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Whenever Youtube is mentioned, it means Music Videos (or dance versions and so on), not Streams from Audio videos. Watch or Views = Video, Stream = Audio

Top Artists Comparison (Graphic): Groups


Top Artists Comparison (Graphic): Soloists


Bubble Graph with top 30 artists showing Music Show Awards (Y) and Streaming (X)
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Most Watched Artists

 1. BTS~29.581.837.349+
 2. Blackpink~21.499.789.316+
 3. Twice~13.511.359.184+
 4. PSY~9.709.362.285+
 5. Stray Kids~7.752.008.343+
 6. BIGBANG~4.714.709.789+
 7. Seventeen~4.588.938.564+
 8. EXO~4.403.847.461+
 9. ITZY~4.180.321.407+
 10. I-dle~4.049.754.116+
 11. BABYMONSTER~3.774.579.385+
 12. Red Velvet~3.509.591.933+
 13. Girls' Generation~3.323.823.624+
 14. Aespa~3.300.501.525+
 15. GOT7~3.240.189.249+
 16. Lisa~3.238.494.730+
 17. TXT~2.660.131.775+
 18. IU~2.538.558.442+
 19. Jennie~2.494.964.410+
 20. Mamamoo~2.471.714.063+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists

 1. BTS~651.238.254+
 2. Blackpink~290.964.911+
 3. Stray Kids~199.241.515+
 4. Twice~170.762.679+
 5. TXT~97.791.053+
 6. Seventeen~95.290.829+
 7. ITZY~81.934.841+
 8. EXO~80.067.947+
 9. Enhypen~65.231.895+
 10. PSY~65.069.802+
 11. Lisa~64.696.807+
 12. GOT7~62.763.926+
 13. I-dle~59.881.358+
 14. Red Velvet~59.701.476+
 15. J-Hope~56.722.412+
 16. NCT 127~53.369.382+
 17. Aespa~51.742.265+
 18. NCT DREAM~48.663.284+
 19. Mamamoo~47.670.106+
 20. ATEEZ~47.066.607+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Top Music Video Milestones

Video Artist Views Date
Gangnam Style PSY 5.700.000.000 2025-09-10
Ddu-du Ddu-du Blackpink 2.300.000.000 2025-05-10
APT. Rosé + Bruno Mars 2.200.000.000 2025-12-13
Kill this Love Blackpink 2.100.000.000 2025-05-30
Dynamite BTS 2.000.000.000 2025-09-03
How You Like That (alternate) Blackpink 1.900.000.000 2025-09-14
Boombayah Blackpink 1.800.000.000 2025-07-13
Boy with luv BTS 1.800.000.000 2024-09-17
Gentleman PSY 1.700.000.000 2025-09-26
DNA BTS 1.600.000.000 2024-11-12
Mic Drop BTS 1.500.000.000 2025-05-23
As if it's your last Blackpink 1.400.000.000 2024-09-14
How You Like That Blackpink 1.300.000.000 2024-09-20
Idol BTS 1.300.000.000 2024-09-03
Fake Love BTS 1.300.000.000 2024-11-22
MONEY Lisa 1.100.000.000 2025-03-22
Blood Sweat & Tears BTS 1.000.000.000 2025-03-30
Pink Venom Blackpink 1.000.000.000 2025-08-03
Butter BTS 1.000.000.000 2024-11-28
Solo Jennie 1.000.000.000 2024-02-29
(Top unique 20 Milestones. Milestones started being recorded on December 2018 )
Milestones page

Most Promoted Videos

Video Artist Non-Organic Views Total Views
SHEESH BABYMONSTER 147.000.000 384.913.027
WE GO UP BABYMONSTER 141.500.000 184.410.273
BATTER UP BABYMONSTER 130.000.000 331.539.065
PSYCHO BABYMONSTER 97.000.000 126.319.768
HOT SAUCE BABYMONSTER 83.500.000 147.944.157
DRIP BABYMONSTER 79.500.000 328.432.975
Stuck In The Middle BABYMONSTER 72.500.000 136.057.185
FOREVER BABYMONSTER 68.500.000 231.292.249
CLIK CLAK BABYMONSTER 67.000.000 127.120.000
Queencard I-dle 63.500.000 425.222.596
Cheshire ITZY 63.500.000 168.129.631
LIKE THAT BABYMONSTER 61.500.000 220.261.983
Chasing That Feeling TXT 61.000.000 103.787.370
BILLIONAIRE BABYMONSTER 60.500.000 135.297.059
2 Baddies NCT 127 60.000.000 107.725.992
Sugar Rush Ride TXT 59.500.000 156.498.308
Nxde I-dle 58.500.000 377.313.876
That That PSY 58.000.000 632.466.097
Savage Aespa 55.000.000 278.296.307
PARADISE Treasure 55.000.000 74.100.136
(Non-Organic Views monitored since June 2020. Values in this list only confirmed NOV from Youtube Charts )
Non-Organic Videos page

