Published 10:23 IST, October 13th 2020

This Real? Kohli, ABD, IPL 2020 & powercut SMASHED on Twitter as BTS & Jimin dominate all

Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers, Dream11 IPL and Mumbai power cut were all toppled on the Twitter trends on Monday night as BTS star Jimin celebrated his birthday.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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It is unlikely that a day goes by in India where major news event or occurrence in any sphere becomes a talking point on Twitter. Tuesday too was dominated with news of Mumbai power cut in morning, Farooq Abdullah’s controversial comment on Article 370 and Dream11 Indian Premier League in evening. However, ne of m were on topmost Twitter trends as an international celebrity was most-talked in India, at least on Twitter.

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Jimin birthday wishes rule India trends

top six hashtags at 9.50 PM on Monday were all dedicated to South Korean pop star Jimin. One of members of popular band BTS, Jimin, whose full name is Park Ji-min, celebrated his birthday, turning 25.

Despite usual talking point around that time, Dream11 IPL going on, and encounter between Bangalore and Kolkata underway, players hardly found a mention on trends. Aaron Finch was top most n-Jimin trend at 7, followed by Virat Kohli at 9. Bangalore captain’s unbeaten century partnership with AB de Villiers and even latter raining sixes in a blitzkrieg kck of 73* in just 33 balls, were all sidelined. 

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Around 20 hashtags, and many of m with interesting titles like #JiminBorntoShine, #AngelVoiceJimin, #HealingFairyJimin, #1013FiltersofJimin, #CuteSexyLovelyJimin, out of 30, were dedicated in hour of young singer.

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Surely anyone who might logged in to Twitter to kw what was happening in India would have h a hard time searching for more relevant trends. domination of trends and outpouring of love showed that Jimin h a humongous fan following in India.

Jimin & BTS's popularity

Jimin has a whopping 6.6 million followers on Instagram.

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t just Jimin, BTS as a band is also hugely popular across world, with 31.4 million fans on platform. 

Apart from holding record for highest-selling album in South Korea, band has even been credited for ir role in ecomy, as well as being a factor for attraction of tourists.

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Right from making it to Time's 100 most influential people in world and Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2019 to  dressing United Nations General Assemblies, band’s popularity has been ackwledged on a global scale before.    

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10:23 IST, October 13th 2020