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K-pop is continuing to take over the world with its catchy music, appealing themes, relatable songs, interesting dance moves, aesthetic music videos, positive concepts, emotional appeal, aesthetics, and other cinematic elements. Subsequently, social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter (X) have played an important role in internationally disseminating and accelerating K-pop tracks.
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Subsequently, YouTube has played pivotal music in providing access to Korean songs, albums, digital tracks, and much more to the global audience. With free and easy accessibility, international fans have come in close contact with Korean culture, tradition, language, and much more.
Additionally, the K-pop groups and soloists have launched their official YouTube channel, where they have uploaded their musical creativity and received varied feedback from the listeners. Below are the five most subscribed K-pop Acts on YouTube, as per the data released by @PopCrave on X:
- BLACKPINK
- BTS
- PSY
- Stray Kids
- TWICE
- BIGBANG
Most Subscribed K-pop Acts on YouTube: BLACKPINK, BTS, Stray Kids, and others
1) BLACKPINK
The South Korean K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has over 95.6 million subscribers on YouTube. They joined the platform on June 29, 2016, and have 603 videos. They are the most followed Korean girl group on the streaming site.
The band features four members, including Lisa, Jisso, Jennie, and Rosé. They made their official debut on August 8, 2016, with their single album Square One. It was released through YG Entertainment and featured two tracks, including Whistle and Boombayah.
2) BTS
BTS is the most followed K-pop boy group on YouTube and has over 79.6 million subscribers. They joined the video streaming platform on December 17, 2012. They have over 2.6 videos uploaded so far.
The group features seven members, including Kim Namjoon, Jin, j-hope, Suga, Jimin, Kim Taehyung, and Jungkook. They made their official debut in 2013 under BigHit Entertainment and released a single album, 2 Cool 4 Skool. The record featured seven tracks, including Intro: 2 Cool 4 Skool, We Are Bulletproof Pt 2, Skit: Circle Room Talk, Interlude, No More Dream, Joayo/I Like It/Like, and Outro: Circle Room Cypher.
3) PSY
The South Korean rapper and songwriter PSY is the third most followed Korean act on YouTube. He has over 19.3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. He joined the video streaming platform on October 4, 2010, and uploaded 132 videos so far. He made his debut with the full-length album Psy from the Psycho World! in January 2001. It was released through Cream Records and featured nineteen songs.
Some tracks included were Intro, Lady, Bird, The End, Life, Freedom, No.1, The Mother of Sucess, Upskail Phenomenon, Outro, Modern Times, and others.
4) Stray Kids
The rising fourth-generation group Stray Kids is the fourth most followed K-pop Act on YouTube. They has over 19 million subscribers on American video streaming and social media platforms. They joined the site on May 12, 2017, and uploaded over 1.4k videos so far.
The band features eight members, including Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Seungmin, I.N, Han, Felix, and Hyunjin. They made their official debut on March 25, 2018, with the extended play I Am Not released through JYP Entertainment. It featured seven tracks, including NOT!, District 9, Mirror, Awaken, Rock, Grow Up, and 3rd Eye.
5) TWICE
TWICE emerged as the fifth most followed K-pop act on YouTube. They has over 17.8 million followers and uploaded over 1.9k videos so far. They joined the platform on March 27, 2016.
The South Korean K-pop girl group features nine members, including Nayeon, Momo, Jeongyeon, Dahyun, Mina, Jihyo, Sana, and Tzuyu. They made their official debut on October 20, 2015, and released the extended play The Story Begins through JYP Entertainment. It featured six tracks, including Like OohAhh, Do It Again, Going Crazy, Truth, Candy Boy, and Like a Fool.
6) BIGBANG
BIGBANG is the sixth most followed K-pop act on the YouTube platform. They have over 15.6 million subscribers on the video streaming site. The band joined YT on October 10, 2005, and has uploaded 776 videos so far.
The band currently features three members G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung. The former members Seungri and T.O.P left the band in March 2019 and May 2023, respectively. The group released their debut studio album, Big Bang Vol.1- Since 2007, on December 22, 2006, through YG Entertainment.
It featured eleven tracks, including Intro (Big Bang), She Can't Get Enough, Dirty Cash, Next Day, Big Boy, Shake It, and others.
The acts, including BLACKPINK's Rosé, SEVENTEEN, Jennie, TXT, Lisa, ENHYPEN, IU, and others, have subscribers in huge numbers as well.
