These are K-Pop’s 11 Most Popular Boy Groups

These are the 11 most popular boy groups in Korea right now according to MV views and social media followers!

It’s only four months into 2017, but boy groups are already taking the year by storm, with many of them soaring to the top of both music and video charts. According to their music video views, V-Live followers, and the number of fans on their fan cafes, these are the biggest boy groups of 2017!

1. BTS

BTS is incredibly popular both in Korea and Internationally, so it’s no surprise that the top idol group currently has 489,077 fans in their fan café and an impressive 4.6 million followers on V-Live. Aside from having tons of followers on social media, their videos also have gained millions of views, their video for “Dope” has over 150 million alone!

 

2. BIGBANG

BIGBANG is definitely one of the most popular and well-known K-Pop groups in the world and they have gained 222,944 fans on their fan café account and 3.6 million followers. Their most viewed music video is Fantastic Baby, which currently has a total of 285 million views.


EXO

EXO‘s popularity is no joke as the idol group has 124,080 fans in their fan café as well as 3.5 million followers on V-Live and an impressive 133 million views on Growl, their most popular music video.

 

4. Highlight/BEAST

Although they recently re-debuted as Highlight where they are continuing this massive popularity, BEAST was one of the biggest groups around. They had a total of 259,702 fans in their fan café and over 1 million followers on V-Live. Their most viewed music video is Fiction, which is currently just shy of 50 million views.

 

5. iKON

YG Entertainment boy groups seem to all garner an impressive following, and iKON has totaled 40,261 fans in their fan cafe and nearly 2 million followers on V-Live. The group has totaled 36 million views on Rythm Ta.

 

6. INFINITE

INFINITE has 205,817 fans on fan café and over 1.5 million followers on V-Live. They have also accumulated close to 27 million views on their music video for “Bad”, making it their most popular song so far.


7. GOT7

GOT7 has gained more than 107 million views on their most viewed music video, Just Right. The group also has a solid following on social media, with 45,151 fans in their fan cafée and close to 3 million followers on V-Live.

8. BTOB

BTOB has become incredibly popular recently both in Korea and the rest of the world. The boy group has an impressive 151,387 fans in their fan café, 1.4 million followers on V-Live, and 27 million views on their biggest music video, Wow.

9. WINNER

WINNER has steadily become one of Korea’s hottest groups around. The third YG group on this list has gained a total of 28 million views on Empty and also has more than 1.5 million followers on V-Live and 86,563 fans in their fan café.

10. SEVENTEEN

Since debuting in 2015, SEVENTEEN has quickly become one of the most popular boy groups in Korea. The group has accumulated an impressive 22.6 million views on their music video for “Mansae”, has 1.4 million followers on V-Live, and almost 100,000 (97,933) fans in their fan café.

 

11. VIXX

VIXX‘s music video for “Chained Up” is their most popular, with 16 million views. Aside from this, they are also popular on social media, with nearly 1.2 million followers on V-Live and 142,354 fans in their fan café.