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)