Top 50 Hip hops in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest hip hops in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 945 hip hops tracked in South Korea, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. G-Dragon, CJ and E.S.G. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 973,703 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 71,872, and the largest, G-Dragon, reaches around 399,931 people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each hip hop, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank Name Audience size Country share Subtype Category
1 G-Dragon G-Dragon 399,931 2.5% Hip hop Music & Radio
2 CJ CJ 344,862 4.8% Hip hop Music & Radio
3 E.S.G. E.S.G. 228,910 4.9% Hip hop Music & Radio
4 KB (rapper) KB (rapper) 172,735 6.0% Hip hop Music & Radio
5 P$C P$C 166,662 0.7% Hip hop Music & Radio
6 EstA EstA 158,438 3.6% Hip hop Music & Radio
7 Nas Nas 146,151 1.0% Hip hop Music & Radio
8 Kanye West Kanye West 117,154 0.3% Hip hop Music & Radio
9 Drake Drake 80,982 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
10 T.I. T.I. 80,473 0.7% Hip hop Music & Radio
11 Travis Scott Travis Scott 79,640 0.3% Hip hop Music & Radio
12 Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar 73,931 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
13 Gentleman Gentleman 67,670 0.5% Hip hop Music & Radio
14 SZA (singer) SZA (singer) 65,820 0.4% Hip hop Music & Radio
15 Diddy Diddy 62,976 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
16 Atmosphere (music group) Atmosphere (music group) 60,720 0.9% Hip hop Music & Radio
17 LMFAO LMFAO 58,943 1.9% Hip hop Music & Radio
18 Tyler, The Creator Tyler, The Creator 55,804 0.4% Hip hop Music & Radio
19 YG (rapper) YG (rapper) 55,089 2.5% Hip hop Music & Radio
20 Frank Ocean Frank Ocean 54,751 0.7% Hip hop Music & Radio
21 Eminem Eminem 51,992 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
22 Bones (rapper) Bones (rapper) 45,980 0.6% Hip hop Music & Radio
23 Future Future 43,270 0.5% Hip hop Music & Radio
24 Floor (band) Floor (band) 42,900 1.0% Hip hop Music & Radio
25 ASAP Rocky ASAP Rocky 41,977 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
26 MF Doom MF Doom 40,318 0.8% Hip hop Music & Radio
27 Cardi B Cardi B 39,366 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
28 Taboo (rapper) Taboo (rapper) 39,270 0.7% Hip hop Music & Radio
29 B.o.B B.o.B 38,790 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
30 Central Cee Central Cee 37,955 0.3% Hip hop Music & Radio
31 Dio (band) Dio (band) 37,501 0.5% Hip hop Music & Radio
32 Axiom Axiom 36,004 2.3% Hip hop Politics & Society
33 Curse (rapper) Curse (rapper) 35,856 1.7% Hip hop Music & Radio
34 Doja Cat Doja Cat 35,265 0.3% Hip hop Music & Radio
35 P.O.S P.O.S 35,066 1.1% Hip hop Music & Radio
36 Common (rapper) Common (rapper) 34,987 0.4% Hip hop Music & Radio
37 Elemental Elemental 33,737 0.9% Hip hop Music & Radio
38 WC (rapper) WC (rapper) 33,446 0.4% Hip hop Music & Radio
39 Torch (rapper) Torch (rapper) 31,990 0.9% Hip hop Music & Radio
40 Sway (rapper) Sway (rapper) 31,803 0.6% Hip hop Music & Radio
41 XXXTentacion XXXTentacion 31,800 0.0% Hip hop Music & Radio
42 The Weeknd The Weeknd 31,733 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
43 Bad Bunny Bad Bunny 31,563 0.1% Hip hop Music & Radio
44 Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj 31,550 0.1% Hip hop Music & Radio
45 Belly (rapper) Belly (rapper) 30,208 0.6% Hip hop Music & Radio
46 Post Malone Post Malone 28,067 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
47 Daddy Yankee Daddy Yankee 27,709 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio
48 Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg 27,607 0.1% Hip hop Music & Radio
49 Savage (rapper) Savage (rapper) 27,333 0.9% Hip hop Music & Radio
50 HAWK HAWK 26,951 0.2% Hip hop Music & Radio

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each hip hop 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 hip hop in South Korea?

G-Dragon currently leads with an estimated audience of 399,931 people in South Korea.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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