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J INDEX J

Introduction .......................... Page 3

Section 1 - personal questions ........ Page 4

Section 2 - k-pop engagement ......... Page 11

Section 3 - r/kpop's favourites ...... Page 20

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J INTRODUCTION J

Welcome to r/kpop's 11th annual census

This census ran on r/kpop from the 1st of August
to the 31st of August.

5,096 responses were collected during this time.

Out of these, 45.37% had never taken this census
before.

Every response was collected through Google Forms.

Only Reddit accounts created before 1st of August
were allowed to participate.

u/AlleyBetwixt
u/NishinosanTV
U/JONICRECIS
u/shpxl U/BB_GG
u/Iblaka
u/Juicysteak11

u/Gates0fdawn

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2,000

35.1%
+ 0.5% prefer not to answer

1,500

22.3%

1,000

19.5%

10.7%
9.1%
500

1.7%
0.02% 0.3%
0
0-13 13-18 19-22 23-27 28-32 33-40

41-54 55+

0-13 13-18 19-22 23-27 28-32 33-40 41-54 55+

3,000

51.3%
+ 1.4% prefer not to answer

40.5%
2,000

1,000

3.9%
1.1% 0.6% 0.6% 0.2%
0

Female Male Non Unsure Gender Agender Other

Binary Fluid

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+ % prefer not to answer

N/A
3.9%

Other
3.1%

Transgender

Cisgender - 89%
4.1%

Transgender - 4.1%

Other gender - 3.1%

Prefer not to answer - 3.9%

Cisgender
89%

Sexuality

52.6% 18.1% 6.5% 6.2%

Straight.jpg Bisexual.jpg Lesbian.jpg Gay.jpg

5.8% 5.6% 3% 1.8%

Unsure.jpg Asexual.jpg Pansexual.jpg Other.jpg

+ 2.8 % prefer not to answer

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4,000

72.3% + 2.4% prefer not to answer

3,000

2,000

1,000

16.4%
7.2%
0.7% 0.5% 0.5%
0

Single In a Married Civil Divorced Other

(INCL. WIDOWED)
relationship union

White (Non-Hispanic) - 47.9%

East Asian - 28.5%
For this question,
Southeast Asian - 15.3%
participants could
Hispanic/Latino - 8.7% select more than
one answer.
Mixed Race - 6.2%
South Asian - 6.1%
Black/African Ancestry (Non-Hispanic) - 5.5%
Other - 1.4%
Arab or Middle Eastern - 1.3%

Indigenous Native/Pacific Islander - 1.2%

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500

+ 2.4% prefer not to answer

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Bachelor's degree - 37.9%

Some college (no degree) - 21%
Master's degree - 10.8%
High school grad (diploma or equiv) - 10.7%
Some high school (no degree) - 6.1%
Associate degree - 3.2%
Trade school - 2.1%
Professional degree - 1.5%
Doctorate degree - 1.5%
+ 4% prefer not to answer
Other - 1.3%
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000

3,000

53.9%
+ 4.1% prefer not to answer

For this question,

2,000

participants could
select more than
one answer.

22.9%
1,000

13.2%
6.5% 5.9%
1.9% 1.4% 1.2% 1% 0.9%
0

Employed Student Student Unemployed Self- Student Disabled COVID- Parent/ Other
(unemployed) (employed) employed/ (other) related Homemaker/ (incl
Freelance uncertainty etc. retired)

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Healthcare - 486
Computer Science & Maths - 474
Business & Financial 340
IT - 333
Arts, Design & Entertainment - 322
Engineering - 318
Other - 235
Education - 208
Academia - 178
Life & Physical Sciences - 165
Advertising, Marketing & Sales - 150
Retail - 144
Legal Services - 122
Linguistics, Translation & Interpretation - 119
Office & Administrative - 117
Government, Politics & International Relations - 117
Social Sciences - 111
Food Services & Restaurant Hospility - 85
Communications & Public Relations - 71
Transportation & Shipping - 57
Manufacturing & Production - 52
Hospitality & Tourism - 49
Architecture & Planning - 48
Journalism & News Media - 41
Library & Information Sciences - 41
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1. United Kingdom - 398

2. Germany - 206
1. United States - 2177 3. France - 74
2. Canada - 425 1. Philippines - 158
3. Mexico - 29 25.5% 2. Singapore - 94
11.3% 3. India - 91

52.5% + 0.5%
prefer not
to answer

0.5%
3.6%
6.1%

1. Brazil - 84
2. Argentina - 33
3. Chile - 27 1. South Africa - 15
2. Morocco - 4 1. Australia - 259
3. Kenya & Nigeria - 2 2. New Zealand - 46
3. Guam - 1

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First_Exposure_...

