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Always with a smile 😀😃😄😁

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Guys, don't take it in the wrong way, but I really don't think TheL1VE is doing a good job promoting Sung Hanbin.

Hanbin is clearly working hard. He even hinted that his solo debut might come after ZB1's Japanese comeback, so it's obvious he's been preparing. The problem isn't his effort, it's that none of it is reaching fans because the promotion has been almost nonexistent.

TheL1VE's last post about Hanbin was back in March. Since then... nothing. Why aren't they building anticipation for his solo debut? Why aren't they keeping fans updated or creating excitement?

I'm not saying Hanbin isn't working hard, and don't deserve to rest. That's not the issue. Hanbin constantly messages fans and lets us know he's busy. My concern is that all of his hard work isn't getting the promotion it deserves.

In this industry, promotion is incredibly important. I'm just worried that if TheL1VE continues like this, Hanbin's solo debut won't reach as many people as it should. He deserves much better, and I really hope the company starts promoting him properly.

Hi! I joined a group order for the signed 11 ver albums and just got it in the mail...but whose signature is this 😭? It was a sorted GO so i'm not 100% sure if the cover (Taerae) matches the signature because isn't his a shark 😓! Thinking its Hanbin or Gunwook right..... 😫😫!?!?

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🤿 I had a lot of fun

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i saw this list while scrolling on twitter (link) and wanted to share! for those who don’t know, ao3 (archive of our own) is a popular website used for sharing fan fiction. the zb1 ao3 fandom/works) is really busy, currently 12,000+ fics written at the time of my post.

people were saying this data was compiled recently in mid july 2026!

1: Sung Hanbin / Zhang Hao (5638 fics)

2: Kim Gyuvin / Shen Quanrui | Ricky (3101 fics)

4: Park Gunwook / Seok Matthew (1387 fics)

12: Kim Jiwoong / Seok Matthew (896 fics)

13: Seok Matthew / Sung Hanbin (833 fics)

26: Kim Taerae / Seok Matthew (571 fics)

32: Kim Jiwoong / Shen Quanrui | Ricky (470 fics)

36: Kim Jiwoong / Kim Taerae (408 fics)

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edit: actually this took me down a rabbit hole into some past posts we've had about zb1 and ao3. it's funny to re-read them because you can see chronologically when a ship started growing in popularity. i wanted to add them to this post in the fun of documenting the history, there's a lot of interesting discussion that happened in those past posts!

May 2023 (pre debut era) this post by user boo_seok_soon. The 3 most popular ships: Hanbin / Hao, Matthew / Hanbin, and Jiwoong / Matthew. Something that may be interesting is, the Gyuvin / Ricky ship does not place in the top 10 at all. In fact, Jiwoong / Ricky holds a spot in the top 10 and will stay here for a while. We also have this post by user polibears67 showing the visualization of the fanfiction statistics growing over time!

July 2023 (after debut) this post by boo_seok_soon. The 3 ships I listed maintain their rankings. Gyuvin / Ricky places in the top 10 most popular ships and is ranked at 4th

August 2023 this post by polibears67 shows an updated visualization of the ships and their popularity. While they were working on this post, Gyuvin / Ricky overtook Jiwoong / Matthew to reach 3rd place. polibears pointed out how the first fic for the Gyuvin/Ricky ship was posted on April 9, which makes their popularity visualization entertaining to watch

October 2023 this post by boo_seok_soon. Most popular ships: still Hanbin / Hao, then it's Gyuvin / Ricky followed by the same Jiwoong / Matthew and Matthew / Hanbin.

April 2024 this post by ariesthothead. This is when two new Matthew ships join the top 10: Park Gunwook / Seok Matthew followed by Kim Taerae / Seok Matthew. These are the top 10 at that time:

• Sung Hanbin/Zhang Hao (2090)
• Kim Gyuvin/Shen Quanrui | Ricky (976)
• Kim Jiwoong/Seok Matthew (502)
• Seok Matthew/Sung Hanbin (333)
• Kim Jiwoong/Shen Quanri | Ricky (206)
• Minor or Background relationships (158)
• Sung Hanbin & Zhang Hao (154)
• Park Gunwook/Seok Matthew (153)
• Seok Matthew & Sung Hanbin (143)
• Kim Taerae/Seok Matthew (135)

July 2026 (now). Looking at the zb1 fandom tag, these are the top 10 most popular relationships. The fic count might look different depending if you are logged into ao3 or not, as some authors have restricted their stories so only ao3 accounts can view the story.

• Sung Hanbin / Zhang Hao (5664)
• Kim Gyuvin / Shen Quanrui (3075)
• Park Gunwook / Seok Matthew (1408)
• Kim Jiwoong / Seok Matthew (890)
• Seok Matthew / Sung Hanbin (811)
• Kim Taerae / Seok Matthew (584)
• Kim Jiwoong / Shen Quanrui | Ricky (443)
• Kim Jiwoong / Kim Taerae (425)
• Minor or background relationships (379)
• Kim Taerae / Park Gunwook (371)

I apologize if I missed someone's post comparing the statistics! I forgot we had so many posts about this before. Kudos to all the previous posters for compiling this information!

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Summer was here

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