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Reddit K-Pop Census Results 2022
Reddit K-Pop Census Results 2022
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J INTRODUCTION J
u/AlleyBetwixt
u/NishinosanTV
U/JONICRECIS
u/shpxl U/BB_GG
u/Iblaka
u/Juicysteak11
u/Gates0fdawn
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2,000
35.1%
+ 0.5% prefer not to answer
1,500
22.3%
1,000
19.5%
10.7%
9.1%
500
1.7%
0.02% 0.3%
0
0-13 13-18 19-22 23-27 28-32 33-40
41-54 55+
3,000
51.3%
+ 1.4% prefer not to answer
40.5%
2,000
1,000
3.9%
1.1% 0.6% 0.6% 0.2%
0
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Other
3.1%
Transgender
Cisgender - 89%
4.1%
Transgender - 4.1%
Sexuality
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4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
16.4%
7.2%
0.7% 0.5% 0.5%
0
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3,000
53.9%
+ 4.1% prefer not to answer
participants could
select more than
one answer.
22.9%
1,000
13.2%
6.5% 5.9%
1.9% 1.4% 1.2% 1% 0.9%
0
Employed Student Student Unemployed Self- Student Disabled COVID- Parent/ Other
(unemployed) (employed) employed/ (other) related Homemaker/ (incl
Freelance uncertainty etc. retired)
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Healthcare - 486
Computer Science & Maths - 474
Business & Financial 340
IT - 333
Arts, Design & Entertainment - 322
Engineering - 318
Other - 235
Education - 208
Academia - 178
Life & Physical Sciences - 165
Advertising, Marketing & Sales - 150
Retail - 144
Legal Services - 122
Linguistics, Translation & Interpretation - 119
Office & Administrative - 117
Government, Politics & International Relations - 117
Social Sciences - 111
Food Services & Restaurant Hospility - 85
Communications & Public Relations - 71
Transportation & Shipping - 57
Manufacturing & Production - 52
Hospitality & Tourism - 49
Architecture & Planning - 48
Journalism & News Media - 41
Library & Information Sciences - 41
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52.5% + 0.5%
prefer not
to answer
0.5%
3.6%
6.1%
1. Brazil - 84
2. Argentina - 33
3. Chile - 27 1. South Africa - 15
2. Morocco - 4 1. Australia - 259
3. Kenya & Nigeria - 2 2. New Zealand - 46
3. Guam - 1
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UT TC 1
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UT 30
UT 09
UT 08
UT 07
UT 06
UT TC 5
03 4
UT 30
02 3
UT 30
UT 02
UT 01
UT 00
UT 01
UT TC 2
03 3
UT 30
04 4
UT 30
UT 05 5
05 0
UT 45
06 6
UT 30
UT 07
UT 08
UT TC 9
10 0
UT 30
UT 11
UT 12
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4,000
25.6%
1,000
11.7% + %7.5%
prefer
not to
1.3%
0
answer
Paid Streaming Free Streaming Physical Arr Paid Digital Other
Service Service Albums Matey! Downloads Source
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250
500
750
1,000
1,250
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0.9%
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ar
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16.8%
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12.6%
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ar
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ar
s
ag
o
3-
21.5%
2
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o
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8.4%
ye
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Moderate - 19.8%
Conversational - 3.4%
Cisgender
75.4%
Fluent/Native - 1.2%
6,000
11.7% Korean
+ % prefer
I am planning to learn soon
4.4% not to
answer
0
1.1% I am already fluent in korean
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r/Kpop - 90.7%
Twitter - 56.8%
Youtube - 41.1%
Instagram - 30.3%
Soompi - 20.9%
+ % prefer
not to
TikTok - 13.9% answer
Discord - 12.9%
Allkpop - 12.1%
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
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6,000
4,000
45.4% This is my first r/kpop census
2,000
0
7.8% census
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Very rarely
4.6%
r
1m
9.5%
32.5%
A few times per month x
32.6%
9.4%
1w
21.5%
Other - 0.8%
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
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DISCLAIMER:
Artists currently from groups qualified as Soloists for these results
based on releasing substantial work distinctly apart from their
group with a reasonable expectation of future solo activities.
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I U - 971 IU - 827
CHUNGHA - 772 CHUNGHA - 789
TAEYEON - 759 TAEMIN - 788
SUNMI - 498 TAEYEON - 759
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DISCLAIMER:
Votes for any subunits were counted as votes for the respective
original group from which the subunits were formed.
OK
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TWICE - 1389
ITZY - 811
AESPA - 679
BTS - 670
BLACKPINK - 653
DREAMCATCHER - 636
LOONA - 630
STAYC - 589
SNSD - 579
SHINEE - 485
SEVENTEEN - 483
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TWICE - 638
DREAMCATCHER - 399
ITZY - 397
(G)I-DLE - 364
AESPA - 338
BLACKPINK - 314
BTS - 305
LOONA - 301
2021: TWICE
IVE - 264 2020: Red Velvet
2019: TWICE
SNSD - 250
STAYC - 233
NCT - 213
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TWICE - 261
ITZY - 178
BTS - 142
IVE - 136
SNSD - 132
AESPA - 130
BLACKPINK - 125
SEVENTEEN - 125
STAYC - 122
LE SSERAFIM - 98
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TWICE - 140
ITZY - 89
AESPA - 87
LOONA - 83
BTS - 79
(G)I-DLE - 73
STRAY KIDS - 72
DREAMCATCHER - 69
STAYC - 69
Previous Oceania 1st pick:
IVE - 60
TXT - 59
MAMAMOO - 58
0 50 100 150
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TWICE - 97
RED VELVET - 75
AESPA - 52
LOONA - 51
STAYC - 50
ITZY - 46
BLACKPINK - 45
DREAMCATCHER - 42
SNSD - 39
EXO - 39
Previous SA 1st pick:
STRAY KIDS - 35
IVE - 35
(G)I-DLE - 34
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BLACKPINK - 12
TWICE - 9
DREAMCATCHER - 9
AESPA - 8
BTS - 8
(G)I-DLE - 8
STAYC - 8
TXT - 8
NCT - 7
RED VELVET - 6
ITZY - 6
LOONA - 5
STRAY KIDS - 5
IVE - 5
Previous Africa 1st pick:
MAMAMOO - 5
2021: Red Velvet
SEVENTEEN - 5 2020: BTS
2019: BTS
SHINEE - 5
IZ*ONE - 5
FROMIS_9 - 5
ATEEZ - 5
EVERGLOW - 5
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