Korean Music - 2025 Statistics

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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

Most Watched Artists Only 2025

 1. EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna~1.940.048.496+
 2. BABYMONSTER~1.239.845.570+
 3. Danny Chung + Andrew Choi + Neckwav + Kevin Woo + SamUIL Lee~1.116.471.696+
 4. Jennie~596.411.509+
 5. Stray Kids~430.715.022+
 6. Blackpink~330.568.082+
 7. Treasure~306.779.977+
 8. LE SSERAFIM~296.884.121+
 9. Lisa~288.065.257+
 10. Twice~283.539.964+
 11. J-Hope~268.977.865+
 12. ILLIT~252.522.452+
 13. IVE~227.454.157+
 14. Hearts2Hearts~201.025.280+
 15. MEOVV~186.611.579+
 16. izna~176.313.199+
 17. Aespa~173.215.973+
 18. EJAE + Andrew Choi~166.342.478+
 19. BOYNEXTDOOR~151.808.414+
 20. I-dle~150.191.138+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2025

 1. Jennie~13.958.069+
 2. Stray Kids~12.170.305+
 3. EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna~10.614.597+
 4. BABYMONSTER~9.924.399+
 5. J-Hope~8.311.021+
 6. Lisa~7.618.273+
 7. Blackpink~6.390.562+
 8. LE SSERAFIM~5.366.821+
 9. Danny Chung + Andrew Choi + Neckwav + Kevin Woo + SamUIL Lee~4.861.506+
 10. CORTIS~4.429.992+
 11. ILLIT~3.971.698+
 12. Jisoo~3.966.526+
 13. Enhypen~3.962.301+
 14. Twice~3.868.473+
 15. Hearts2Hearts~3.856.614+
 16. IVE~3.431.421+
 17. Aespa~3.409.062+
 18. TXT~2.887.586+
 19. Rosé~2.572.003+
 20. Jisoo + Zayn~2.475.366+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2025


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2025

(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 Likes per Style Only 2025


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2025

  Wins   Artist
1. 20 IVE
2. 14 G-DRAGON
3. 14 Aespa
4. 12 Nmixx
5. 10 Blackpink
6. 9 Stray Kids
7. 9 ZEROBASEONE
8. 9 BOYNEXTDOOR
9. 8 Seventeen
10. 7 TWS
11. 6 Jennie
12. 6 Close Your Eyes
13. 6 AHOF
14. 5 ALLDAY PROJECT
15. 5 LE SSERAFIM
16. 5 NCT DREAM
17. 4 Doyoung
18. 4 ILLIT
19. 4 RIIZE
20. 4 NCT WISH
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2025

  Wins   Music
1. 11 REBEL HEART | IVE
2. 10 JUMP | Blackpink
3. 10 TOO BAD | G-DRAGON
4. 10 Rich Man | Aespa
5. 9 Blue Valentine | Nmixx
6. 8 THUNDER | Seventeen
7. 6 Countdown! | TWS
8. 6 CEREMONY | Stray Kids
9. 6 ICONIK | ZEROBASEONE
10. 5 XOXZ | IVE
11. 5 Like Jennie | Jennie
12. 4 ATTITUDE | IVE
13. 4 Dirty Work | Aespa
14. 4 HOME SWEET HOME | G-DRAGON
15. 4 I Feel Good | BOYNEXTDOOR
16. 4 Fly Up | RIIZE
17. 4 HOT | LE SSERAFIM
18. 3 Good Goodbye | Hwasa
19. 3 poppop | NCT WISH
20. 3 Hollywood Action | BOYNEXTDOOR

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2025


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2025


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2025


(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 Only 2025

 1. Day6
 2. Aespa
 3. G-DRAGON
 4. IVE
 5. EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
 6. Lee Mujin
 7. NewJeans
 8. IU
 9. BOYNEXTDOOR
 10. Hwang Garam
 11. ALLDAY PROJECT
 12. Woodz
 13. QWER
 14. Jennie
 15. ILLIT
 16. Danny Chung + Andrew Choi + Neckwav + Kevin Woo + SamUIL Lee
 17. Rosé
 18. Rosé + Bruno Mars
 19. Lee Changsub
 20. 10cm
(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2025

