As 2024 draws to a close, let's check out YouTube Music's annual streaming rankings, which help reveal the most popular idol artists and songs in South Korea. This serves as a strong indicator of an artist's popularity in Korea, especially as YouTube Music has recently overtaken Melon to become the country’s most widely used streaming platform.
Here are the lists of male and female idols with the most YouTube streams in Korea in 2024:
2024 Male Idol YouTube Music Annual Streaming Rankings
1. DAY6 (Boy Band) – 462 million streams
2. BIGBANG (Boy Group) – 259 million streams
3. SEVENTEEN (Boy Group) – 249 million streams
4. BTS (Boy Group) – 196 million streams
5. Jungkook (Solo) – 148 million streams
6. RIIZE (Boy Group) – 144 million streams
7. LUCY (Boy Band) – 123 million streams
8. G-Dragon (Solo) – 122 million streams
9. Stray Kids (Boy Group) – 117 million streams
10. TO1 (Boy Group) – 109 million streams
11. N.Flying (Boy Band) – 105 million streams
12. Zico (Solo) – 99.1 million streams
13. BTOB (Boy Group) – 98.5 million streams
14. EXO (Boy Group) – 94.1 million streams
15. NCT DREAM (Boy Group) – 90.1 million streams
16. Lee Changsub (Solo) – 75.8 million streams
17. NCT 127 (Boy Group) – 72.7 million streams
18. TXT (Boy Group) – 68 million streams
19. PLAVE (Virtual Group) – 65.8 million streams
20. SHINee (Boy Group) – 61.2 million streams
21. FTISLAND (Boy Band) – 59.9 million streams
22. D.O. (Solo) – 57.3 million streams
23. Block B (Boy Group) – 53.9 million streams
24. BOYNEXTDOOR (Boy Group) – 48.3 million streams
25. BEAST (Boy Group) – 46.9 million streams
26. ENHYPEN (Boy Group) – 45.9 million streams
27. NCT (Boy Group) – 39.5 million streams
28. Cho Seungyoun (Solo) – 46.3 million streams
29. Kyuhyun (Solo) – 43.9 million streams
30. TVXQ (Boy Group) – 38.5 million streams
31. BSS (Unit Group) – 38.4 million streams
32. Taeyang (Solo) – 37.9 million streams
33. g.o.d (Boy Group) – 37.9 million streams
34. WINNER (Boy Group) – 36.3 million streams
35. Lee Hongki (Solo) – 32.4 million streams
36. iKON (Boy Group) – 33.3 million streams
37. INFINITE (Boy Group) – 33 million streams
38. THE BOYZ (Boy Group) – 29.3 million streams
39. Baekhyun (Solo) – 29.2 million streams
40. MONSTA X (Boy Group) – 27.1 million streams
41. Jimin (Solo) – 26.9 million streams
42. CNBLUE (Boy Band) – 23.2 million streams
43. B.I (Solo) – 22.6 million streams
44. Doyoung (Solo) – 22.2 million streams
45. NCT U (Boy Group) – 22.2 million streams
46. ATEEZ (Boy Group) – 19.4 million streams
47. Super Junior (Boy Group) – 19.2 million streams
48. Yang Yoseop (Solo) – 18.5 million streams
49. V (Solo) – 17.9 million streams
50. ZEROBASEONE (Boy Group) – 17.8 million streams
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2024 Female Idol YouTube Music Annual Streaming Rankings
1. NewJeans (Girl Group) – 570 million streams
2. aespa (Girl Group) – 483 million streams
3. IU (Solo) – 445 million streams
4. IVE (Girl Group) – 384 million streams
5. (G)I-DLE (Girl Group) – 350 million streams
6. LE SSERAFIM (Girl Group) – 277 million streams
7. QWER (Girl Band) – 260 million streams
8. Taeyeon (Solo) – 257 million streams
9. BLACKPINK (Girl Group) – 211 million streams
10. KISS OF LIFE (Girl Group) – 159 million streams
11. Red Velvet (Girl Group) – 152 million streams
12. TWICE (Girl Group) – 141 million streams
13. BABYMONSTER (Girl Group) – 137 million streams
14. NMIXX (Girl Group) – 129 million streams
15. ILLIT (Girl Group) – 127 million streams
16. Rosé (Solo) – 95.3 million streams
17. fromis_9 (Girl Group) – 92.4 million streams
18. 2NE1 (Girl Group) – 91.4 million streams
19. ITZY (Girl Group) – 90.6 million streams
20. STAYC (Girl Group) – 84.9 million streams
21. VIVIZ (Girl Group) – 84 million streams
22. Chungha (Solo) – 78.5 million streams
23. Jennie (Solo) – 76.7 million streams
24. Girls' Generation (Girl Group) – 75.9 million streams
25. T-ara (Girl Group) – 62.8 million streams
26. OH MY GIRL (Girl Group) – 59.2 million streams
27. Jung Eunji (Solo) – 55.3 million streams
28. tripleS (Girl Group) – 50.7 million streams
29. Chuu (Solo) – 48.9 million streams
30. IZ*ONE (Girl Group) – 43 million streams
31. Apink (Girl Group) – 41.6 million streams
32. Choi Yena (Solo) – 41.5 million streams
33. SISTAR (Girl Group) – 41.5 million streams
34. Another World Idol (Virtual Group) – 39.6 million streams
35. Sunmi (Solo) – 38 million streams
36. FIFTY FIFTY (Girl Group) – 37.2 million streams
37. KARA (Girl Group) – 36.3 million streams
38. GFRIEND (Girl Group) – 35.3 million streams
39. H1-KEY (Girl Group) – 34.8 million streams
40. MAMAMOO (Girl Group) – 34.8 million streams
41. f(x) (Girl Group) – 33.3 million streams
42. Jeon Somi (Solo) – 32.3 million streams
43. BoA (Solo) – 32.2 million streams
44. Lisa (Solo) – 31.2 million streams
45. Hyolyn (Solo) – 28.6 million streams
46. Kwon Eunbi (Solo) – 28.6 million streams
47. Nayeon (Solo) – 26.5 million streams
48. Miyeon (Solo) – 26 million streams
49. Hwasa (Solo) – 25 million streams
50. Winter (Solo) – 24.7 million streams
Korean netizens and K-pop fans reacted to the results and commented:
"DAY6... Wow... So crazy..."
"Omg DAY6 is impressive."
"NewJeans was near the top last year and #1 overall this year, they're so amazing."
"I can't believe LUCY is on the list."
"I listen to DAY6 a lot too."
"Big Bang is still rank #2 this year. That's so amazing."
"RIIZE!"
"Big Bang's popularity is overpowering."
"I expected NewJeans to be number 1 because I listened to their songs all year this year. Big Bang is also impressive. What the heck."
"NewJeans congrats! I love them."
"QWER is also in the top 10, that's impressive."
"INFINITE??"
"Big Bang is rank 2??"
"Wow, Big Bang is legendary."
"People still listen to Big Bang is amazing."
"Stray Kids and DAY6 are the best."
"V and Jungkook solo!"
"DAY6... WOW."
SEE ALSO: Full winner's list from the 'Melon Music Awards 2024'
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