition between Byeon WooSeok and Kim SooHyun as they battle it out for the “Outstanding Asian Star – Korea” award at the Seoul International Drama Awards (SDA) 2024. This is a fan-voted category, and each day, thousands of votes are coming in for the two actors, who currently stand at #1 and #2, respectively.
Byeon WooSeok is nominated for his breakout role in the fantasy romance K-Drama “Lovely Runner”, whereas Kim SooHyun is nominated for the mega-hit success “Queen Of Tears”. The actors’ leading ladies, Kim HyeYoon and Kim JiWon, are nominated for the “Actress” division of the category, where they are also fighting for the top spot.
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Attention is focused on whether the rising star with meteoric success will win over the veteran blue chip who fans trust and watch. So, we conducted an analysis of their current reach and the netizen sentiment associated with them to predict a possible winner of the “Oustanding Asian Star – Korea” award at the SDA 2024. Without further ado, let’s get into it!
Byeon WooSeok
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Stats:
#1 on SDA 2024, as of June 25, 3:15 PM KST
Instagram: 9.9M
Average search volume score on Google Trends: 59
Online Presence Score: 62
Kpopmap HEART TOP 100: 83.2K+ Hearts
Reach and Mentions:
According to our research, Byeon WooSeok currently has a total social media reach of 148 M. This is an increase of +4028% in the last 30 days, during which his social media mentions have gone up +5769%. Reach and mentions for Byeon WooSeok peaked most recently on May 28, the day the finale of “Lovely Runner” was released.
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The cumulative social media likes for Byeon WooSeok have gone up +3824%. The “Lovely Runner” actor’s non-social media reach is at over 71 million right now, which reflects his popularity as a household name in addition to being an icon on the internet. Keywords related to Byeon WooSeok that are currently viral include “Byeon WooSeok edits”, “Eclipse” and “Ryu SunJae”.
Sentiment Analysis:
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Over the last 30 days, positive sentiment associated with Byeon WooSeok has gone up by a massive +7343%. In comparison, negative sentiment associated with the rising star is little to zero. As such, the boom he is experiencing in popularity is almost entirely positive and spans across the globe. He may be new to such a boost in fame but his growth is showing no signs of slowing down, especially when the people adore him so much.
Kim SooHyun
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Stats:
#2 on SDA 2024, as of June 25, 3:15 PM KST
Vote gap from 1st: 1615 votes
Instagram: 19.8M
Average search volume score on Google Trends: 43
Online Presence Score: 56
Kpopmap HEART TOP 100: 275.4K+ Hearts
Reach and Mentions:
Kim SooHyun currently has a total social media reach of 42 M. This has increased +2487% in the last 30 days. During this time, his social media mentions have gone up +4086%. In particular, his reach across the web peaked on June 17, 2024, at 5.5 million. Interestingly, Kim SooHyun was leading in the SDA 2024 vote at that time.
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Kim SooHyun’s non-social media reach in the past month was a little over 26 million and his social media likes were at 2.3 M, having grown +4390% in the last 30 days. Keywords related to Kim SooHyun that are the most highly searched right now are “Kim JiWon” and “Queen Of Tears”. Kim SooHyun has a prolific 17-year career, has won several prestigious awards, and is one of the highest-paid actors in the industry.
Sentiment Analysis:
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Upon conducting a sentiment analysis by pulling posts from all over the internet over the past 30 days, we observed that the percentage of positive sentiment compared to negative sentiment associated with Kim SooHyun is almost the same as that of Byeon WooSeok. This positive netizen sentiment has grown +4000% in the last 30 days.
During the voting period so far, it has been rather impossible to predict who will be at the top spot for the “Outstanding Asian Star – Korea” category. If current popularity translates to votes, Byeon WooSeok has a higher chance of winning. However, with the power of Kim SooHyun’s 17-year career and his long-term fanbase, it is quite possible that the “Queen Of Tears” actor will ultimately take the throne.
Numbers might help guide us, but the final results are entirely unpredictable and depend on YOUR votes only.
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