23.5% 22.1% 13.1% 7.9%

Friends_Co- YouTube_Vids_or_ Gangnam_Style.jpg Family_or_

workers_etc.jpg Recommendations.jpg Significant_Other.jpg

7.4% 5.8% 5.7% 3.9%

Social_Media.jpg TV_Radio_or_ Other_Asian_Media Grew_up_

Movies.jpg _(Non-Korean).jpg with_it.jpg

2.5% 1.9% 1.7% 1.4%

eSports_or_ Other_websites_or Other.jpg Video_Games.jpg

Gaming_Streams.jpg _Forums.jpg

1.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%

Streaming_Services Elsewhere_ Feature/Collab_with_ TikTok.jpg

/Playlists.jpg on_Reddit.jpg Non-Korean_Artist.jpg

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Specific artist(s)/group(s) - 30.8%

Specific song(s)/MV(s) - 26.9%
Music (songs, albums) - 14.5%
Dance (choreo, performance) - 7.8%
Shared interests with friends, family, etc. - 7.5%
Visuals (mvs, fashion, beauty, etc.) - 4.6%
Personality (getting to know artists) - 4.6%
+ % prefer
Korean culture - 1.4% not to
Other - 1.1% answer
+ 0.3% prefer not to answer
0
The industry - 0.6%
500 1,000 1,500 2,000

4,000

70.2% Since first asking this

68.1% question in 2017, this
3,000
is the first year paid
streaming has came
out on top.
2,000

25.6%
1,000

11.7% + %7.5%
prefer
not to
1.3%
0
answer
Paid Streaming Free Streaming Physical Arr Paid Digital Other
Service Service Albums Matey! Downloads Source

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First_Exposure_...

83.7% 46.5% 43.3% 38.8%

Pop.jpg Rock.jpg Hip-hop/Rap.jpg R&B/Soul.jpg

38.7% 38.4% 36% 30.3%

Alternative/ J-Pop/ Electronic.jpg Dance.jpg

Punk.jpg C-Pop.jpg

29.2% 22.6% 20.8% 20%

Anime_ Other_ Classic.jpg Metal.jpg

OSTs.jpg genres.jpg

19.4% 12.9% 12.1% 11.2%

Progressive.jpg Jazz.jpg Folk_ Latin.jpg

Music.jpg

8.1% 6.4% 5.5% 4.6%

World_ Country.jpg Blues.jpg Industrial.jpg

Music.jpg

4.2% 3.9% 2.6%

Comedy.jpg Reggae/Ska.jpg None.jpg

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+ % prefer not to answer

Transgender
3.4%
N/A
1.2%

Very Little/None - 74.9%

Other Gender
20%

Moderate - 19.8%

Conversational - 3.4%

Cisgender
75.4%

Fluent/Native - 1.2%

6,000

I want to learn but haven't taken

35.2% it seriously

24.8% I don't care about learning Korean

4,000

I learned some but stopped

22.3%
I am actively engaged in learning
2,000

11.7% Korean

+ % prefer
I am planning to learn soon
4.4% not to
answer

0
1.1% I am already fluent in korean

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r/Kpop - 90.7%

Twitter - 56.8%

Group Subreddits - 52.2%

Youtube - 41.1%

Instagram - 30.3%

Soompi - 20.9%
+ % prefer
not to
TikTok - 13.9% answer

K-Pop Industry App (VLive, etc) - 13.8

Discord - 12.9%

Allkpop - 12.1%
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000

Koreaboo - 9.1% J Pann-Choa - 5.7%

AsianJunkie - 5.5% J Facebook - 5.5%
Tumblr - 3.6% J NetizenBuzz - 3.1% J Naver - 2.9%
Other websites - 2.8% J Kpopalypse - 2.1%
OneHallyu - 1.6% J
Omona They Didn't! - 1.5%
Other GC - 1.3% J 4chan - 1.6% J Weibo - 0.9%
Daily Naver - 0.6% J Other forums - 0.6%
Soulbeats - 0.5% J Hallyu+ - 0.1%

