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K-Pop Artists from Seoul

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

200 artists are tagged k-pop in Seoul. The biggest move was BESTie, up 42 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	BTSk-pop, pop	143,332	0
02	BLACKPINKk-pop, pop	112,970	0
03	T.O.Pk-pop	81,889	+14
04	LE SSERAFIMk-pop	72,569	-1
05	BIGBANGk-pop, hip hop	64,343	-1
06	Stray Kidsk-pop, electropop	53,213	-1
07	ILLITk-pop	50,743	+3
08	IUk-pop, hip hop	48,933	-2
09	TWICEk-pop, pop	47,915	+6
10	CORTISk-pop	45,081	-2
11	G‐DRAGONk-pop	44,935	+1
12	aespak-pop, dance-pop	43,179	-3
13	ATEEZk-pop	38,825	+3
14	NewJeansk-pop	38,154	-1
15	HUH YUNJINk-pop	36,508	-4
16	BABYMONSTERk-pop	34,860	+2
17	Girls’ Generationk-pop, j-pop	34,358	-10
18	ENHYPENk-pop, pop	33,975	-4
19	MEOVVk-pop, pop	27,462	+13
20	i‐dlek-pop	26,938	+10
21	IVEk-pop	25,859	+7
22	RAINdance-pop, k-pop	25,667	-2
23	Hearts2Heartsk-pop	23,343	+3
24	ALLDAY PROJECTk-pop	22,706	+3
25	UNISk-pop	22,389	-4
26	EXOk-pop	21,869	-3
27	TOMORROW X TOGETHERk-pop	21,147	-2
28	TUIDEk-pop	21,111	-9
29	윤아k-pop	20,468	-7
30	박지훈k-pop	18,965	-6
31	IZ*ONEk-pop, j-pop	18,848	-2
32	FIFTY FIFTYk-pop, dance-pop	17,917	+16
33	박진영dance-pop, k-pop	16,908	-2
34	SHINeek-pop, ballad	16,891	+3
35	NMIXXk-pop	16,788	+16
36	PENTAGONk-pop	16,484	+31
37	MONSTA Xk-pop	16,392	+6
38	NAYEONk-pop	15,673	+14
39	NCTk-pop, c-pop	15,663	-1
40	Red Velvetk-pop, j-pop	15,629	-6
41	HyunAk-pop, pop	14,725	-8
42	LNGSHOTk-pop	14,393	0
43	BESTiek-pop	14,301	+42
44	XLOVk-pop	14,237	-3
45	SUPER JUNIORk-pop, dance	14,164	+1
46	GOT7k-pop	13,976	+7
47	2PMdance-pop, k-pop	13,924	0
48	tripleSk-pop	13,445	+6
49	RESCENEk-pop	13,381	-14
50	2NE1k-pop, dance-pop	13,170	-6

Rising outside the top 50this month

75	TEEN TOPk-pop	8,152	+112
67	Orange Caramelk-pop, dance-pop	10,192	+83
150	UAUk-pop	3,729	+62
99	VIVIZk-pop	5,968	+56
172	볼빨간사춘기k-pop	2,718	+54

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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.