"Marrying Producer Boy" Min Kyung-hoon became No. 1 non-drama hot topic ★

Jul 30, 2024

'Marrying Producer Boy' Min Kyung-hoon became No. 1 non-drama hot topic ★



Singer Min Kyung-hoon dominated the buzz last week thanks to the announcement of the wedding, which the bride-to-be identified as a producer of Knowing Brothers.

In the 4th week of July, Min Kyung-hoon of 「Knowing Bros」 ranked first in the TV-OTT integrated non-drama cast's hot topic survey. Min Kyung-hoon made headlines when he announced his marriage in the program. It is the first time in 15 weeks that the show's performers and guests have topped the list of performers.

In addition, Dex of 'Sister's Mountain Direct Song' was listed in second place. Last week's seventh-place finisher showed his power to move up five spots. It is ranked higher than Hwang Jung-min, who appeared as a guest, and is playing a role as an issue maker of the program.



The third place was Lee Jang-woo from 'I Live Alone', followed by Shim Hyun-seop from 'Joseon's Lover', Gian84 from 'I Live Alone', Ji Chang-wook from 'You Quiz on the Block', and Kim Dae-ho from 'I Live Alone'.

8th place was won by Park Yi-yul of 『Incredible Love』. As the program ended, his wishes for the other person became a hot topic. The 9th and 10th places were found to be Ahn Eun-jin of 'Sister's direct delivery to the mountain area' and Kim Jae-joong of 'New Launch Pyeon Restaurant'.



Meanwhile, JTBC's 'strongest baseball' was ranked No. 1 in non-drama popularity. In the fourth week of July, it ranked No. 1 for the eighth time in 24 years, showing the status of the strongest entertainment in name and reality.

tvN's 「Seojin's 2」 won second place. The popularity of the program fell slightly, but the program ranked second for two consecutive weeks.



JTBC's 「Knowing Brothers」 won third place. As news of Min Kyung-hoon's marriage became an issue, the popularity of the movie rose 77.9% from the previous week. At the same time, he set his own record in 24. The program ranked first in the news category.

From 4th to 6th place, MBC's 'I Live Alone', tvN's 'You Quiz on the Block', and ENA/SBS Plus' 'I'm SOLO', respectively.

tvN's 'Sister's Mountain Direct Song' was ranked 7th. It entered the top 10 in two weeks. Hwang Jung-min's appearance became an issue, ranking first in the TV Thursday category.

KBS2's `Gag Concert' came in eighth, while SBS' `Excited Love' came in ninth. The program ended with a competitive edge entering the top 10 for four consecutive weeks. It also showed its potential to top the TV Tuesday category for the fifth consecutive week. Lastly, KBS2's 'New Release Pyeon Restaurant' came in 10th place.

The rankings, released on July 23 by Good Data Corporation's official platform Fundex (www.fundex.co.kr ), a K-content competitiveness analysis agency, included TV non-dramas and OTT original non-dramas that are being broadcast or released from July 22 to July 28, 2024, as well as performers and guests who appear on each program. Among the non-drama survey subjects in the fourth week of July, about 15 episodes were canceled due to Olympic broadcasts.

The topical survey to select the most competitive program for the week is the result of analyzing program-related information and netizen reactions from news articles, VONs (Voice of Netizen), videos (video clips and shorts), and SNS. Among the data collected for the survey, data that are not related to the program and abiding data to intentionally increase the topic score are more accurately analyzing the competitiveness of the program through filtering steps and have an accuracy of more than 97%.



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