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6,000

4,000
45.4% This is my first r/kpop census

My first census was two or more

33.7% years ago

2,000

Last year was my first census

13%
I'm not sure if this is my first

0
7.8% census

Search engine - 34.3%

Elsewhere on Reddit - 25.4%

Cannot remember - 20.6%

Other K-Pop subreddit - 12.2%

Social media - 3.3%

Friend/family recommendation - 3.1%

Through artist AMA - 0.4% + 0.3% prefer not to answer

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Very rarely
4.6%
r

Multiple times a day

4.6%

1m
9.5%

32.5%
A few times per month x
32.6%

9.4%

1w
21.5%

A few times per week

21.4% 1
31.8%

About once a day

31.7%

Official mobile app - 43.9%

Desktop (new redesign) - 20.2%

3rd party mobile app - 14.2%

Desktop (old design) - 13.9%

r/Kpop in mobile browser format - 3.7%

r/Kpop desktop on mobile browser - 3%

Other - 0.8%
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500

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DISCLAIMER:
Artists currently from groups qualified as Soloists for these results
based on releasing substantial work distinctly apart from their
group with a reasonable expectation of future solo activities.

Primary qualifications: one album with a min. of 5 tracks or 12

combined singles, features or OST's.

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Fave_Female_Sol...

25_Ailee.jpg 24_Solar_ 23_YUKIKA.jpg 22_Moonbyul_

(MAMAMOO).jpg (MAMAMOO).jpg

21_LEE_HI.jpg 20_Jeon_Soyeon_ 19_Hyolyn.jpg 18_CL.jpg

((G)I-DLE).jpg

17_Wendy_ 16_JO_YURI_ 15_BoA.jpg 14_AleXa.jpg

(Red_Velvet).jpg (IZ*ONE).jpg

13_KWON_EUNBI 12_JESSI.jpg 11_Heize.jpg 10_SOMI.jpg

_(IZ*ONE).jpg

9_Hwasa 8_Hyuna.jpg 7_YENA 6_BIBI.jpg

(MAMAMOO).jpg (IZ*ONE).jpg

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RANK PLAYER POINTS GUILD PREV. RANK

#01 IU 1884 KaKao 00 #01
#02 CHUNGHA 1680 MNH +1 #03
#03 TAEYEON 1599 SM +1 #04
#04 SUNMI 1199 ABYSS -2 #02
#05 NAYEON 887 JYPE NEW ENTRY
#06 BIBI 784 FEEL_GHOOD_MUSIC 00 #06
#07 YENA 763 YUEHUA NEW ENTRY
#08 HYUNA 697 --- -3 #05
#09 HWASA 636 RBW -1 #08
#10 SOMI 573 THE_BLACK_LABEL +2 #12
#11 HEIZE 527 P_NATION -4 #07
#12 JESSI 502 --- -2 #10
#13 EUNBI 489 WOOLLIM NEW ENTRY
#14 ALEXA 486 ZB_LABEL +4 #19
#15 BOA 467 SM -6 #09
#16 JO_YURI 451 WAKE_ONE NEW ENTRY
#17 WENDY 398 SM -4 #13
#18 CL 390 KONNECT -1 #17
#19 HYOLYN 389 BRIDGE +4 #23
#20 SOYEON 375 CUBE -9 #11
#21 LEE_HI 372 AOMG -6 #15
#22 MOONBYUL 365 RBW 00 #22
#23 YUKIKA 337 UBUNTU -9 #14
#24 SOLAR 328 RBW OUT OF TOP
#25 AILEE 307 POP_MUSIC -9 #16
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Fav_Male_Solois...

