SoundTally

Genre

K-pop artists

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

200 artists are ranked in k-pop. The biggest move was NCT 127, up 92 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	BTSSeoul · South Korea	260,085	0
02	BLACKPINKSeoul · South Korea	140,881	+3
03	VDaegu · South Korea	118,194	-1
04	JENNIEGangnam District · South Korea	115,653	0
05	Jung KookBusan · South Korea	106,474	-2
06	Stray KidsSeoul · South Korea	80,199	+11
07	ROSÉAuckland · New Zealand	79,131	+2
08	JISOOGunpo · South Korea	76,682	+3
09	CORTISSeoul · South Korea	75,952	+5
10	BIGBANGSeoul · South Korea	70,134	+23
11	JinGwacheon · South Korea	63,443	-4
12	Agust DBuk District · South Korea	61,419	-2
13	ATEEZSeoul · South Korea	61,292	+3
14	IUSeoul · South Korea	59,321	-6
15	LE SSERAFIMSeoul · South Korea	58,916	-2
16	aespaSeoul · South Korea	57,954	+7
17	TWICESeoul · South Korea	57,771	+1
18	The Debut: Dream AcademyUnited States	54,398	+17
19	ENHYPENSeoul · South Korea	54,319	+3
20	ILLITSeoul · South Korea	53,033	-1
21	j‐hopeGwangju · South Korea	52,476	-6
22	Eric NamAtlanta · United States	48,997	-16
23	Girls’ GenerationSeoul · South Korea	45,764	+3
24	이혜리South Korea	44,515	-4
25	NewJeansSeoul · South Korea	42,818	-13
26	BABYMONSTERSeoul · South Korea	42,311	-2
27	박진영Seoul · South Korea	41,915	-2
28	필릭스Sydney · Australia	41,525	+2
29	G‐DRAGONSeoul · South Korea	39,511	+21
30	카리나Seongnam · South Korea	36,376	+10
31	T.O.PSeoul · South Korea	35,947	+24
32	SuzyGwangju · South Korea	35,915	-3
33	박지훈Seoul · South Korea	35,352	-2
34	Red VelvetSeoul · South Korea	34,206	+9
35	MEOVVSeoul · South Korea	31,938	+19
36	IVESeoul · South Korea	30,926	-4
37	NCT 127Seoul · South Korea	30,772	+92
38	RAINSeoul · South Korea	30,687	-10
39	PSYGangnam District · South Korea	30,596	-5
40	HWASAJeonju · South Korea	29,211	+1
41	Hearts2HeartsSeoul · South Korea	28,596	-2
42	윤아Seoul · South Korea	28,141	-5
43	YEONJUNSouth Korea	27,913	+32
44	TOMORROW X TOGETHERSeoul · South Korea	27,665	+7
45	지젤Gangnam District · South Korea	26,920	+14
46	TAEYANGUijeongbu · South Korea	26,762	+47
47	SULLIBusan · South Korea	26,159	-3
48	YENAGangdong District · South Korea	26,041	+38
49	EXOSeoul · South Korea	25,805	-7
50	윈터Busan · South Korea	25,491	+16

Rising outside the top 50this month

73	TUIDESeoul · South Korea	19,527	+643
67	KiiiKiiiSeoul · South Korea	21,296	+97
131	THE BOYZSeoul · South Korea	11,946	+77
95	Wanna OneSeoul · South Korea	15,701	+68
151	하니Gangnam District · South Korea	9,910	+67

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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.