Netflix’s The Influencer Season 1 Winner: Who Is OKING?

The South Korean social survival reality show The Influencer concluded on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, on Netflix. In the end, YouTuber and streamer OKING emerged as the winner of season 1. OKING creates content about mukbang, online gaming, and different outdoor videos.

Netflix’s The Influencer saw 77 influencers from various fields compete against each other to win the title of the most influential individual in the show’s first season. By taking the crown home in this fierce survival show, OKING has now made a mark in the world of social media influence and gained worldwide recognition.

Who is OKING? Meet Netflix’s The Influencer season 1 winner

The finale of the Netflix social survival show The Influencer saw four finalists competing in a mission of pop-up stage in the last round. The top four influencer survivors were Pani Bottle, RISABAE, Jang Ji-Sou, and OKING. However, OKING was declared the winner of the show’s season 1.

Oh Byeong-Min, aka OKING, is a streamer and YouTuber from South Korea. The 30-year-old influencer mainly creates content based on online gaming, outdoor activity videos, and mukbang. In 2015, he started his broadcasting journey by accident. Soon, he gained positive attention for his excellent communication skills.

Two years later, he launched his official broadcasting channel, where he played different video games for an average of eight hours. In addition to Netflix’s The Influencer, OKING has appeared on several other shows, including Representatives, After Signal, Smiling Boss, and more.

The digital entertainment company Sandbox Network currently represents the influencer. As of now, he has 221K Instagram followers and 2M YouTube subscribers. However, he was also engaged in a recent controversy around cryptocurrency fraud, reported Maeil Business Newspaper.

Viewers can watch all episodes of The Influencer season 1 on Netflix.

Nikita Nath

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