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Pop artists from South Korea

The 22 most-read pop artists based in South Korea, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

22 artists are tagged pop in South Korea. The biggest move was 소찬휘, up 2 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Pinkfongchildren's music, pop	8,509	0
02	Deuxk-pop, hip hop	2,270	0
03	Big Mamapop	1,569	0
04	이지혜pop	1,335	+1
05	옥주현pop	1,329	-1
06	HEYOONpop	860	0
07	KISScontemporary r&b, k-pop	847	0
08	MayBeepop	816	0
09	버즈pop	544	0
10	Loveholicpop	505	0
11	소찬휘korean ballad, pop	374	+2
12	015Bballad, korean ballad	353	-1
13	이상은korean ballad, pop	261	-1
14	Steven Leepop	260	+2
15	Toykorean ballad, pop	253	-1
16	E-Tribepop	236	-1
17	Su Leepop, indie pop	210	+2
18	태군pop	188	-1
19	황인선pop	158	-1
20	유리상자ballad, korean ballad	115	0
21	Neon Bunnyk-pop, pop	86	0
22	MAYpop	83	0

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