Last weekend on my Eunhyuk spree I went to search for some Hyuk related blogs on tumblr to follow, and I also registered to a forum which mainly consists of SJ fans. We have to participate in the forum in order to be able to access certain features so I was unwillingly engaged in discussions or polls on the board. I was almost pleasantly surprised when I see so many of the members said that Eunhyuk is their bias (favorite member, whatever). I thought, oh, so Eunhyuk is popular and my liking towards him is actually a very very common thing among SJ fans. There are also A LOT of Hyuk related blogs on tumblr.

But! After that I read somewhere that it was revealed on a variety show called Strong Heart that Eunhyuk is probably one of the lowest paid members in Super Junior, WHAT. I can not. He is the life of the party, he is constantly to be put in front of the dancing formation for his talent, he is somewhat the face of SuJu in certain times. C'mon, I just can not.

Hyukjae strongly disagree when Ryeowook says that together with him they are the self proclaimed low ranks in Super Junior. | GIF by monkeili on tumblr |

After looking at more statistics (yes, turns out I love research), I understood the reason why; his voice isn't good enough that he is almost never involved vocally in singing projects outside SJ such as movie soundtracks and collabs, he is not good looking enough that he is almost never have individual contracts for dramas or commercials or magazine photoshoots (I know he starred in an MV though). Although he participates in all other variety shows and he has this big personality, other members do too, so I guess it's just not enough to pay the bills professionally. (though the lowest paid member of Super Junior is still a member of Super Junior and is superior to most of other human beings on earth so yeah)

However! This is the result of top 100 idol stars voting (30% from fans, 70% from Gallup polling company) conducted by Mnet. (source @ omonatheydidnt)

1. (#10) Super Junior Leeteuk


2. (#16) Super Junior Kangin


3. (#17) Super Junior Shindong


4. (#27) Super Junior Ryeowook


5. (#29) Super Junior Donghae


6. (#31) Super Junior Eunhyuk


7. (#32) Super Junior Sungmin


8. (#33) Super Junior Kyuhyun


9. (#34) Super Junior Siwon


10. (#35) Super Junior Yesung


11. (#44) Super Junior Heechul

Eunhyuk is number 6, not bad. Just in the middle. But again Heechul placed last because he is serving military duty. If he is active he would be one of the tops, I assume.

Now let's run a google popularity contest! I mean, the more someone is popular or well liked, the more article/tweet/blog/whatever is written about him on the internet, am I right or not? Also, google search result can not be manipulated because this is not based on voting but just internet popularity in general.
(This is done in a sloppy manner in which the names of the members are googled in romanized characters, excluding results of other pronounciation/spelling and names written in other characters such as Japanese, Korean, etc. Also this is done with Google from my computer office (on August 28, 2012) which might be set differently in terms of area and might affect result numbers.)

1. Kyuhyun 17,700,000 results


2. Donghae 17,700,000 results


3. Eunhyuk 14,600,000 results


4. Siwon 14,200,000 results


5. Leeteuk 12,900,000 results


6. Sungmin 11,800,000 results


7. Heechul 11,500,000 results


8. Ryeowook 9,510,000 results


9. Shindong 6,710,000 results


10. Yesung 3,850,000 results


11. Kangin 1,770,000 results

HORA!! Look at that, Eunhyuk ranks third in google - internet popularity contest based on this :p Which is what matters to me, ha. When I'm bored enough next time I'll do Japanese/Korean version.