Youtube Views per Style


(Absolute views including non-organic views and not weighted by the number of artists on each segment )

Youtube Views per Month

(Includes all types of Main videos (audio-only not included, covers also not included) with monthly view distribution based on Our monthly formula )
Music Videos page Math behind Graphic

Youtube Views per Year

Youtube Likes per Style


(Includes only Videos, not Audios. Absolute likes not weighted by the number of artists on each segment )

Most Music Show Awards from 2006 to date

  Wins   Artist
1. 164 BTS
2. 123 Twice
3. 114 EXO
4. 100 IU
5. 94 Girls' Generation
6. 85 Red Velvet
7. 84 BIGBANG
8. 81 Seventeen
9. 74 IVE
10. 71 GFriend
11. 70 Blackpink
12. 70 I-dle
13. 69 Highlight
14. 69 SHINee
15. 57 Super Junior
16. 52 PSY
17. 52 Apink
18. 50 Aespa
19. 49 NCT DREAM
20. 49 Wanna One
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards from 2006 to date

  Wins   Music
1. 32 Dynamite | BTS
2. 25 Gangnam Style | PSY
3. 21 Boy with luv | BTS
4. 18 Call me Baby | EXO
5. 17 LUV | Apink
6. 16 On | BTS
7. 15 Rough | GFriend
8. 15 Energetic | Wanna One
9. 14 Gee | Girls' Generation
10. 14 Growl | EXO
11. 14 After LIKE | IVE
12. 14 Lion Heart | Girls' Generation
13. 14 Navillera | GFriend
14. 13 How You Like That | Blackpink
15. 13 Butter | BTS
16. 13 Queencard | I-dle
17. 13 TT | Twice
18. 13 Seven | Jungkook
19. 13 Ko Ko Bop | EXO
20. 13 Eleven | IVE

Style distribution on Music Show Awards from 2006 to date


Awards page

Most Streaming Score


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming from 2006 to date


(Streaming data is highly changed due to the vast majority of streams being from Singers and not Idols, specially Ballads )
Streaming page

Most streamed artists

 1. IU
 2. BTS
 3. NewJeans
 4. IVE
 5. Akmu
 6. Aespa
 7. Lim Young Woong
 8. Paul Kim
 9. Bolbbalgan4
 10. Taeyeon
 11. BIGBANG
 12. Twice
 13. Blackpink
 14. Davichi
 15. I-dle
 16. Day6
 17. EXO
 18. Zico
 19. Red Velvet
 20. Heize
(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song

 1. Every Day, Every Moment | Paul Kim
 2. How can I love the heartbreak, you're the one I love | Akmu
 3. Spring Day | BTS
 4. Dynamite | BTS
 5. Hype Boy | NewJeans
 6. Ditto | NewJeans
 7. If you lovingly call my name | GyeongseoYeji + Jeon Gunho
 8. For lovers who hesitate | Jannabi
 9. Supernova | Aespa
 10. LOVE DIVE | IVE
 11. Every Moment Of You | Sung Sikyung
 12. Love, Maybe | MeloMance
 13. I AM | IVE
 14. Boy with luv | BTS
 15. Blueming | IU
 16. Event Horizon | Younha
 17. Stay | The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber
 18. 2002 | Anne-Marie
 19. Your Shampoo Scent In The Flowers | Jang Beom June
 20. Love Always Runs Away | Lim Young Woong
(Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )
CircleChart Streaming page

PAKS - Perfect All Kill

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
21 - IU
7 - BIGBANG
5 - IVE
4 - BTS
4 - Twice
4 - I-dle
3 - G-DRAGON
3 - Busker Busker
3 - Bolbbalgan4
3 - Blackpink
2 - Lim Chang Jung
2 - PSY
2 - LeeSSang
2 - MC Mong
2 - Naul
2 - 2NE1
2 - Sistar
2 - Miss A
2 - Heize
2 - Akmu
2 - Aespa
2 - NewJeans
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Physical Sales per Style


