Korean Music - 2023 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 2023

 1. Jungkook~1.401.389.538+
 2. Stray Kids~1.152.350.000+
 3. NewJeans~1.124.206.000+
 4. I-dle~821.797.202+
 5. Jisoo~819.175.127+
 6. IVE~784.996.943+
 7. Aespa~688.615.581+
 8. BABYMONSTER~598.154.879+
 9. LE SSERAFIM~538.137.257+
 10. Seventeen~492.018.622+
 11. TXT~451.895.339+
 12. Jimin~435.623.771+
 13. Twice~426.362.240+
 14. TAEYANG~410.717.820+
 15. Enhypen~410.010.294+
 16. Nmixx~350.468.101+
 17. V~328.533.069+
 18. FIFTY FIFTY~318.258.989+
 19. ATEEZ~313.188.404+
 20. Blackpink~265.968.967+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2023

 1. Jungkook~31.398.483+
 2. Stray Kids~24.872.934+
 3. NewJeans~14.875.312+
 4. Jimin~14.625.420+
 5. V~14.464.240+
 6. Jisoo~14.456.133+
 7. Agust D~10.499.512+
 8. I-dle~9.768.815+
 9. Enhypen~9.721.486+
 10. TXT~9.445.634+
 11. IVE~8.608.659+
 12. Aespa~8.026.877+
 13. Seventeen~7.972.147+
 14. LE SSERAFIM~7.857.624+
 15. BABYMONSTER~7.757.520+
 16. Twice~7.277.329+
 17. ITZY~6.233.184+
 18. Jennie~5.619.341+
 19. Nmixx~5.235.376+
 20. FIFTY FIFTY~5.216.640+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Top Music Video Milestones Only 2023

Video Artist Views Date
Gangnam Style PSY 5.000.000.000 2023-12-29
Ddu-du Ddu-du Blackpink 2.100.000.000 2023-07-30
Kill this Love Blackpink 1.900.000.000 2023-12-03
Dynamite BTS 1.700.000.000 2023-06-05
Boy with luv BTS 1.700.000.000 2023-08-21
Boombayah Blackpink 1.600.000.000 2023-07-03
How You Like That (alternate) Blackpink 1.500.000.000 2023-09-26
Mic Drop BTS 1.300.000.000 2023-01-31
As if it's your last Blackpink 1.300.000.000 2023-07-15
Idol BTS 1.200.000.000 2023-02-09
How You Like That Blackpink 1.200.000.000 2023-04-10
Fake Love BTS 1.200.000.000 2023-04-24
MONEY Lisa 900.000.000 2023-09-18
Solo Jennie 900.000.000 2023-03-20
Butter BTS 900.000.000 2023-08-11
Playing with fire Blackpink 800.000.000 2023-01-15
What is Love? Twice 700.000.000 2023-02-14
Save me BTS 700.000.000 2023-02-20
Daddy PSY 700.000.000 2023-12-06
Lovesick Girls Blackpink 700.000.000 2023-08-15
(Top unique 20 Milestones. Milestones started being recorded on December 2018 )
Milestones page

Most Promoted Videos Only 2023

Video Artist Non-Organic Views Total Views
BATTER UP BABYMONSTER 130.000.000 328.887.298
Queencard I-dle 63.500.000 422.181.894
Chasing That Feeling TXT 61.000.000 103.399.259
Sugar Rush Ride TXT 59.500.000 155.938.224
Spicy Aespa 52.500.000 178.779.808
Crazy Form ATEEZ 45.000.000 137.453.436
HEARTRIS NiziU 45.000.000 82.295.933
Drama Aespa 44.500.000 274.400.259
Hongdae R&B BIBI 44.000.000 56.929.219
BOUNCY ATEEZ 43.000.000 151.206.938
Better Things Aespa 41.000.000 81.447.750
Party O'Clock Nmixx 40.000.000 66.907.938
ISTJ NCT DREAM 36.500.000 68.795.479
UNFORGIVEN LE SSERAFIM 36.000.000 143.983.419
Love Me Like This Nmixx 35.000.000 101.954.275
WATCH IT The Boyz 34.000.000 49.732.252
Kitsch IVE 33.500.000 146.292.304
BONA BONA Treasure 32.000.000 74.013.051
God of Music Seventeen 30.000.000 86.668.717
Fast Forward Somi 29.000.000 92.641.100
(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 Only 2023


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2023

(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 2023


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2023

  Wins   Artist
1. 25 NewJeans
2. 18 Jungkook
3. 17 IVE
4. 13 I-dle
5. 10 ATEEZ
6. 10 Seventeen
7. 9 Stray Kids
8. 9 V
9. 9 LE SSERAFIM
10. 9 Jisoo
11. 8 BSS
12. 8 StayC
13. 8 The Boyz
14. 7 NCT 127
15. 6 TXT
16. 5 Lim Young Woong
17. 5 Jimin
18. 5 SHINee
19. 5 Aespa
20. 5 Akmu
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2023

