“The impact of Jungkook live”: Fans flex as Physical 100 becomes the third most-watched show on Netflix after BTS’ member’s livestream

Jungkook went live on the South Korean platform Weverse on February 3, 2023. During the live, the singer shared memorable moments with his fans and watched different Netflix shows, including the reality series Physical 100. The idol was seen enjoying eating fried chicken and watching the intense survival show with enthusiasm.

Physical 100 is a game entertainment reality show where hundreds of people with great physiques and strong bodies. These individuals claim to be the strongest and compete with each other to find out who has the best body and who has the most physical strength.

The BTS member was live with more than 10 million real-time viewers who were all watching Physical 100 after the idol began doing so. Soon the show's viewership skyrocketed, and it became the third most-watched show on Netflix. When they found out about this, fans were overjoyed and one tweeted:

Fans can’t stop thanking Jungkook for recommending the captivating show

After Jungkook’s live, Physical 100’s viewership ratings went from number seven to number three on the most-watched Netflix shows in the world in the first week of February.

The show received an overall increase of nine million hour views, drastically going up from 22.5 million to 31.3 million as compared to the previous week. The show also became the most-viewed non-English show on Netflix worldwide in that week.

Many fans started watching the show and could not get enough of how addictive it was. They went on to describe the notable attributes of the show and the great recommendations by the idol.

One fan even mentioned how they were whipped over by one of the show's contestants, Yoshihiro Akiyama. To their surprise the idol had previously sparred with him and shared the same on their Instagram.

One fan even commented on how thankful they are for Jungkook’s recommendation.

Yoshihiro Akiyama, also known as Choo Sung-hoon, is a Korean Japanese MMA fighter, gold medal winner, judoka, and TV personality. As a part of Physical 100 and as someone who had previously met the idol, Akiyama took to Instagram and posted multiple stories that showed how grateful he was that the idol was watching the reality show.

Even the producer Jang Hogi could not stop bragging about how thankful he was that Jungkook was watching the show and exposing it to more viewers. At the press conference for Netflix’s Physical 100 held on February 7, 2023, he mentioned:

PD Jang Hogi added that the reason why the show is witnessing an increase in interest and viewership is possibly because of Jungkook and commented:

Fans believe that it is the idol's impact that has helped the show increase its viewership and have commented that he can increase any show's viewership just by watching it and recommending it.

More about Jungkook’s latest activities

Similar to his live on Weverse, the idol also created history for BTS when he came live on Instagram with Kim Tae-hyung for the very first time. The duo talked about things and played around with their Instagram features. They were live for approximately twelve minutes on Instagram.

Fans could not get enough of their unexpected interaction and first-ever live. They keep talking about and flooding the internet with historic moments for the group and them. Fans are wishing for more such lives in the future.

It has been reported by South Korean media that the Alive singer is currently occupied preparing for his first-ever solo album.

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Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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