People often "complain" that BTS's fandom has no age limit. From 6-7 year old children to 60-70 year old elders, even older, can be enthusiastic fans of the 7 members of the group.
In particular, Jungkook is said to be the member with the most older fans in the group. This topic has even become a widely discussed topic in the Korean online community recently. K-netizens have pointed out the reasons why he is loved by older people.
Below are the reasons given and the reactions of netizens:
Multi-talented, handsome, cute... there are so many words to describe Jungkook that fans cannot count. The nickname "Golden Maknae" is also given to him as a compliment for his perfection in every aspect. That is also the reason why he has a large fan base all over the world.
Even though Jungkook is in the military these days, nothing can stop fans from talking about him on SNS. Recently, a topic about why Jungkook is especially loved by older fans has been gaining attention in the online community. The owner of the post said that her older aunt really likes Jungkook and she wondered what it was about him that attracted so many older fans.
She wrote: "Why is Jungkook especially loved by older people? My aunt likes him too. Don’t older people like warm styles like Lim Young Woong? I don’t think they would like idols with tattoos like Jungkook. What do they like about him?"
After that, her post attracted the attention of K-netizens and fans. People left a lot of comments discussing how many older people are fans of Jungkook in the ARMY community. They also gave reasons in their opinion why despite the generation gap, older people are still especially fans of BTS's maknae. And similar to what we mentioned, the reasons are endless!
Fans left comments under this topic as follows:
- That’s true for all BTS members but the ages of Jungkook’s fans are really diverseㅋㅋ
- After the World Cup stage, Jungkook is gaining more and more older fans
- ARMY itself is a fandom with many older people
- Looking at the age of the listeners of the members’ solo songs, all the listeners are in their 40s and 50s
- Everyone likes Jungkook, regardless of gender or age. Even my elementary school brother likes him
- Everyone, regardless of age or gender, likes Jungkook
- Ugh.. I like Jungkook too
- There are a lot of young Jungkook fans around me. So why does Jungkook have so many young fans?
- Jungkook has really attracted a lot of young fans with these solo activities
- Considering Jungkook’s age, of course he has fans in their 40s, but he still has a lot of fans in their 20s and 30s
- There are a lot of young Jungkook's fans around me, right? So why does Jungkook have so many young fans?
- Jungkook is the easiest person to love: he is gentle, respectful, grateful, bright, he gives you THE LIGHT even through the darkest times, he makes you feel valid and loved when the world tells you to change. He’s an angel. WE LOVE YOU JUNGKOOK!
- the way he's so respectful and well mannered, he truly deserves the world, all the kindness and love
- According to Korea's most popular search site Naver, jungkook has the highest search rate of people in their 20s (33.7%) while jimin has the highest search rate of people in their 50s (27.3%) Jungkook is loved by everyone but majority of his fandom are young, pretty people
- They see their youth in Jungkook, which makes them feel happy.
