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. BTS~291.735.883+
 2. Hearts2Hearts~104.469.165+
 3. LNGSHOT~79.580.559+
 4. IVE~77.276.526+
 5. Blackpink~72.695.138+
 6. Alpha Drive One~68.434.179+
 7. ATEEZ~67.098.788+
 8. Enhypen~62.440.817+
 9. EXO~48.622.581+
 10. Kiss of Life~42.817.435+
 11. &TEAM~41.264.942+
 12. Treasure~39.948.652+
 13. idntt~39.305.258+
 14. HANA~37.691.625+
 15. AtHeart~35.484.148+
 16. I-dle~35.073.869+
 17. ONE OR EIGHT~34.256.966+
 18. TUNEXX~32.339.432+
 19. CHANMINA~32.254.344+
 20. KiiiKiii~31.622.509+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2026

 1. BTS~19.290.941+
 2. Blackpink~3.645.595+
 3. Enhypen~2.199.912+
 4. LNGSHOT~1.957.930+
 5. Hearts2Hearts~1.504.488+
 6. CORTIS~1.473.692+
 7. IVE~1.301.936+
 8. ATEEZ~924.751+
 9. YENA~838.330+
 10. Hyunjin~774.807+
 11. Nmixx~772.140+
 12. KiiiKiii~743.714+
 13. I-dle~734.259+
 14. T.O.P~661.507+
 15. EXO~655.513+
 16. TXT~642.450+
 17. ILLIT~630.869+
 18. HANA~616.246+
 19. UNCHILD~510.882+
 20. Yuna~470.302+
(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. 15 BTS
2. 9 IVE
3. 5 EXO
4. 5 TXT
5. 5 ATEEZ
6. 5 Hearts2Hearts
7. 4 Alpha Drive One
8. 3 KiiiKiii
9. 3 I-dle
10. 3 Blackpink
11. 2 NCT WISH
12. 2 Hwasa
13. 2 P1Harmony
14. 2 KickFlip
15. 1 Kiss of Life
16. 1 Nmixx
17. 1 ALLDAY PROJECT
18. 1 &TEAM
19. 1 SAY MY NAME
20. 1 CORTIS
(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. 14 SWIM | BTS
2. 8 BANG BANG | IVE
3. 5 Crown | EXO
4. 5 Adrenaline | ATEEZ
5. 5 Stick With You | TXT
6. 5 RUDE! | Hearts2Hearts
7. 4 FREAK ALARM | Alpha Drive One
8. 3 404 | KiiiKiii
9. 3 Mono | I-dle
10. 3 GO | Blackpink
11. 2 Eye-Poppin' | KickFlip
12. 2 Good Goodbye | Hwasa
13. 2 Ode to Love | NCT WISH
14. 2 UNIQUE | P1Harmony
15. 1 Blue Valentine | Nmixx
16. 1 Who Is She | Kiss of Life
17. 1 LOOK AT ME | ALLDAY PROJECT
18. 1 2.0 | BTS
19. 1 UFO | SAY MY NAME
20. 1 White Memories | Fromis 9

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. Hanroro
 2. Hearts2Hearts
 3. IVE
 4. Day6
 5. BTS
 6. Akmu
 7. ILLIT
 8. ALLDAY PROJECT
 9. Hwasa
 10. Aespa
 11. Car, the garden
 12. KiiiKiii
 13. Roy Kim
 14. Lee Mujin
 15. Blackpink
 16. Woodz
 17. TWS
 18. Davichi
 19. LEE CHANHYUK
 20. Nmixx
(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2026

 1. Good Goodbye | Hwasa
 2. 404 | KiiiKiii
 3. Landing in Love | Hanroro
 4. You become my little world | Car, the garden
 5. RUDE! | Hearts2Hearts
 6. 0 + 0 | Hanroro
 7. Drowning | Woodz
 8. Time capsule | Davichi
 9. Endangered Love | LEE CHANHYUK
 10. Blue Valentine | Nmixx
 11. Golden | EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
 12. JUMP | Blackpink
 13. BANG BANG | IVE
 14. Sadder Than Yesterday | Woody
 15. How can I love the heartbreak, you're the one I love | Akmu
 16. Toxic till the end | Rosé
 17. FOCUS | Hearts2Hearts
 18. Not Cute Anymore | ILLIT
 19. Love Love Love | Epik High
 20. Don ́t you know | ZOZAZZ
(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
2026-02 - BANG BANG | IVE
2026-05 - Paradise of Rumors | Akmu

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

 1. BTS~4.780.000+
 2. Enhypen~2.511.000+
 3. Blackpink~1.995.000+
 4. Alpha Drive One~1.458.000+
 5. ATEEZ~1.223.000+
 6. IVE~1.052.000+
 7. EXO~1.003.000+
 8. Seventeen~742.000+
 9. CORTIS~633.000+
 10. NCT JNJM~520.000+
 11. P1Harmony~439.000+
 12. idntt~402.000+
 13. Stray Kids~375.000+
 14. Park Jihyun~253.000+
 15. NouerA~248.000+
 16. Irene~220.000+
 17. LNGSHOT~151.000+
 18. Yuna~131.000+
 19. Onew~112.000+
 20. Wonpil~111.000+
 21. KiiiKiii~110.000+
 22. ILLIT~102.000+
 23. WHIB~96.000+
 24. n.SSign~94.000+
 25. ALL(H)OURS~93.000+
 26. ZEROBASEONE~89.000+
 27. Kangmin~84.000+
 28. Woodz~80.000+
 29. TWS~76.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2026

 1. ARIRANGBTS~4.175.000+
 2. THE SIN : VANISHEnhypen~2.122.000+
 3. DEADLINEBlackpink~1.942.000+
 4. EUPHORIAAlpha Drive One~1.428.000+
 5. REVIVE+IVE~876.000+
 6. REVERXE - THE 8TH ALBUMEXO~776.000+
 7. GOLDEN HOUR : PART.4ATEEZ~769.000+
 8. 1ST MINI ALBUM `소야곡`Seventeen~619.000+
 9. COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINESCORTIS~515.000+
 10. BOTH SIDES - THE 1ST MINI ALBUMNCT JNJM~463.000+
 11. GOLDEN HOUR : PART.4 (POCA)ATEEZ~451.000+
 12. UNIQUEP1Harmony~413.000+
 13. (COSMO)idntt~382.000+
 14. ARIRANG (WEVERSE)BTS~350.000+
 15. THE SIN : VANISH (WEVERSE)Enhypen~281.000+
 16. MASTER VOICE (MINIRECORD)Park Jihyun~253.000+
 17. ARIRANG (LP)BTS~227.000+
 18. POP IT LIKE (POCA)NouerA~219.000+
 19. BIGGEST FAN - THE 1ST ALBUMIrene~213.000+
 20. REVERXE - THE 8TH ALBUM (SMC)EXO~183.000+
 21. REVIVE+ (NEMO)IVE~176.000+
 22. SHOT CALLERSLNGSHOT~121.000+
 23. DELULU PACKKiiiKiii~110.000+
 24. ICE CREAMYuna~108.000+
 25. COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES (WEVERSE)CORTIS~100.000+
 26. UNPILTEREDWonpil~98.000+
 27. ROCK THE NATIONWHIB~96.000+
 28. NO DOUBTALL(H)OURS~93.000+
 29. RE-FLOWZEROBASEONE~89.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2026

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 3.0
Male Groups: 4.2
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: 7.2
Mean Years
Female Groups: 7.0
Male Groups: 6.0

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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