Yoona and Kim Soo Hyun Top the Vlinkage 2016 Most Popular Korean Male and Female Star List in China

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• Yay for #4 Lee jong suk, he is still popular in China all well as in SK without doing nothing recently. KSH, LMH,LJS look like regular stars for this kinds of lists.

  • What I remember is that in all lists which I've seen in the past two years these three actors are on the top with some changes in their rankings between themselves,it's first time that I see someone has surpassed LMH & LJS which should we wait to see will SJK the next one who is fixed in these kind of lists or not!

    • *Will SJK be

  • LJS is filming a Chinese drama there... So he is doing something to maintain his popularity there

    • But he is currently filming it, till starting the promotions & its airing he officially is in hiatus in public eyes.

    • He is active in China... the drama isn't airing but he isn't in hiatus.
      It's different.
      LMH also worked on a cmovie too
      KSH is working on a kmovie.
      None of them is in hiatus.

      Hiatus means resting and no work at all, like Wonbin.

  • actresses: #1 Yoona #2 PSH #3 JJH
    male actors: #1 Kim Soo Hyun 2# SJK #3LMH

    they deserve it! they are so talented and successful. i am so proud of them.

    note: Yoona's drama reached more than 10 BILLION of views. she is amazing. because she did ALONE without the support of her SM company nor snsd members nor snsd name. well! Yoona deserves all successful.

• Dream High girls on 19-21!

  • Dem dream high feels! T_T

• Nothing shocking about Top3 on both list , those are pretty much the most popular Korean stars in China right now.

• LJS is at #4 although he has been away for a year and a half now, and as i heard with no agency backing him up for few month now,yet he manages to be among the top names in every list in Korea and China.

  SJK let's see if he can maintain his position on that list like KSH, LMH and LJS

• wow lmh even without any drama for the past 3yrs

• Didn't Lee Hyori retire? And she's still on the list, wow. And aren't Park Min Young and Song Ji Hyo working in China or at least worked in China recently? Why are they so low? I'm happy for my favorite actors all in top 5 of each list. I feel like a proud mom haha

  • The female list is practically a joke. I would only agree with the top three having any real impact or significance. As for the others, it's basically a list of who people recognize from the some what popular korean dramas the people being polled have watched.

    As for Song Ji Hyo, Park Min Young, Chae Rim, etc. a lot of these Koreans who worked in China still can't seem to have more relevance than JJH or PSH who have yet to work in Chinese dramas. Yoona got the extra push because she just had her cdrama premiere and is an SNSD member.

    • ERROR!! you should know that Yoona's drama reached more than 10 BILLION of views because she is talented and she is YOONA! ... Not because of sm or snsd member. You needs know that SM did not support Yoona's drama, ...even snsd members did not support her too. YOONA REACHED ALONEEEEE HER HUGE SUCCESFUL IN CHINA & ASIA, AGAIN!!! .note: Yoona always supporting snsd member, because she is the most successful, popular and famous. *note2: Asia know Yoona's career and her snsd group, but Asia loves more Goddess Yoona than snsd. In china : Yoona is more famous, success and popular that her snsd group. ofc, t-ara is the most popular kpop girl group, not snsd.

• I've been reading conflicting news about Yoona's drama. Sone say it's a gugh hit while others say it is a moderate success and wasn't even top in it's time slot. Anyone care to post numbers?

  SNSD fans should be out in full force support her.

  • God of War Zhao Yun is pretty much most talked about drama in China right now, ratings are great and getting higher by the episode and their online views are trough the roof, the drama already has over 3 billion views.

    And out of all the cast Yoona is getting the bast feedback, she is pretty much most talked about drama star these days, together with Song Joon Ki and Hu Ge.

    So the drama is not some HUGE hit yet, but it`s doing very well and is giving Yoona extra exposure.

    • May I ask what Hu Ge has been up to? Does he have any new projects right now?

  • Its true the numbers are steadily increasing but it has a long way to go considering half the show has aired. The channel it airs on released its popular drama ratings and her drama is third. However in its time slot its doing well.

    • May I ask what is the 1st and 2nd?

    • what crap you talking?On its time slot its always no 1,
      Its mostly 1/2 ON daily overall shows charts ,like most drama.

• Lee Min Ho even doesn't need drama to keep his star!
  he's quite popular even without doing a drama
  no drama for few years
  he maintained his popularity without being in any drama since heirs
  even without any drama in three years

• Not surprising whatsoever tbh. KSH always tops these kind of lists. He's such a huge star in China and in Korea. I'm happy to see some unexpected names though!

• I don't have qualms about this celebrity popularity list. (For one-time drama popularity, I still think DotS outpaced both MLfAS and Heirs unless you can really prove those reported commercial and financial numbers such as ratings, online views for each episode, and total business profits generated are fake.) KSH and LMH have been in the Hallyu wave for a while not b/c just a single hit drama such as MLfAS and Heirs. The Moon Embracing the Sun, Boys over Flowers, and City Hunter etc. are also very popular in Chinese-speaking markets although these dramas do not create as much buzz as MLfAS and Heirs. Their popularity as Hallyu stars is accumulated through several famous dramas well-loved by fans, specifically LMH. His fame in China may not cause as much media attention as KSH. But I guess in general he has a larger fan club following him worldwide. (Just my speculation without any hard numbers to support.) I think there're reasons for him to be selected as a culture ambassador for S. Korean government and also mentioned numerous times in Korean entertainment media for his impact on Kdrama's international market while I never saw KSH or other K actors equally mentioned in the K ent.