(Data from CircleChart Album sales, which is their original physical sales method (Shipments - returns). Since 2022 they have a Retail Album data which is actual sales from partner stores, which works more like Hanteo. )
CircleChart Sales page

Physical Sales per Year

( Million itens sold )

Physical Sales per Artist

 1. Seventeen~45.235.000+
 2. BTS~40.547.000+
 3. Stray Kids~33.351.000+
 4. NCT DREAM~21.816.000+
 5. TXT~19.847.000+
 6. Enhypen~17.235.000+
 7. Twice~16.600.000+
 8. NCT 127~14.088.000+
 9. EXO~13.666.000+
 10. ATEEZ~11.795.000+
 11. IVE~11.526.000+
 12. Aespa~10.947.000+
 13. Shin Seunghun~10.267.000+
 14. ZEROBASEONE~9.246.000+
 15. NewJeans~8.324.000+
 16. I-dle~7.245.000+
 17. ITZY~7.076.000+
 18. The Boyz~6.876.000+
 19. NCT~6.784.000+
 20. Super Junior~6.731.000+
 21. Nmixx~6.671.000+
 22. LE SSERAFIM~6.621.000+
 23. Treasure~6.372.000+
 24. Blackpink~6.305.000+
 25. BOYNEXTDOOR~5.507.000+
 26. RIIZE~5.371.000+
 27. Red Velvet~5.263.000+
 28. G.O.D~5.168.000+
 29. Baekhyun~4.923.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items

 1. 10TH MINI ALBUM `FML`Seventeen~5.605.000+
 2. ★★★★★ (5-STAR)Stray Kids~5.262.000+
 3. 11TH MINI ALBUM `SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN`Seventeen~5.192.000+
 4. MAP OF THE SOUL : 7BTS~5.039.000+
 5. MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONABTS~4.662.000+
 6. 4TH ALBUM `FACE THE SUN`Seventeen~4.227.000+
 7. 樂-STARStray Kids~4.105.000+
 8. BEBTS~3.794.000+
 9. MAXIDENTStray Kids~3.793.000+
 10. PROOFBTS~3.525.000+
 11. KARMAStray Kids~3.390.000+
 12. LOVE YOURSELF 結 `ANSWER`BTS~3.373.000+
 13. ISTJ - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT DREAM~3.369.000+
 14. 12TH MINI ALBUM `SPILL THE FEELS`Seventeen~3.249.000+
 15. BUTTERBTS~3.191.000+
 16. LOVE YOURSELF 轉 `TEAR`BTS~3.167.000+
 17. BEST ALBUM `17 IS RIGHT HERE`Seventeen~3.153.000+
 18. LOVE YOURSELF 承 `HER`BTS~3.045.000+
 19. 9TH MINI ALBUM `ATTACCA`Seventeen~3.026.000+
 20. ATEStray Kids~2.956.000+
 21. BORN PINKBlackpink~2.912.000+
 22. 이름의 장: TEMPTATIONTXT~2.885.000+
 23. ROMANCE : UNTOLDEnhypen~2.570.000+
 24. 5TH ALBUM `HAPPY BURSTDAY`Seventeen~2.547.000+
 25. STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT 127~2.434.000+
 26. GOLDENJungkook~2.399.000+
 27. 이름의 장: FREEFALLTXT~2.362.000+
 28. DO ITStray Kids~2.240.000+
 29. DREAM( )SCAPENCT DREAM~2.208.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups

Table 1: All groups

0 y
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11+ y
Average Years
Female Groups: 3.1
Male Groups: 4.1
Mean Years
Female Groups: 2.0
Male Groups: 3.0


Table 2: Groups with at least 1 award

0 y
1 y
2 y
3 y
4 y
5 y
6 y
7 y
8 y
9 y
10 y
11+ y
Average Years
Female Groups: 6.7
Male Groups: 7.3
Mean Years
Female Groups: 7.0
Male Groups: 5.0

Years reflect completed years of activity, thus groups that disbanded before even completing 1 year are marked as lasting 0 years

Debuts per Year

2007
9
2008
11
2009
17
2010
19
2011
21
2012
45
2013
23
2014
57
2015
37
2016
45
2017
58
2018
43
2019
69
2020
68
2021
53
2022
53
2023
42
2024
48
2025
43

Debuts on Youtube per Month

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Debut Tables do not count Collaborations, Sub-unit debut and Member debuts even if the member debuts after the group disbanded. As such, it counts only main groups and soloists not from a group.
Debuts page

Releases on Youtube per Month

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