Rascasse Audience Intelligence

BTS Audience in South Korea

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about BTS in South Korea — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. BTS has an estimated audience of 877,475 people in South Korea.

#1among K-pop in South Korea
#9among Person in South Korea
#66in Music & Radio

BTS has an estimated audience of 877,475 people in South Korea. 61.9% are female, 38.1% are male, average age 29.5. Top brand affinities: Wonder Girls, Korean Broadcasting System, BLACKPINK, Enhypen, XG.

Top brand affinities include Wonder Girls, Korean Broadcasting System, BLACKPINK, with strongest over-indexing on Wonder Girls (53.64× the country average).

Demographically, the BTS audience skews more female with an average age of 29.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Price Sensitivity, Urban Lifestyle.

The typical BTS fan in South Korea is more female, around 29.5 years old, with strong Price Sensitivity tendencies and a notable affinity for Wonder Girls.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Person · Subtype: K-pop

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-09-29.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the BTS profile in South Korea.

Audience size
877K
in South Korea
Gender
61.9%♀
38.1% male
Age
29.5
average years
Country rank
#1469
Person in South Korea
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+297%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of BTS fans

61.9% are female, 38.1% are male, average age 29.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

61.9%
Female
38.1%
Male
Demographic split for BTS audience in South Korea
MetricValue
Female61.9%
Male38.1%
Average age29.5
Estimated audience size877,475
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 29.5
average years
Age distribution of the BTS audience in South Korea
Age bracketShare%
16-1939%
20-2931%
30-3917%
40-499%
50+3%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.1%

of the worldwide BTS audience comes from South Korea.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for BTS
CountryShare
Japan29.5%
United States10.1%
Brazil10.0%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the BTS audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for BTS audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Wonder GirlsMusic & Radio53.64×
02EnhypenMusic & Radio52.73×
03BLACKPINKMusic & Radio35.86×
04XGMusic & Radio35.86×
05NewJeansMusic & Radio35.86×
06ITZYMusic & Radio35.86×
07AteezMusic & Radio35.86×
08IOIMusic & Radio35.86×
09Beast (South Korean band)Music & Radio22.66×
10Korean Broadcasting SystemMovies & TV22.00×
11HandmadeHome & Garden8.89×
12IVEMusic & Radio8.55×
13Korean dramaMovies & TV4.55×
14Dog loversPets & Animals3.54×
15Anime and manga fandomLiterature3.31×
16Health And BeautyBeauty & Wellness3.14×
17Art exhibitionArts & Culture2.94×
18EarringFashion & Accessoires2.70×
19MoviesMovies & TV1.67×
20GeminiMusic & Radio1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the BTS audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by BTS audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM2.62×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.95×
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.82×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by BTS audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.66×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.68×
Community OrientationOPEN0.91×
0×1.00× baseline2×
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in South Korea who actively search for BTS. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence — modeled from anonymized, multi-source behavioral signals (search, social, events), updated monthly. Data status: 09/2026.

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