Here Are The Most Popular K-Pop Groups Per Year, According To Twitter

Are your favorite groups on the list?

The K-Pop landscape has undoubtedly changed throughout the years. Some groups disbanded, some groups debuted, and some became the kings and queens of the game.

To study this changing industry further, Twitter and K-Pop Radar have released data on the social activity of #KpopTwitter. The following data was derived from totaling the number of hashtags and account mentions per artist from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020.

That said, check out the most mentioned groups on Twitter per year below!

1. 2010

BIGBANG

| YG Entertainment

Girls’ Generation

Top Artist – Super Junior

2. 2011

Girls’ Generation

Super Junior

Top Artist – BIGBANG

| YG Entertainment

3. 2012

Super Junior

| SM Entertainment

BIGBANG

| YG Entertainment

Top Artist – PSY

4. 2013

GOT7

Girls’ Generation

| SM Entertainment

Top Artist – EXO

| SM Entertainment

5. 2014

BTS

EXO

| SM Entertainment

Top Artist – GOT7

6. 2015

SEVENTEEN

GOT7

| JYP Entertainment

Top Artist – BTS

7. 2016

SEVENTEEN

| @pledis_17/Twitter

GOT7

Top Artist – BTS

8. 2017

GOT7

BTS

| BIG HIT Entertainment

Top Artist – EXO

| @weareoneEXO/Twitter

9. 2018

WANNA ONE

| @WannaOne_twt/Twitter

GOT7

EXO

| SM Entertainment

Top Artist – BTS

10. 2019

NCT 127

| @NCTsmtwon_127/Twitter

BLACKPINK

| @BLACKPINK/Twitter

GOT7

EXO

| @weareoneEXO/Twitter

Top Artist – BTS

The volume of Twitter mentions in K-Pop has drastically increased throughout the years. Check out the full list below!

Source: Twitter Data
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