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The near-24 hour streaming event offered fans the chance to enjoy a plethora of past BTS performances and other content from the comfort of their homes.<\/p>\n<p>On the heels of the &#8220;untact&#8221; event, Big Hit Entertainment shared some key statistics.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual convention, notably, amassed 50.59 million total views. At its peak, it was reaching a concurrent audience of 2.24 million. Not simply passive viewers, audience members interacted socially, leading to 6.46 million in hashtag engagements between WeVerse and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Big Hit Entertainment applied a technology that changes the color of the light stick depending on the audio signal of the video when linked in Bluetooth mode, in such a way that viewers who tuned in via community platform Weverse felt as if they gathered in one place and cheered together,&#8221; details the entertainment group regarding a special &#8220;BANG BANG CON&#8221; engagement feature.<\/p>\n<p>Across the two-day convention, fans connected 500,000 light sticks from 162 different regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BTS &#8220;BANG BANG CON&#8221; was a successful endeavor.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[13579,8321],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BTS&#039; &quot;BANG BANG CON&quot; Draws 50.6 Million Total Views, Peaks With 2.24 Concurrent Audience Members<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To offer fans an engagement opportunity during today&#039;s period of social distancting, BTS held its &quot;Bang Bang Con&quot; virtual series this weekend. 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