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K-Pop Artists With the Most Spotify Monthly Listeners

스포티파이 월간 청취자 많은 K팝 아티스트

JENNIE leads K-pop on Spotify with 49,296,102 monthly listeners, ahead of BTS at 29,666,304, in a kworb snapshot of November 10, 2026. This ranks the 25 K-pop acts that appear in its top 2,500.

Data as of

A still from CHANEL's campaign film with JENNIE for the CHANEL 25 handbag
Pictured: JENNIE in CHANEL's campaign film for the CHANEL 25 handbag, from the CHANEL YouTube channel; she is #1 on the list, with 49,296,102 monthly listeners.
The 25 K-pop acts in Spotify's top 2,500 artists by monthly listeners, kworb snapshot of November 10, 2026
Rank Artist Type Monthly listeners Daily change Global rank Source
1JENNIE제니Soloist49,296,102+58,926731
2BTS방탄소년단Group29,666,304-84,2242201
3ROSÉ로제Soloist25,503,334-90,9253121
4ILLIT아일릿Group20,114,809+50,4124551
5LISA리사Soloist19,721,968+7,7994671
6BLACKPINK블랙핑크Group18,104,975-87,7845411
7LE SSERAFIM르세라핌Group18,102,447-68,1825421
8Jung Kook정국Soloist14,456,122-36,8787851
9TWICE트와이스Group14,391,367-53,1987911
10NewJeans뉴진스Group13,645,915-14,1778631
11CORTIS코르티스Group10,713,197-24,0411,1511
12aespa에스파Group10,417,110-22,9641,1931
13ENHYPEN엔하이픈Group9,737,622-12,7041,3201
14Stray Kids스트레이 키즈Group9,693,111-41,3281
15j-hope제이홉Soloist9,009,412-29,9291,4891
16i-dle(여자)아이들Group8,707,542+10,2261,5571
17BABYMONSTER베이비몬스터Group8,023,850-21,8931,7441
18PSY싸이Soloist7,791,084-11,1341,8031
19ATEEZ에이티즈Group7,690,041+13,8921,8311
20Hearts2Hearts하츠투하츠Group7,359,636+11,5111,9471
21JISOO지수Soloist6,937,1676,937,1676,937,1671
22IVE아이브Group6,854,6756,854,6756,854,6751
23Red Velvet레드벨벳Group6,369,405-21,6002,3121
24BIGBANG빅뱅Group6,236,396-17,1282,3711
25TOMORROW X TOGETHER투모로우바이투게더Group6,226,792-3,7642,3761

Monthly listeners are Spotify's figure as kworb's "Top Artists by Monthly Listeners" page showed them; the page was last modified on November 10, 2026 at 13:59 GMT, and the figures move daily.1 "Global rank" is the act's position on that page, which lists 2,500 artists (from about 6.0 million listeners down), so only K-pop acts on that list can be ranked here. DabPop picked them by searching the list for K-pop act names; an act that Spotify files under a different name, or that falls below the cut-off, is absent. Rows are Korean acts and the Korean-company group members' solo projects that Spotify lists separately (JENNIE, ROSÉ, LISA, Jung Kook, j-hope). A soloist's figure is not added to their group's, and no totals are computed. IVE and JISOO appear in the list for the first time in this post, and Seventeen, which was ranked last time, is no longer in kworb's top 2,500. Left out: KATSEYE, a group formed by HYBE and Geffen in the United States (rank 167), and the fictional KPop Demon Hunters acts HUNTR/X, Saja Boys and the film's cast (ranks 418, 1,464 and 333), plus EJAE (rank 398), the singer and songwriter known for that film's songs.1 The top-10 videos below each come from the artist's or brand's own YouTube channel.12

The top 10

#1

JENNIE 제니

49,296,102

JENNIE (제니) debuted in August 2016 as a member of BLACKPINK. Her debut solo single "Solo" came in November 2018 and topped South Korea's Circle Digital Chart; its music video was the first by a Korean female soloist to pass one billion YouTube views.2

#2

BTS 방탄소년단

29,666,304

BTS formed in 2010 and debuted in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment with the single album 2 Cool 4 Skool. The group has seven members: Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook.3

#3

ROSÉ 로제

25,503,334

ROSÉ (로제), born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, signed with YG Entertainment after an audition in 2012 and debuted with BLACKPINK in August 2016.4 Her single "APT." with Bruno Mars appears in DabPop's most-viewed K-pop music videos.

#4

ILLIT 아일릿

20,114,809

Belift Lab, a HYBE sub-label, formed ILLIT on the 2023 JTBC survival show R U Next?; its five members debuted on March 25, 2024 with the EP Super Real Me, and its debut single "Magnetic" topped the Circle Digital Chart.5

#5

LISA 리사

19,721,968

LISA (리사), a Thai rapper and singer, joined BLACKPINK at its debut. Her debut single album Lalisa (September 2021) made her the first female artist to sell 736,000 copies of an album in its first week in South Korea, according to Wikipedia.8

#6

BLACKPINK 블랙핑크

18,104,975

YG Entertainment formed the four-member group (Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa), which debuted in August 2016 with the single album Square One; "Whistle" was its first Circle Digital Chart No. 1.6

#7

LE SSERAFIM 르세라핌

18,102,447

Source Music, a HYBE sub-label, formed the group, which debuted on May 2, 2022 with the EP Fearless. Its second EP, Antifragile, was its first release to sell over a million copies.7

#8

Jung Kook 정국

14,456,122

Jung Kook (정국) is a BTS member and Big Hit Music artist. In 2022 he featured on Charlie Puth's "Left and Right", which peaked at No. 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and became the first South Korean artist to release an official FIFA World Cup soundtrack song, "Dreamers".10

#9

TWICE 트와이스

14,391,367

JYP Entertainment formed the nine-member group on the 2015 show Sixteen, and it debuted on October 20, 2015 with the EP The Story Begins. "Cheer Up" (2016) was its first Gaon Digital Chart No. 1.9

#10

NewJeans 뉴진스

13,645,915

ADOR, a HYBE sub-label, formed the group, whose first single "Attention" came out on July 22, 2022. "Hype Boy" became the longest-running song on the Billboard Global 200 by a K-pop female act.11

Sources

  1. kworb.net, Spotify - Top Artists by Monthly Listeners (page last modified Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:59:42 GMT), retrieved 2026-11-11.
  2. Wikipedia, Jennie (singer), retrieved 2026-11-11.
  3. Wikipedia, BTS, retrieved 2026-11-11.
  4. Wikipedia, Rosé (singer), retrieved 2026-11-11.
  5. Wikipedia, Illit, retrieved 2026-11-11.
  6. Wikipedia, Blackpink, retrieved 2026-11-11.
  7. Wikipedia, Le Sserafim, retrieved 2026-11-11.
  8. Wikipedia, Lisa (rapper), retrieved 2026-11-11.
  9. Wikipedia, Twice, retrieved 2026-11-11.
  10. Wikipedia, Jung Kook, retrieved 2026-11-11.
  11. Wikipedia, NewJeans, retrieved 2026-11-11.
  12. YouTube (oEmbed-verified, retrieved 2026-10-25): CHANEL, JENNIE is the Face of the CHANEL 25 Handbag Campaign; HYBE LABELS, BTS "Dynamite" and Jung Kook "Seven"; ROSÉ, "APT."; BLACKPINK, "DDU-DU DDU-DU"; Bvlgari, Serpenti Factory Korea; JYP Entertainment, TWICE "What is Love?"; GUCCI, NewJeans Hanni for the Latest Horsebit Campaign.