{"id":12812,"date":"2025-07-21T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/12812\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:36:07","slug":"k-pop-megastars-bts-surpass-30-million-weverse-subscribers-ahead-of-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/12812\/","title":{"rendered":"K-pop megastars BTS surpass 30 million Weverse subscribers ahead of comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SEOUL \u2013 K-pop phenomenon BTS have become the first artistes to surpass 30 million subscribers on Weverse, setting a new benchmark for global fan engagement ahead of their highly anticipated comeback in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">South Korean entertainment company Hybe announced on July 19 that more than 30 million fans have now joined the boy band\u2019s community on Weverse, a platform designed to facilitate direct interaction between artistes and their followers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Through the service, fans can watch live broadcasts, chat with BTS members in real time and buy concert tickets and official merchandise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Available in 245 countries and regions, Weverse recorded 10 million monthly active users in the first quarter of 2025. Since its launch in June 2019, no artiste other than BTS has reached this scale of following.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The platform hosts not only Hybe-affiliated acts, but also artistes from other K-pop agencies. Actors, musical theatre performers and international pop stars, including Ariana Grande and Dua Lipa, are also featured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">To mark the milestone, BTS member Jin left a brief message on the platform, writing: \u201cI was told to post something brag-worthy, so here it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">BTS are preparing to release a new album in 2026, following the recent completion of mandatory military service by all the members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">BTS also released their first live album, Permission To Dance On Stage \u2013 Live, on July 18, which captures the band\u2019s concert series from 2021 to 2022, held in Seoul, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. THE KOREA HERALD\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEOUL \u2013 K-pop phenomenon BTS have become the first artistes to surpass 30 million subscribers on Weverse, setting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-12812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}