Which idol groups amassed the highest YouTube views in South Korea last year?
On an online community forum, a netizen made a post titled: "The real popularity of idol groups among the Koreans based on YouTube view counts.jpg". The post included lists of male and female idols that were ranked from having highest to lowest view counts on YouTube in the year 2021.
The lists included ranks from 1 to 50 and recorded the views counted between December 26, 2020 and December 26, 2021.
Among the male idols, BTS, Seventeen, Big Bang, NCT Dream, NCT 127, SHINee, EXO, DAY6, TOMORROW x TOGETHER, and Stray Kids made the Top 10.
Among the female idols, IU, BLACKPINK, aespa, TWICE, Brave Girls, Oh My Girl, Red Velvet, ITZY, IZ*ONE, and Taeyeon made the Top 10.
The views include all the official videos posted by each artist, including the MVs. The number is in ten-thousands. (For example, according to the list, BTS amassed 64,9000,000 views in total.)
Netizens reacted in various ways, commenting on how much popularity Seventeen has in Korea and how it is "surprising" to find Big Bang make the list. Other noted how much different the list would look if it were based on international views rather than domestic ones.
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Male idols Top 10
1 BTS 774 million views
2 Seventeen 203 million views
3 Big Bang 111 million views
4 NCT Dream 101 million views
5 NCT127 92.7 million views
6 SHINee 74.2 million views
7 EXO 68.5 million views
8 DAY6 61.2 million views
9 TXT 58.7 million views
10 Stray Kids 49.9 million views
Female idol Top 10
1 IU 649 million views
2 BLACKPINK 315 million views
3 Aespa 249 million views
4 TWICE 237 million views
5 Brave Girls 200 million views
6 Oh My Girl 188 million views
7 Red Velvet 150 million views
8 ITZY 146 million views
9 IZ*ONE 137 million views
10 Taeyeon 128 million views
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