25_Crush.jpg 24_ONEW_ 23_Jay_Park.jpg 22_DPR_Live.jpg

(SHINee).jpg

21_WONHO.jpg 20_Jackson_ 19_HOSHI_ 18_B.I..jpg

Wang_(GOT7).jpg (SEVENTEEN).jpg

17_Zico.jpg 16_D.O._ 15_Eric_Nam.jpg 14_Kang_

(EXO).jpg Daniel.jpg

13_G-Dragon 12_DPR_IAN.jpg 11_PSY.jpg 10_WOODZ.jpg

_(Big Bang).jpg

9_Jonghyun_ 8_Dean.jpg 7_KAI_ 6_RM_

(SHINee).jpg (EXO).jpg (BTS).jpg

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RANK PLAYER POINTS GUILD PREV. RANK

#01 TAEMIN 1171 SM 00 #01
#02 AGUST_D 712 BIG_HIT +1 #03
#03 BAEKHYUN 673 SM -1 #02
#04 J-HOPE 582 BIG_HIT 00 #04
#05 KEY 513 SM +10 #15
#06 RM 421 BIG_HIT -1 #05
#07 KAI 396 SM +5 #12
#08 DEAN 327 YOU_WILL_KNOVV -2 #06
#09 JONGHYUN 326 SM -2 #07
#10 WOODZ 316 YUEHUA +7 #17
#11 PSY 315 P_NATION OUT OF TOP
#12 DPR_IAN 309 DREAM_PERFECT_REGIME +2 #14
#13 G_DRAGON 298 YG -5 #08
#14 KANG_DANIEL 295 KONNECT -5 #09
#15 ERIC_NAM 270 THE_ERIC_NAM_CO -2 #13
#16 D.O. 263 SM -6 #10
#17 ZICO 262 KOZ -6 #11
#18 B.I 259 131_LABEL +4 #22
#19 HOSHI 241 PLEDIS NEW ENTRY
#20 JACKSON_WANG 239 TEAM_WANG 00 #20
#21 WONHO 214 HIGHLINE -3 #18
#22 DPR_LIVE 194 DREAM_PERFECT_REGIME -8 #14
#23 JAY_PARK 183 MORE_VISION -2 #21
#24 ONEW 176 SM OUT OF TOP
#25 CRUSH 172 P_NATION -9 #16
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RANK PLAYER POINTS GUILD PREV. RANK

#01 IU 1884 KaKao 00 #01
#02 CHUNGHA 1680 MNH +1 #03
#03 TAEYEON 1599 SM +2 #05
#04 SUNMI 1199 ABYSS -2 #02
#05 TAEMIN 1171 SM -1 #04
#06 NAYEON 887 JYPE N E W E N T R Y
#07 BIBI 784 FEEL_GHOOD_MUSIC +2 #09
#08 YENA 763 YUEHUA N E W E N T R Y
#09 AGUST_D 712 BIG_HIT -1 #08
#10 HYUNA 697 --- -3 #07
#11 BAEKHYUN 673 SM -5 #06
#12 HWASA 636 RBW -1 #11
#13 J-HOPE 582 BIG_HIT +2 #15
#14 SOMI 573 THE_BLACK_LABEL +2 #16
#15 HEIZE 527 P_NATION -5 #10
#16 KEY 513 SM +19 #35
#17 JESSI 502 --- -4 #13
#18 EUNBI 489 WOOLLIM N E W E N T R Y
#19 ALEXA 486 ZB_LABEL +12 #31
#20 BOA 467 SM -8 #12
#21 JO_YURI 451 WAKE_ONE N E W E N T R Y
#22 RM 421 BIG_HIT -5 #17
#23 WENDY 398 SM -5 #18
#24 KAI 396 SM +6 #30
#25 CL 390 KONNECT +1 #26
#26 HYOLYN 389 BRIDGE OUT OF TOP 40
#27 SOYEON 375 CUBE -13 #14
#28 LEE_HI 372 AOMG -4 #24
#29 MOONBYUL 365 RBW OUT OF TOP 40
#30 YUKIKA 337 UBUNTU -7 #23
#31 SOLAR 328 RBW OUT OF TOP 40
#32 DEAN 327 YOU_WILL_KNOVV -13 #19
#33 JONGHYUN 326 SM -13 #20
#34 WOODZ 316 YUEHUA +4 #38
#35 PSY 315 P_NATION OUT OF TOP 40
#36 DPR_IAN 309 DREAM_PERFECT_REGIME +4 #40
#37 AILEE 307 POP_MUSIC -12 #25
#38 WHEEIN 306 RBW -5 #33
#39 YUQI 303 CUBE N E W E N T R Y
0
#40 G-DRAGON
250
298 500
YG 750
-19 #21 1,000