  Wins   Music
1. 13 Queencard | I-dle
2. 13 Seven | Jungkook
3. 9 FLOWER | Jisoo
4. 9 I AM | IVE
5. 8 Ditto | NewJeans
6. 8 Fighting | BSS
7. 6 Super Shy | NewJeans
8. 6 OMG | NewJeans
9. 6 S-Class | Stray Kids
10. 6 UNFORGIVEN | LE SSERAFIM
11. 6 Slow Dancing | V
12. 6 Teddy Bear | StayC
13. 5 ROAR | The Boyz
14. 5 Super | Seventeen
15. 5 Baddie | IVE
16. 5 BOUNCY | ATEEZ
17. 5 God of Music | Seventeen
18. 5 Love Lee | Akmu
19. 5 HARD | SHINee
20. 4 Fact Check | NCT 127

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2023


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2023


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2023


(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 2023

 1. NewJeans
 2. IVE
 3. LE SSERAFIM
 4. Lim Young Woong
 5. I-dle
 6. Akmu
 7. Jungkook
 8. Younha
 9. Aespa
 10. StayC
 11. Seventeen
 12. Sung Sikyung
 13. Woody
 14. MeloMance
 15. NCT DREAM
 16. BTS
 17. Parc Jae Jung
 18. DK
 19. BSS
 20. Kim Minseok
(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2023

 1. Ditto | NewJeans
 2. OMG | NewJeans
 3. I AM | IVE
 4. Hype Boy | NewJeans
 5. Event Horizon | Younha
 6. Kitsch | IVE
 7. Queencard | I-dle
 8. Super Shy | NewJeans
 9. After LIKE | IVE
 10. Attention | NewJeans
 11. LOVE DIVE | IVE
 12. Every Moment Of You | Sung Sikyung
 13. Love Always Runs Away | Lim Young Woong
 14. Love Lee | Akmu
 15. Love, Maybe | MeloMance
 16. I Don`t Think That I Like Her | Charlie Puth
 17. Let\'s Say Goodbye | Parc Jae Jung
 18. Dangerously | Charlie Puth
 19. ANTIFRAGILE | LE SSERAFIM
 20. Heart | DK
(Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )
CircleChart Streaming page

PAKS - Perfect All Kill Only 2023

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2023-04 - Kitsch | IVE
2023-04 - I AM | IVE
2023-06 - Queencard | I-dle
2023-07 - Super Shy | NewJeans
2023-09 - Love Lee | Akmu
2023-11 - Baddie | IVE

Physical Sales per Style Only 2023


(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 2023

 1. Seventeen~15.973.000+
 2. Stray Kids~10.668.000+
 3. TXT~6.369.000+
 4. NCT DREAM~4.723.000+
 5. NewJeans~4.429.000+
 6. Enhypen~3.869.000+
 7. ZEROBASEONE~3.857.000+
 8. NCT 127~3.840.000+
 9. IVE~3.805.000+
 10. Aespa~3.459.000+
 11. ATEEZ~3.285.000+
 12. Nmixx~2.746.000+
 13. Jungkook~2.706.000+
 14. Twice~2.665.000+
 15. V~2.252.000+
 16. LE SSERAFIM~1.993.000+
 17. Treasure~1.975.000+
 18. EXO~1.897.000+
 19. Jimin~1.755.000+
 20. I-dle~1.619.000+
 21. Jisoo~1.542.000+
 22. The Boyz~1.521.000+
 23. Agust D~1.304.000+
 24. ITZY~1.273.000+
 25. NCT~1.048.000+
 26. RIIZE~1.038.000+
 27. BSS~851.000+
 28. NCT DOJAEJUNG~806.000+
 29. StayC~794.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2023

 1. 10TH MINI ALBUM `FML`Seventeen~5.546.000+
 2. ★★★★★ (5-STAR)Stray Kids~5.246.000+
 3. 11TH MINI ALBUM `SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN`Seventeen~4.807.000+
 4. 樂-STARStray Kids~3.992.000+
 5. ISTJ - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT DREAM~3.369.000+
 6. 이름의 장: TEMPTATIONTXT~2.868.000+
 7. 이름의 장: FREEFALLTXT~2.352.000+
 8. GOLDENJungkook~2.208.000+
 9. MY WORLD - THE 3RD MINI ALBUMAespa~2.050.000+
 10. YOUTH IN THE SHADEZEROBASEONE~2.037.000+
 11. I`VE MINEIVE~1.878.000+
 12. MELTING POINTZEROBASEONE~1.820.000+
 13. ORANGE BLOODEnhypen~1.700.000+
 14. READY TO BETwice~1.688.000+
 15. LAYOVERV~1.661.000+
 16. 2ND FULL ALBUM `REBOOT`Treasure~1.655.000+
 17. 2ND EP `GET UP`NewJeans~1.648.000+
 18. EXIST - THE 7TH ALBUMEXO~1.644.000+
 19. I`VE IVEIVE~1.643.000+
 20. FACT CHECK - THE 5TH ALBUMNCT 127~1.570.000+
 21. DARK BLOODEnhypen~1.507.000+
 22. THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILLATEEZ~1.444.000+
 23. UNFORGIVENLE SSERAFIM~1.356.000+
 24. FACEJimin~1.322.000+
 25. DRAMA - THE 4TH MINI ALBUMAespa~1.217.000+
 26. `OMG`NewJeans~1.188.000+
 27. MEJisoo~1.147.000+
 28. KILL MY DOUBTITZY~1.145.000+
 29. D-DAYAgust D~1.117.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2023

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 3.0
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: 6.7
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 on Youtube per Month Only 2023

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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 2023

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