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Top 54 K-pops in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 54 largest k-pops in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. BTS, IVE and XG lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 44M people. Across all 54 entries the average audience size is 1.9M, and the largest, BTS, reaches around 23M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each k-pop, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 54, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 BTS 23M 29.2 75.3% K-pop
2 IVE 10M 29.5 74.1% K-pop
3 XG 10M 29.4 74.6% K-pop
4 Aespa 8.6M 29.6 74.1% K-pop
5 seventeen 4.6M 25.1 78.8% K-pop
6 LE SSERAFIM 4.4M 29.5 74.3% K-pop
7 BLACKPINK 3.7M 29.4 74.6% K-pop
8 TWS 3.7M 35.5 44.8% K-pop
9 NewJeans 3.7M 29.4 74.6% K-pop
10 TOMORROW X TOGETHER 3M 25.1 78.8% K-pop
11 BABYMONSTER 2.6M 29.5 74.3% K-pop
12 NCT WISH 2.5M 33.8 85.7% K-pop
13 RIIZE 2.5M 33.8 85.7% K-pop
14 Ateez 1.8M 29.4 74.6% K-pop
15 ZEROBASEONE 1.6M 33.8 85.7% K-pop
16 Jung Kook 1.6M 29.4 74.7% K-pop
17 BOYNEXTDOOR 1.5M 25.1 78.8% K-pop
18 BTOB 1.4M 29.4 72.3% K-pop
19 NCT DREAM 1.3M 33.8 85.7% K-pop
20 THE BOYZ 1.2M 33.8 85.7% K-pop
21 i‐dle 1.1M 33.8 85.7% K-pop
22 NMIXX 999k 29.5 74.1% K-pop
23 NCT 127 963k 33.8 85.7% K-pop
24 KISS OF LIFE 894k 29.5 74.1% K-pop
25 Kep1er 890k 33.8 85.7% K-pop

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 54 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each k-pop by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest k-pop in Japan?

BTS currently leads with an estimated audience of 23M people in Japan.

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