  I like all top 4 actors in the list and love some (if not all) of their dramas. But personally, Song Joong Ki has always been my number 1, followed equally by the other three. Before DotS, I enjoyed the Moon Embracing the Sun most. I also consider TMETS is KSH's best drama so far.

  • KSH was already selected as Korea's Tourism Organization ambassador back in 2012. He also got top award last year at the National Brand Awards for raising Korea's brand image.

    These official national boards look more than FB fan count to determine who has more impact and influence.

    • I personally don't value these ranking polls since the polling method might be crappy and misleading from professional perspectives. For me as a fan of some of these top actors/actresses, I enjoy their dramas perhaps with different takes from the majority of drama viewers. Each actor has different acting style and aura and appeals to different groups of audience. Why compare????

    • Sorry, Drama Queen, oops, I mean Drama2016, I had to LOL that you're the one saying why compare.

    • @checki, hahaha..LOL at your sarcasm. Welcome to join my little thread inside Blog queen Koala's forum. Yeah why compare with ranking#? So what's your point to drop pointless comment? LMAO..

    • Haha you are indirectly mocking lmh bringing up FB accounts and all. They are also one kind of criteria to measure popularity and influence. Talking about the national boards lmh is the tourism ambassador of korea for 2016 and his ad promoting tourism kept records having more than 20M views. And he was awarded Brand of the year korea 2015 proving his impact furthermore. And even selected as hounarable ambassador for 2018 winter olympics. So has so many titles to depict his influence other than being the and king. That's a plus for his popularity.

  • I agree with Drama2016. They know whats up and the polls has no much weight. He has 4 governmental posts. His also the OL ambassador. he has considerable the more impact. it's common knowlegde

  • the same person who bashed PSH who built her hits since 2009 lol

  • So I finally agree @whatever we both like to stalk each other. LOL...Let's continue to troll each other and our faves. I assure you that you'll definitely get pissed at me again as long as your delulu princess is referenced in the same blog as my faves. LOL...See you soon.

    • Actually no one is pissed at you....we read your posts, laugh at them and then respond when you make contradictory remarks.....and you say she is delulu.....on what authority are you basing this comment? You say only facts - hard facts are acceptable so where did you find a statement, comment or such from a reputable professional authority figure saying she is delusional? Those sort of comments are legally actionable. Comments that can effect the reputation of public figure adversely are actionable. It happens all the time. And being sued by a famous person would definitely end your so-called Wall Street career!

    • My goodness. LOL

    • You seem to have a lot of time but I don't
      Just calling out the ironic.
      Let's not see each other often :)

    • @drama2016, whatever you said girl, but you can't deny psh really famous n popular even she doesn't have drama 1,5 years because she want to finish her school and guest what she finish and have degree now.

    • hahaha...I have never ever denied PSH is popular. LOL..When did I say that in my comments? But it won't change my and many others' opinions that her acting mehhhhhhh. I think she's a nice person (I also said this in my comments before) so she has good relationships with ppl in the K industry. My Kpop favorite composer CNBlue Yong Hwa befriends her so I have no particular hate against her as a person. But still, the fact is SHE ISN'T TALENTED IN ACTING. I don't care much about celebrities' private life or school or personality etc. What I'm most interested in Koala's blogs are showbiz related topics. You PSH fans should stop trolling me just b/c I don't like your bias. LOL...

    • The troll calling out others for trolling......kettle calling the pot black!!!! so funny!!!!

    • Yeah kid graduating 2018, let's continue to troll each other since you insist. LOL

    • not insisting just calling you out when you sound crazy.....it is embarrassing to see a grown woman make a fool of herself even if she thinks she is smart and can say anything she wants because no one can trace her....brhahahahahaha.....you don't know much about coding or the world of hacking do you? brhahahahaha......

    • Yeah kid, you can come hack me. LOL..remember my background in STEM.. hahahaha.

    • why would I want to hack you? I posed a simple question concerning people who post actionable words wondering why they think no one can figure out who they are....in the huge scheme of things your posts are not that important and evidently your blasting others makes you feel good/perhaps better than others or some such reason so blast away and have fun.....I'm starting to find that you say the same things over and over so it's starting to lose it's LOL factor.....
      and almost any high school kid knows the acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math - however well you do in those fields the field of hacking is a whole different puppy......but that is neither here nor there.....you haven't really said anything that I would go over the deep end on....it's all just petty hatred of a famous actress that out does your favorite bias....and your continuing bringing her name up every time you are confronted for stupid comments or comments that don't make sense....so I will stop in this particular query line because the fun is gone.......

    • Hey this kid of class 2018. Stop you nonsense would you please? You generalize too much. PSH out does my bias? Who do you think my bias is? My one and only one bias HAS BEEN actor Song Joong Ki since his drama of Deep Rooted Tree years back. LMAO. Nobody continued to bring up your bias PSH except you rabid fans. You should have realized earlier that you'd better stop messing around with me. I have no interest AT ALL talking about your fave all over this blog. That's not my purpose to visit this forum.