Most trending celebrities on Weibo in China 2023
In 2023, the death of Coco Lee, a Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter, shocked the Chinese internet and sparked the discussions of mental health. An index measuring the impact of posts on Weibo within the first 72 hours of posting shows that feeds related to the pop icon's death registered 98 out of 100 points. Another trending public figure on Weibo was cosmetics influencer Li Jiaqi, who was caught in a crossfire after a controversial response to a livestreaming viewer's complaint.