The 5 Most-Watched K-Pop Girl Groups Of Each Year Over The Last Decade

The most-viewed artist went from under 500 million total views to over 8 billion views in the last decade!

Over the last decade, K-Pop music videos have seen a huge increase in views overall, with the most-watched artists going from a couple dozen to maybe a hundred million views, to now some reaching well over a billion! Here’s a look back at the most-watched girl groups of each year over the last decade, based on their total views over all of their music videos released by the end of each year!

2011

5. T-ARA: 87.9 million views

4. 4MINUTE: 92.4 million views

3. SISTAR: 109.5 million views

2. 2NE1: 228.5 million views

1. Girls’ Generation: 446.9 million views

2012

5. T-ARA: 130.8 million views

4. 4MINUTE: 142.9 million views

3. SISTAR: 178.7 million views

2. 2NE1: 337.5 million views

1. Girls’ Generation: 673.0 million views

2013

5. T-ARA: 173.6 million views

4. 4MINUTE: 193.3 million views

3. SISTAR: 247.8 million views

2. 2NE1: 446.4 million views

1. Girls’ Generation: 899.1 million views

2014

5. T-ARA: 216.4 million views

4. 4MINUTE: 243.7 million views

3. SISTAR: 317.0 million views

2. 2NE1: 555.3 million views

1. Girls’ Generation: 1.13 billion views

2015

5. Apink: 270.8 million views

4. 4MINUTE: 294.1 million views

3. SISTAR: 386.1 million views

2. 2NE1: 664.2 million views

1. Girls’ Generation: 1.35 billion views

2016

5. TWICE: 376.9 million views

4. MAMAMOO: 392.2 million views

3. SISTAR: 455.3 million views

2. 2NE1: 773.1 million views

1. Girls’ Generation: 1.58 billion views

2017

5. Red Velvet: 699.5 million views

4. 2NE1: 882.1 million views

3. BLACKPINK: 967.5 million views

2. TWICE: 1.37 billion views

1. Girls’ Generation: 1.80 billion views

2018

5. 2NE1: 991.0 million views

4. Red Velvet: 1.12 billion views

3. Girls’ Generation: 2.03 billion views

2. BLACKPINK: 2.41 billion views

1. TWICE: 2.64 billion views

2019

5. 2NE1: 1.10 billion views

4. Red Velvet: 1.55 billion views

3. Girls’ Generation: 2.26 billion views

2. TWICE: 3.75 billion views

1. BLACKPINK: 4.43 billion views

2020

5. 2NE1: 1.21 billion views

4. Red Velvet: 1.97 billion views

3. Girls’ Generation: 2.48 billion views

2. TWICE: 5.00 billion views

1. BLACKPINK: 7.77 billion views

2021 (So Far)

5. 2NE1: 1.25 billion views

4. Red Velvet: 2.12 billion views

3. Girls’ Generation: 2.56 billion views

2. TWICE: 5.32 billion views

1. BLACKPINK: 8.40 billion views

Source: Data Throne and Image (1) and (2)
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