Helping the program gain unprecedented global traction.
The Korean reality-survival competition show ‘BOYS II PLANET’ of Mnet and CJ ENM has achieved record-breaking viewership milestones across the show’s official social media platforms in less than two months since premiere last July.
The official channels—YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok—have accumulated nearly 600 million views, while the combined number of followers across YouTube, Instagram, and X has exceeded 2 million, which they said “reflects the show’s unprecedented global appeal.”
On YouTube, the United States stands out as one of the global regions with the highest viewership, alongside Japan and South Korea, demonstrating the expanding ‘BOYS II PLANET’ fandom across North America and beyond.
The program also features a unique worldwide fan voting system where the fans (called the “Star Creators”) play a key role in making the next global K-pop rookie group.
“The show’s interactive format has helped build a strong global fandom and heightened anticipation for the final debut lineup,” the showrunners told.
It also produced by the same production team as ‘BOYS PLANET,’ which formed the breakout success that is the group ZEROBASEONE, who after being formed through the previous season, marked their Billboard 200 chart debut at the 28th spot in April this year.
‘BOYS II PLANET’ airs every Thursday at 9:20 pm (KST) and is available to watch in 251 countries and regions via Mnet Plus.
Viewers in the U.S. and Canada can also watch live broadcasts and on-demand streaming through Mnet Plus and also through Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video (by subscribing to CJ ENM Selects), as well as Rakuten Viki, Samsung TV Plus, and Roku.
Established in March 1995, Mnet is the top South Korean music entertainment channel under the CJ ENM group and has continuously pioneered K-pop music broadcasting and talent discovery.
It is known for its productions like the K-pop chart show ‘M Countdown,’ the mega-hit global dance competition ‘World of Street Woman Fighter,‘ to the world’s leading K-pop awards, ‘MAMA Awards’.
Meanwhile, CJ ENM is a leading entertainment company founded in Korea in 1995. It has created, produced, and distributed globally-acclaimed content, including Oscar-winning film ‘Parasite,’ Tony Award-winning musicals such as ‘Kinky Boots,’ hit TV series such as ‘Queen of Tears,’ and globally successful music competition show ‘I Can See Your Voice’ and more.
The company also owns three major production and distribution studios: a drama production powerhouse Studio Dragon, U.S.-based studio Fifth Season, and K-OTT content production studio CJ ENM STUDIOS. Additionally, it also owns Korean online streaming platform, TVING.