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MALE FAVS VS FEMALE FAVS

1,000 750 500 250 0

I U - 971 IU - 827
CHUNGHA - 772 CHUNGHA - 789
TAEYEON - 759 TAEMIN - 788
SUNMI - 498 TAEYEON - 759

NAYEON - 485 SUNMI - 615

YENA - 414 AGUST D - 494
BIBI - 366 BAEKHYUN - 466
EUNBI - 292 HYUNA - 433

SOMI - 288 J-HOPE - 411

TAEMIN - 268 HWASA - 395
JO YURI - 257 KEY - 368
HEIZE - 249 BIBI - 362
WENDY - 231 NAYEON - 353
Last year, male voters
ALEXA - 212 voted for 16 female RM - 325
soloists & 4 male soloists.
BOA/HYUNA- 191 YENA - 296
Female voters voted for 10
HWASA - 187 female soloists and 10 JESSI - 293
male soloists.
JESSI - 182 KAI - 279

SOYEON - 172 SOMI - 256

PSY - 167 HEIZE - 239

YUQI - 165 BOA - 223

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DISCLAIMER:

Votes for any subunits were counted as votes for the respective
original group from which the subunits were formed.

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RANK TEAM POINTS GUILD PREV. RANK

#01 TWICE 2544 JYPE 00 #01
#02 RED_VELVET 1966 SM 00 #02
#03 ITZY 1531 JYPE +1 #04
#04 AESPA 1302 SM +8 #12
#05 DREAMCATCHER 1248 DREAMCATCHER_CO 00 #05
#06 BLACKPINK 1222 YG 00 #06
#07 LOONA 1175 BLOCKBERRY -4 #03
#08 (G)I-DLE 1143 CUBE +1 #09
#09 STAYC 1075 HIGHUP -1 #08
#10 SNSD 1073 SM +8 #18
#11 IVE 955 STARSHIP NEW ENTRY
#12 MAMAMOO 949 RBW -5 #07
#13 LE_SSERAFIM 782 SOURCE_MUSIC NEW ENTRY
#14 IZ*ONE 675 OTR_SWING -4 #10
#15 FROMIS_9 624 PLEDIS 00 #15
#16 EVERGLOW 545 YUEHUA -5 #11
#17 WJSN 507 STARSHIP+YUEHUA +2 #19
#18 GFRIEND 500 SOURCE -4 #14
#19 KEP1ER 486 WAKEONE+SWING NEW ENTRY
#20 F(X) 462 SM -3 #17
#21 NEWJEANS 450 ADOR NEW ENTRY
#22 BILLLIE 418 MYSTIC_STORY NEW ENTRY
#23 PURPLE_KISS 386 RBW +2 #25
#24 OH_MY_GIRL 347 WM -8 #16
#25 2NE1 308 YG -5 #20
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RANK TEAM POINTS GUILD PREV. RANK

#01 BTS 1246 BIG_HIT 00 #01
#02 STRAY_KIDS 1089 JYPE +2 #04
#03 NCT 864 SM -1 #02
#04 SEVENTEEN 863 PLEDIS +3 #07
#05 SHINEE 862 SM -2 #03
#06 TXT 848 BIG_HIT 00 #06
#07 EXO 736 SM -2 #05
#08 ATEEZ 589 KQ +1 #09
#09 DAY6 408 JYPE -1 #08
#10 ENHYPEN 400 BELIFT NEW ENTRY
#11 BIG_BANG 335 YG -1 #10
#12 GOT7 284 JYPE +1 #13
#13 MONSTA_X 278 STARSHIP -2 #11
#14 EPIK_HIGH 212 WILLIAM_MORRIS_END 00 #14
#15 ONEUS 205 RBW +4 #19
#16 SUPER_JUNIOR 202 SM +1 #17
#17 THE_BOYZ 153 CRE.KER -1 #16
#18 SUPERM 149 SM -3 #15
#19 PENTAGON 140 CUBE -1 #18
#20 XDINARY HEROES 131 JYPE NEW ENTRY
#21 VIXX 125 JELLYFISH 00 #21
#22 BTOB 124 CUBE 00 #22
#23 ONLYONEOF 113 8D OUT OF TOP
#24 INFINITE 112 WOOLLIM 00 #24
#25 ONF 111 WM 00 #25
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RANK PLAYER POINTS GUILD PREV. RANK

