The Mid-Tier Shakeup
The July 2025 Netizen Awards are anything but predictable. With just days left, lesser-seen fandoms are showing serious muscle—flipping daily rankings with voting surges fueled by sheer momentum and underground enthusiasm.
Spanning July 22nd’s update, spots 6 through 10 in multiple categories are essentially neck-and-neck, often separated by less than a 1% margin. One artist going to sleep in 8th could wake up in 5th – and vice versa. It’s that volatile.
A 40-Vote Showdown: Park Bogum vs. Park Jihoon
One of the tensest face-offs is in the Best Actor category. Park Bogum and Park Jihoon are in ninth and tenth place respectively, separated by just around 40 votes. With such a slim gap, midnight fandom rallies or sudden voting storms could easily flip their positions overnight.
“This is one of the closest matchups we’ve seen this year,” said a Netizen Awards spokesperson. “It’s not just fans—it’s strategy, timing, and endurance.”
Who’s Leading Where?
While the competition is fierce at the bottom, the top ranks are no less intense. Here are the current front-runners based on the July 22 leaderboard snapshot:
- Best Actor: Byun Wooseok
- Best Actress: Kim Hyeyoon
- Best Male Singer: Hwang Youngwoong
- Best Female Singer: Jung Seo Joo
- Album of the Year: Hwang Youngwoong – ‘Tteugaeot’ (meaning ‘Handmade Sweater’)
- Drama of the Year: tvN’s ‘Carry Sunjae on My Back’
- Movie of the Year: ‘The Girl on a Bulldozer’
- Group of the Year: Forte di Quattro
- Netizen Grand Prize: Hwang Youngwoong
A Battle from Top to Bottom
This year’s awards season isn’t just top-heavy with dedicated fandoms—it’s a full-scale popularity war from top to bottom. A day’s worth of voting can shift alignments completely, offering dramatic reversal arcs like something out of a K-drama script.
And as always, fans can cast their votes at NetizenAwards.com—where leading your favorite star to victory could come down to a single click.
Will Bogum Reclaim His Spot?
Whether you stan the serene charisma of Park Bogum or the youthful charm of Park Jihoon, now’s the time to rally. With votes hanging in the balance, your bias could land a top-10 finish—or fall just short.
One thing’s for sure: July isn’t done shaking things up.
