SoundTally

Genre

K-Pop Artists

The 50 most-read k-pop artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

200 artists are ranked in k-pop. The biggest move was HUNTR/X, up 105 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	BTSSeoul · South Korea	143,332	0
02	NANACheongju · South Korea	141,086	+1
03	VDaegu · South Korea	122,601	+3
04	BLACKPINKSeoul · South Korea	112,970	-2
05	JENNIEGangnam District · South Korea	90,561	+3
06	ROSÉAuckland · New Zealand	87,869	-2
07	T.O.PSeoul · South Korea	81,889	+23
08	K/DALos Angeles · United States	80,509	+71
09	LE SSERAFIMSeoul · South Korea	72,569	-4
10	BIGBANGSeoul · South Korea	64,343	+1
11	The Debut: Dream AcademyUnited States	62,605	-1
12	Jung KookBusan · South Korea	62,411	-5
13	JISOOGunpo · South Korea	61,639	-4
14	필릭스Sydney · Australia	61,638	+6
15	Stray KidsSeoul · South Korea	53,213	-3
16	ILLITSeoul · South Korea	50,743	+1
17	IUSeoul · South Korea	48,933	-4
18	TWICESeoul · South Korea	47,915	+7
19	CORTISSeoul · South Korea	45,081	-4
20	G‐DRAGONSeoul · South Korea	44,935	+2
21	aespaSeoul · South Korea	43,179	-5
22	ATEEZSeoul · South Korea	38,825	+5
23	NewJeansSeoul · South Korea	38,154	0
24	PSYGangnam District · South Korea	37,687	+17
25	Eric NamAtlanta · United States	37,439	+9
26	JinGwacheon · South Korea	37,289	-8
27	HUH YUNJINSeoul · South Korea	36,508	-8
28	BABYMONSTERSeoul · South Korea	34,860	+3
29	Girls’ GenerationSeoul · South Korea	34,358	-15
30	一葉Kōchi · Japan	34,091	+2
31	ENHYPENSeoul · South Korea	33,975	-7
32	Agust DBuk District · South Korea	32,920	-11
33	宮脇咲良Kagoshima · Japan	31,719	-7
34	JONGHYUNJung District · South Korea	29,912	+10
35	김채원Gangnam District · South Korea	29,246	-6
36	TAEYANGUijeongbu · South Korea	28,586	-1
37	j‐hopeGwangju · South Korea	28,422	-9
38	SULLIBusan · South Korea	27,818	+17
39	카리나Seongnam · South Korea	27,580	-6
40	MEOVVSeoul · South Korea	27,462	+23
41	SuzyGwangju · South Korea	26,970	-5
42	i‐dleSeoul · South Korea	26,938	+16
43	JEON SOYEONGangnam District · South Korea	26,574	+30
44	IVESeoul · South Korea	25,859	+10
45	JIHYOGuri · South Korea	25,799	+42
46	RAINSeoul · South Korea	25,667	-8
47	지젤Gangnam District · South Korea	25,401	+2
48	TZUYUTainan · Taiwan	25,326	+41
49	HUNTR/XUnited States	24,410	+105
50	Hearts2HeartsSeoul · South Korea	23,343	+2

Rising outside the top 50this month

193	NTXSouth Korea	6,047	+373
80	ZELOMokpo · South Korea	15,486	+352
149	TEEN TOPSeoul · South Korea	8,152	+196
103	VVSSouth Korea	12,994	+178
137	MINOYongin · South Korea	8,935	+163

Adjacent scenes

How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.