 1. Golden | EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
 2. Drowning | Woodz
 3. Supernova | Aespa
 4. HOME SWEET HOME | G-DRAGON
 5. APT. | Rosé + Bruno Mars
 6. To Reach You | 10cm
 7. Don ́t you know | ZOZAZZ
 8. Whiplash | Aespa
 9. I am a firefly | Hwang Garam
 10. TOO BAD | G-DRAGON
 11. REBEL HEART | IVE
 12. Like Jennie | Jennie
 13. Toxic till the end | Rosé
 14. HAPPY | Day6
 15. IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU | BOYNEXTDOOR
 16. Time of our life | Day6
 17. Heavenly fate | Lee Changsub
 18. If You Ask Me What Love Is | Roy Kim
 19. Coming of Age Story | Lee Mujin
 20. die with a smile | lady gaga, bruno mars
(Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )
CircleChart Streaming page

PAKS - Perfect All Kill Only 2025

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2025-02 - REBEL HEART | IVE
2025-03 - TOO BAD | G-DRAGON
2025-07 - Golden | EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
2025-11 - Good Goodbye | Hwasa

Physical Sales per Style Only 2025


(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 Artist Only 2025

 1. Stray Kids~6.827.000+
 2. Seventeen~3.406.000+
 3. NCT WISH~2.964.000+
 4. BOYNEXTDOOR~2.915.000+
 5. ZEROBASEONE~2.848.000+
 6. Enhypen~2.823.000+
 7. IVE~2.751.000+
 8. RIIZE~2.638.000+
 9. PLAVE~2.531.000+
 10. Aespa~2.376.000+
 11. TXT~2.332.000+
 12. NCT DREAM~2.027.000+
 13. Treasure~1.936.000+
 14. Nmixx~1.428.000+
 15. TWS~1.425.000+
 16. CORTIS~1.381.000+
 17. LE SSERAFIM~1.326.000+
 18. Twice~1.238.000+
 19. TEAM~1.229.000+
 20. The Boyz~1.223.000+
 21. tripleS~1.198.000+
 22. I-dle~1.159.000+
 23. G-DRAGON~1.111.000+
 24. KickFlip~1.005.000+
 25. CxM~986.000+
 26. Baekhyun~985.000+
 27. Close Your Eyes~952.000+
 28. ITZY~918.000+
 29. BABYMONSTER~913.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2025

 1. KARMAStray Kids~3.397.000+
 2. 5TH ALBUM `HAPPY BURSTDAY`Seventeen~2.559.000+
 3. DO ITStray Kids~2.314.000+
 4. DESIRE : UNLEASHEnhypen~2.166.000+
 5. 별의 장: TOGETHERTXT~1.801.000+
 6. NEVER SAY NEVERZEROBASEONE~1.456.000+
 7. IVE EMPATHYIVE~1.425.000+
 8. ODYSSEY - THE 1ST ALBUMRIIZE~1.412.000+
 9. COLOR - THE 3RD MINI ALBUMNCT WISH~1.366.000+
 10. BLUE PARADISEZEROBASEONE~1.286.000+
 11. BACK TO LIFETEAM~1.206.000+
 12. NO GENREBOYNEXTDOOR~1.164.000+
 13. 3RD MINI ALBUM [LOVE PULSE]Treasure~1.148.000+
 14. POPPOP - THE 2ND MINI ALBUMNCT WISH~1.134.000+
 15. RICH MAN - THE 6TH MINI ALBUMAespa~1.126.000+
 16. THE ACTIONBOYNEXTDOOR~1.069.000+
 17. DIRTY WORKAespa~1.067.000+
 18. COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINESCORTIS~1.066.000+
 19. IVE SECRETIVE~1.015.000+
 20. WE AREI-dle~990.000+
 21. PLBBUU (POCA)PLAVE~985.000+
 22. BEAT IT UPNCT DREAM~974.000+
 23. GO BACK TO THE FUTURENCT DREAM~959.000+
 24. 1ST MINI ALBUM `HYPE VIBES`CxM~871.000+
 25. `CALIGO PT.1`PLAVE~829.000+
 26. SPECIAL MINI ALBUM [PLEASURE]Treasure~787.000+
 27. RUBYJennie~786.000+
 28. THIS IS FORTwice~765.000+
 29. UNEXPECTEDThe Boyz~742.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2025

Table 1: All groups

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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

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Average Years
Female Groups: 6.5
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 on Youtube per Month Only 2025

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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 Only 2025

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All data, specially sales, are respective to artists on our database, not all Korean Music. Last month's sales might still not be updated until the 10th of that month.
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