Asian singer LuHan increases record for most comments on a Weibo post by 87 million

Chinese pop star and actor LuHan has made social media history for the second time by breaking his own record for the Most comments on a Weibo™ post.

 

Published on 10 September 2012 celebrating the singer’s favourite football team, English Premier League side Manchester United, the video post first achieved the record on 5 August 2012 after registering a staggering 13,163,859 comments.

 

As of 2 September 2015, the same post had clocked up 100,252,605 responses (and counting), having risen by an unbelievable 87,088,746 comments – evidence of the singer, dancer and actor’s ever-growing popularity.

 

When the record was confirmed by Sina Weibo, the nearest challenger had a comparatively insignificant 28,196,866 comments.

 

 

 

The Guinness World Records team in Beijing announced the achievement today on Weibo - you can check out the post here.

 

Guinness World Records Greater China President Rowan Simons said: "Congratulations to Lu Han for breaking his own Guinness World Records title again. This type of social media record can only be achieved with the support of fans. Like him, I am a football fan and we should all salute him for his amazing contribution to promoting his favourite club in China".