Lee Min-ho (Starhouse Entertainment)

Hallyu star Lee Min-ho has proved his popularity in China, with the largest number of Weibo followers among Korean celebrities.

Weibo, China’s most prominent social networking service, is one of the best indicators of stars’ popularity in China. The actor’s Weibo account was found to have 24.6 million followers.

Lee had about 10 million followers in November last year and 20 million by February, just three months later. Recently, Lee made an announcement on his account about his upcoming film “Gangnam 1970” and received more than 40,000 comments from fans.

Lee Min-ho's Weibo account (Weibo)

South Korean singer Psy is next in line with more than 24.4 million followers. Before being overtaken by Lee, Psy had the largest number of Weibo followers among Korean stars. Other popular SNS stars included actor Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Joon-gi, Jang Keun-suk and Super Junior member Siwon.

Lee has finished the acting work for “Gangnam 1970,” in which he plays his first lead role. The movie will be released in January.

By Kim Min-jin (minjin103@heraldcorp.com)