Kim Seon-tae, known as the original “Chungju Man,” has seen his new YouTube channel reach parity with Chungju City’s official YouTube channel, “ChungTV,” in subscriber count.
As of 4:50 p.m. on March 4, the channel “Kim Seon-tae,” created by Kim, had 775,000 subscribers.
Kim opened the channel on March 2. After news of it spread more widely on March 3, subscriptions rose sharply.
Attention has focused on whether Kim’s channel will overtake ChungTV. ChungTV also stood at 775,000 subscribers. Kim, who had built up ChungTV since 2019, matched its subscriber total just two days after launching his own channel. ChungTV’s subscriber count fell sharply after news spread that Kim had retired.
Kim posted a video on March 3 titled “I’m Kim Seon-tae.” A ChungTV administrator drew notice by commenting, “Seon-tae, my Seon-tae.”
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