#01 TWICE 2544 JYPE 00 #01
#02 RED_VELVET 1966 SM 00 #02
#03 ITZY 1531 JYPE +2 #05
#04 AESPA 1302 SM +16 #20
#05 DREAMCATCHER 1248 DREAMCATCHER_CO +1 #06
#06 BTS 1246 BIG_HIT -3 #03
#07 BLACKPINK 1222 YG 00 #07
#08 LOONA 1175 BLOCKBERRY -4 #08
#09 (G)I-DLE 1143 CUBE +4 #13
#10 STRAY_KIDS 1089 JYPE +2 #12
#11 STAYC 1075 HIGHUP +16 #27
#12 SNSD 1073 SM -1 #11
#13 IVE 955 STARSHIP N E W E N T R Y
#14 MAMAMOO 949 RBW -5 #09
#15 NCT 864 SM -7 #08
#16 SEVENTEEN 863 PLEDIS +1 #17
#17 SHINEE 862 SM -7 #10
#18 TXT 848 BIG_HIT -2 #16
#19 LE_SSERAFIM 782 SOURCE N E W E N T R Y
#20 EXO 736 SM -6 #14
#21 IZ*ONE 675 OTR_SWING -6 #15
#22 FROMIS_9 624 PLEDIS +2 #24
#23 ATEEZ 589 KQ -2 #21
#24 EVERGLOW 545 YUEHUA -6 #18
#25 WJSN 507 STARSHIP+YUEHUA +3 #28
#26 GFRIEND 500 SOURCE -3 #23
#27 KEP1ER 486 WAKEONE+SWING N E W E N T R Y
#28 F(X) 462 SM -2 #26
#29 NEWJEANS 450 ADOR N E W E N T R Y
#30 BILLLIE 418 MYSTIC_STORY N E W E N T R Y
#31 DAY6 408 JYPE -12 #19
#32 ENHYPEN 400 BELIFT N E W E N T R Y
#33 PURPLE_KISS 386 RBW OUT OF TOP 40
#34 OH_MY_GIRL 347 WM -9 #25
#35 BIG_BANG 335 YG -6 #29
#36 2NE1 308 YG -2 #34
#37 GOT7 284 JYPE -4 #33
#38 MONSTA_X 278 STARSHIP -8 #30
#39 NMIXX 272 JYPE N E W E N T R Y
0
#40 K/DA
250
268 500
RIOT_GAMES 750
OUT OF TOP 40 1,000

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MALE FAVS VS FEMALE FAVS

1,250 1,000 750 500 250 0

TWICE - 1230 TWICE - 1141

RED VELVET - 927 RED VELVET - 910
ITZY - 808 BTS - 787
DREAMCATCHER - 658 STRAY KIDS - 650

BLACKPINK - 632 ITZY - 642

AESPA - 627 NCT - 608
LOONA - 603 SHINEE - 602
(G)I-DLE SEVENTEEN - 595

STAYC - 548 AESPA - 592

SNSD - 472 TXT - 574
IVE - 444 BLACKPINK - 536
FROMIS_9 - 405 SNSD - 519
IZ*ONE - 394 MAMAMOO - 499

BTS - 384 EXO - 498

MAMAMOO - 373 DREAMCATCHER - 492

LE SSERAFIM - 367 Last year, male voters (G)I-DLE - 491

voted for 17 girlgroups & 3
STRAY KIDS - 351 boygroups. Female voters LOONA - 469
voted for 11 girlgroups and
9 male boygroups.
EVERGLOW - 308 STAYC - 454
GFRIEND - 272 IVE - 451

WJSN - 268 ATEEZ - 398

0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250

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STR8T MALE FAVS VS GAY MALE FAVS

