Naver TV Reveals Most Popular Videos And Channels Of 2017

Naver TV has announced the most popular videos of 2017!

The majority of television clips from official Youtube channels are blocked in Korea, so Naver TV is the leading platform for television clips in Korea.

The following results are based on data from January 1, 2017 through December 20, 2017.

“Produce 101” and Wanna One showed explosive popularity over the year, leading the rankings for popular channels and videos.

These were the top 10 channels based on the number of video plays:

1. “Produce 101 Season 2” – 391,433,248 views
2. “Wanna One Go” – 174,155,577 views
3. “Ask Us Anything” – 119,501,891 views
4. “The Return of Superman” – 107,847,740 views
5. “Infinite Challenge” – 85,570,403 views
6. “Show Me the Money 6” – 85,123,629 views
7. MLB Hot Clips – 84,017,582 views
8. “K-Pop Star 6” – 83,006,813 views
9. “I Live Alone” – 78,834,289 views
10. “My Ugly Duckling” – 75,977,636 views

These were the top 10 channels based on the number of new subscribers:

1. “Produce 101 Season 2” – 288,221 subscribers
2. “Wanna One Go” – 212,678 subscribers
3. “Infinite Challenge” – 180,985 subscribers
4. “Sister is Alive” – 145,750 subscribers
5. “Degree of Love” – 141,007 subscribers
6. “Ask Us Anything – 140,382 subscribers
7. “Show Me the Money 6” – 138,268 suscribers
8. “My Golden Life” – 131,236 subscribers
9. “Live Up to Your Name” – 115,010 subscribers
10. “While You Were Sleeping” – 110,417 subscribers

These were the top 10 clips based on the number of video plays:

1. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Park Ji Hoon “Boy in Luv” – 33,099,811 views
2. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Samuel “Get Ugly” – 17,607,240 views
3. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Samuel “Show Time” – 12,877,337 views
4. Wanna One “M!Countdown” Debut Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Energetic” – 11,950,842 views
5. Wanna One “M!Countdown” Debut Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Burn it Up” – 11,942,135 views
6. Wanna One Debut Teaser #4: Lai Guan Lin – 11,796,013 views
7. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Get Ugly” – 11,761,486 views
8. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Knock” – 11,197,871 views
9. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Sorry Sorry” – 10,952,535 views
10. Wanna One Debut Teaser #11: Kang Daniel – 10,768,382 views

These were the top 10 clips based on the number of video likes:

1. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Knock” – 162,222 likes
2. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Park Ji Hoon “Oh Little Girl” – 154,734 likes
3. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Get Ugly” – 102,861 likes
4. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kim Jong Hyun (JR) “Never” – 102,622 likes
5. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Get Ugly” – 96,190 likes
6. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Hwang Min Hyun “Never” – 86,109 likes
7. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Park Woo Jin “Never” – 83,056 likes
8. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kang Dong Ho (Baekho) “Knock” – 81,708 likes
9. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Kang Daniel “Sorry Sorry” – 80,513 likes
10. “Produce 101 Season 2” Eye Contact Cam: Samuel “Show Time” – 76,466 likes

Naver TV also revealed the most popular channel of each month. Repeats were not included, so even if a channel was the most popular for several months, it was only featured for one month.

January: “Goblin”
February: “High School Rapper”
March: “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon”
April: “Produce 101 Season 2”
May: “Father is Strange”
June: “Fight My Way”
July: “Wanna One Go”
August: “Show Me the Money 6”
September: “Age of Youth 2”
October: “Big Picture”
November: “Because This is My First Life”
December: “My Golden Life”

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