Sat. Nov 9th, 2024

Kpop Idols Take Home Top Prizes Of 2017 Instagram Awards

Instagram has announced the results for its 2017 Instagram Awards! The biggest prizes for Korea were the Most-Loved Account, the Top 5 Accounts, and the Account with Most Growth. Unsurprisingly, Kpop artists and idols were the ones to take home the main prizes of the awards. Each of the winners will be receiving a trophy in the shape of the Instagram logo.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon won the Most-Loved Account award due to the high number of likes and comments on his posts during 2017.

Kwon Hyun Bin, former “Produce 101” trainee and current member of JBJ, won the award for the account with the most growth over the past year.

The Top 5 Accounts were chosen according to the number of followers. G-Dragon came in first with 15.2 million followers of his account, He was followed by EXO members Chanyeol (12.8 million), Sehun (11.7 million), and Baekhyun (11.3 million), along with SNSD member Taeyeon with 10.7 million followers.

In addition, awards were given for the Most-Viewed Instagram Stories. Jessica Jung came in first, followed by Taeyeon, Jessi, Sooyoung, and rapper Dok2.

For other categories, two of Chanyeol’s posts won Photo and Video With Most Likes respectively. The photo here was liked by 1.6 million people, and this video posted in September was watched by 2.9 million people.

Congratulations to everybody!

 

KyeongJun is a writer for WTK, where he gushes about his love for Korean rock music (You guys need to listen to Jaurim). When not writing, he’s at the gym listening to the newest K-Rock bands.  You can catch KyeongJun @CrazyD_888 on Twitter

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