Jimin's popularity is amazing, as evidenced by data from different global platforms that host numerous fan communities. He has managed to attain what is arguably the most widespread and diverse fanbase for any individual K-pop artist, thanks to his magical and iconic performance and vocal skills, his charming and kind personality that has seen him named as the 'healing fairy' for his constant words of comfort, encouragement, and care, his god-like beauty with perfect body proportions and his impeccable fashion sense among many other things. As such, irrespective of the situation or occasion, he always ranks among the top most mentioned individuals on different social or community platforms, if not the most mentioned. It could be in relation to his artistry, his heart-warming personality, or other personal matters. This time around, the same has been seen from data published from the Weverse community platform regarding Fandom Trends in 2022.
This summary report from the 2022 Weverse Fandom Trend showed that the #GetWellSoonJimin hashtag from back in January of 2022, was the Most Used hashtag specifically for an artist in all of 2022 and the 3rd Most Popular hashtag overall on the platform, with a mention of volume of 45k. The Weverse Fandom Trend presents global trend analyses between fandoms as well as news topics that became hot topics among fans and artists.
It is worth remembering that early in the year 2022, Jimin was hospitalized on January 30th in the afternoon, having experienced abdominal pains and shown mild symptoms of COVID-19, and he successfully underwent surgery for appendicitis on January 31st, as revealed by a statement from BigHit. Upon learning of this news, the same hashtag, #GetWellSoonJimin, immediately rose to the top of the Twitter worldwide trends as fans wished him a quick recovery, and it quickly gained over 10M views on TikTok with fans posting well wishes on the platform too. Numerous other keywords like 'WE LOVE YOU JIMIN' also trended worldwide on Twitter, and more than 143 global, well-known and reputable media outlets reported on the news and wished him a quick recovery as well. On Weverse, all the top 20 trending posts were those of fans wishing him a quick recovery.
Fans wished him a speedy recovery with more than just words, going the extra mile to execute meaningful deeds like sending prayer requests during Mass for the Catholic faithful. Muslims also offered their prayers, as narrated by one fan who said her grandmother was up all night reciting the Quran, and there was a child who was seen rubbing the tummy of a 'Jimin doll' that was wearing the 'Dynamite' outfit, with the hopes that Jimin will get better.
On Twitter, fans got creative and undertook another project where they decided to keep Jimin company and cheer him up by engaging him in different topics like food, music, movies, and poetry through different daily hashtags, as he worked on his recovery.
Such sweet and deeply meaningful deeds showed just how much Jimin is loved all around the world and just how diverse his fans are, showing his unbeatable and enviable popularity. It was unheard of for fans, media, and the entire world to display such kind of response toward an artist over his health. Only Jimin could elicit such kind of response.
Meanwhile, other than having the most mentioned hashtag specifically for an artist in 2022 on Weverse, Jimin also ranked as the 2nd most mentioned individual artist on social media in 2022, and 3rd most mentioned artist in general, according to NetBase Quid. This is despite the fact that he has been mostly inactive all through the year, releasing only one song which he never promoted and only having producers, and songwriters post about their meetings with him as he worked on his solo debut album.
All these statistics are proof of Jimin's unparalleled global popularity, even with minimal social media appearance. Fans care for him deeply, both for his music and as an individual, and are always there cheering for him and supporting him no matter the situation. It is exciting and beautiful to see how many hearts he has touched in one way or another, and these hearts now feel connected to him.
Jimin we adore you🥰💛