250 200 150 100 50 0

TWICE - 929 TWICE - 238

RED VELVET - 689 RED VELVET - 183

ITZY - 642 AESPA - 139

DREAMCATCHER - 510 LOONA - 131

BLACKPINK - 489 ITZY - 126

(G)I-DLE - 477 SNSD - 115

AESPA - 454 BLACKPINK - 111

LOONA - 431 DREAMCATCHER - 110

STAYC - 414 STAYC - 99

SNSD - 342 IVE - 97

FROMIS_9 - 332 (G)I-DLE - 86

IVE - 328 TXT - 84

IZ*ONE - 297 STRAY KIDS - 81

MAMAMOO - 290 IZ*ONE - 79

BTS - 288 NCT - 77

0 250 500 750 1,000

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STR8T FEMALE FAVS VS LESBIAN FEMALE FAVS

500 400 300 200 100 0

TWICE - 451 TWICE - 447

BTS - 389 RED VELVET - 339

RED VELVET - 366 ITZY - 242

NCT - 298 BTS - 232

STRAY KIDS - 285 LOONA - 223

SEVENTEEN - 273 STRAY KIDS - 217

TXT - 266 AESPA - 202

ITZY - 261 MAMAMOO - 197

BLACKPINK - 261 DREAMCATCHER - 195

SHINEE - 253 SHINEE - 188

AESPA - 248 (G)I-DLE - 180

EXO - 248 SEVENTEEN - 180

SNSD - 229 BLACKPINK - 179

IVE - 191 SNSD - 174

STAYC - 185 TXT - 173

0 100 200 300 400 500

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TWICE - 1389

RED VELVET - 1095

ITZY - 811

AESPA - 679

BTS - 670

BLACKPINK - 653

DREAMCATCHER - 636

LOONA - 630

STAYC - 589

SNSD - 579

(G)I-DLE - 558 Previous NA 1st pick:

2021: Red Velvet

STRAY KIDS - 557 2020: Red Velvet
2019: Red Velvet
MAMAMOO - 501

SHINEE - 485

SEVENTEEN - 483
0 500 1,000 1,500

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TWICE - 638

RED VELVET - 457

DREAMCATCHER - 399

ITZY - 397

(G)I-DLE - 364

AESPA - 338

BLACKPINK - 314

STRAY KIDS - 314

BTS - 305

LOONA - 301

MAMAMOO - 283 Previous EU 1st pick:

2021: TWICE
IVE - 264 2020: Red Velvet
2019: TWICE
SNSD - 250

STAYC - 233

NCT - 213
0 250 500 750

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TWICE - 261

RED VELVET - 211

ITZY - 178

BTS - 142

IVE - 136

SNSD - 132

AESPA - 130

BLACKPINK - 125

SEVENTEEN - 125

STAYC - 122

NCT - 109 Previous Asia 1st pick:

2021: Red Velvet

(G)I-DLE - 102 2020: Red Velvet
2019: TWICE
LOONA - 101

STRAY KIDS - 101

LE SSERAFIM - 98
0 100 200 300

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TWICE - 140

RED VELVET - 110

ITZY - 89

AESPA - 87

LOONA - 83

BTS - 79

(G)I-DLE - 73

STRAY KIDS - 72

DREAMCATCHER - 69

STAYC - 69
Previous Oceania 1st pick:

BLACKPINK - 64 2021: TWICE

2020: Red Velvet
SNSD - 63 2019: TWICE

IVE - 60

TXT - 59

MAMAMOO - 58
0 50 100 150

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TWICE - 97

RED VELVET - 75

AESPA - 52

LOONA - 51

STAYC - 50

ITZY - 46

BLACKPINK - 45

DREAMCATCHER - 42

SNSD - 39

EXO - 39
Previous SA 1st pick:

BTS - 38 2021: Red Velvet

2020: Red Velvet
LE SSERAFIM - 36 2019: TWICE

STRAY KIDS - 35

IVE - 35

(G)I-DLE - 34
0 25 50 75 100

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BLACKPINK - 12
TWICE - 9
DREAMCATCHER - 9
AESPA - 8
BTS - 8

(G)I-DLE - 8
STAYC - 8

TXT - 8

NCT - 7

RED VELVET - 6

ITZY - 6
LOONA - 5

STRAY KIDS - 5
IVE - 5
Previous Africa 1st pick:
MAMAMOO - 5
2021: Red Velvet
SEVENTEEN - 5 2020: BTS
2019: BTS
SHINEE - 5

IZ*ONE - 5

FROMIS_9 - 5

ATEEZ - 5

EVERGLOW - 5
0 5 10 15

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