Korean Music - 2026 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 2026

 1. Alpha Drive One~65.628.849+
 2. EXO~44.900.431+
 3. idntt~36.490.323+
 4. Enhypen~33.635.331+
 5. LNGSHOT~23.430.836+
 6. DK + Seungkwan~20.006.255+
 7. Apink~18.054.067+
 8. ILLIT~15.178.822+
 9. Treasure~14.577.539+
 10. I-dle~11.217.853+
 11. CNBlue~8.703.092+
 12. CHANMINA~8.484.099+
 13. Catch The Young~8.440.767+
 14. TNX~7.317.107+
 15. NCT WISH~6.703.568+
 16. WHIB~6.357.943+
 17. KiiiKiii~5.803.767+
 18. AxMxP~5.689.181+
 19. Chuu~5.497.772+
 20. dodree~3.583.656+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2026

 1. Enhypen~1.010.763+
 2. LNGSHOT~943.688+
 3. EXO~597.062+
 4. I-dle~338.581+
 5. Alpha Drive One~338.016+
 6. DK + Seungkwan~286.919+
 7. Misamo~244.458+
 8. ILLIT~237.340+
 9. Seungmin~219.162+
 10. Apink~189.764+
 11. KiiiKiii~162.876+
 12. Nmixx~142.982+
 13. ZEROBASEONE~139.529+
 14. Treasure~123.234+
 15. CHANMINA~86.409+
 16. Beomgyu~80.535+
 17. Chuu~73.697+
 18. NCT WISH~66.143+
 19. idntt~59.257+
 20. YOUNG POSSE~49.997+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2026


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2026

(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 2026


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2026

  Wins   Artist
1. 5 EXO
2. 4 Alpha Drive One
3. 3 I-dle
4. 2 KiiiKiii
5. 2 Hwasa
6. 1 Nmixx
7. 1 ALLDAY PROJECT
8. 1 SAY MY NAME
9. 1 Fromis 9
10. 1 Apink
11. 1 idntt
12. 1 ILLIT
13. 1 Enhypen
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2026

  Wins   Music
1. 5 Crown | EXO
2. 4 FREAK ALARM | Alpha Drive One
3. 3 Mono | I-dle
4. 2 404 | KiiiKiii
5. 2 Good Goodbye | Hwasa
6. 1 Blue Valentine | Nmixx
7. 1 LOOK AT ME | ALLDAY PROJECT
8. 1 UFO | SAY MY NAME
9. 1 White Memories | Fromis 9
10. 1 Love Me More | Apink
11. 1 Pretty Boy Swag | idntt
12. 1 Not Cute Anymore | ILLIT
13. 1 Knife | Enhypen

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2026


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2026


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2026


(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 2026

 1. Hwasa
 2. Hanroro
 3. ALLDAY PROJECT
 4. Day6
 5. ILLIT
 6. Aespa
 7. Lee Mujin
 8. Roy Kim
 9. Hearts2Hearts
 10. IVE
 11. Lee Changsub
 12. BOYNEXTDOOR
 13. Fromis 9
 14. Maktub
 15. TWS
 16. Woodz
 17. Nmixx
 18. Davichi
 19. EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
 20. LEE CHANHYUK
(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2026

 1. Good Goodbye | Hwasa
 2. Landing in Love | Hanroro
 3. White Memories | Fromis 9
 4. Drowning | Woodz
 5. Blue Valentine | Nmixx
 6. Time capsule | Davichi
 7. 0 + 0 | Hanroro
 8. Golden | EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
 9. ONE MORE TIME | ALLDAY PROJECT
 10. Endangered Love | LEE CHANHYUK
 11. SPAGHETTI | LE SSERAFIM
 12. Not Cute Anymore | ILLIT
 13. JUMP | Blackpink
 14. FAMOUS | ALLDAY PROJECT
 15. Love over hip-hop, money over love | Noahjooda
 16. Sadder Than Yesterday | Woody
 17. iris out | kenshi yonezu
 18. Don ́t you know | ZOZAZZ
 19. Toxic till the end | Rosé
 20. Like Jennie | Jennie
(Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )
CircleChart Streaming page

PAKS - Perfect All Kill Only 2026

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts

Physical Sales per Style Only 2026


(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 2026

(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2026

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2026

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 2026

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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 2026

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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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