While high view counts on a K-Pop music video are impressive, what can be more indicative of a MV’s success is the amount of likes that it has. This is because people can watch an MV over and over, but they can only like it once! The following 20 K-Pop artists have the most total likes over all of their music videos on YouTube. Also included are how many music videos they have, because some have a couple dozen while others have just a few, which can show how many likes they get on average per video.
20. ITZY
Total likes: 16.5 million
Total views: 825.5 million
# of MVs: 4
Average likes per MV: 4.13 million
19. (G)I-DLE
Total likes: 16.8 million
Total views: 817.2 million
# of MVs: 13
Average likes per MV: 1.29 million
18. IU
Total likes: 17.3 million
Total views: 1.05 billion
# of MVs: 32
Average likes per MV: 540.6k
17. Girls’ Generation
Total likes: 18.2 million
Total views: 2.58 billion
# of MVs: 40
Average likes per MV: 455k
16. Super Junior
Total likes: 18.6 million
Total views: 1.36 billion
# of MVs: 31
Average likes per MV: 600k
15. MONSTA X
Total likes: 19.1 million
Total views: 722.1 million
# of MVs: 35
Average likes per MV: 545.7k
14. MAMAMOO
Total likes: 21.5 million
Total views: 1.06 billion
# of MVs: 27
Average likes per MV: 796.3k
13. NCT 127
Total likes: 22.7 million
Total views: 736.3 million
# of MVs: 18
Average likes per MV: 1.26 million
12. iKON
Total likes: 22.9 million
Total views: 1.28 billion
# of MVs: 15
Average likes per MV: 1.53 million
11. BIGBANG
Total likes: 24.8 million
Total views: 3.21 billion
# of MVs: 30
Average likes per MV: 826.7k
10. TXT
Total likes: 27.2 million
Total views: 426.1 million
# of MVs: 14
Average likes per MV: 1.94 million
9. SEVENTEEN
Total likes: 30.8 million
Total views: 1.28 billion
# of MVs: 35
Average likes per MV: 880k
8. Stray Kids
Total likes: 31.5 million
Total views: 843 million
# of MVs: 38
Average likes per MV: 828.9k
7. Red Velvet
Total likes: 33.4 million
Total views: 1.97 billion
# of MVs: 25
Average likes per MV: 1.34 million
6. PSY
Total likes: 33.7 million
Total views: 6.26 billion
# of MVs: 12
Average likes per MV: 2.81 million
5. GOT7
Total likes: 41.2 million
Total views: 2.83 billion
# of MVs: 34
Average likes per MV: 1.21 million
4. EXO
Total likes: 50.4 million
Total views: 2.83 billion
# of MVs: 25
Average likes per MV: 2.02 million
3. TWICE
Total likes: 60.5 million
Total views: 5.66 billion
# of MVs: 31
Average likes per MV: 1.95 million
2. BLACKPINK
Total likes: 99.2 million
Total views: 7.46 million
# of MVs: 13
Average likes per MV: 7.63 million
1. BTS
Total likes: 307.9 million
Total views: 13.1 billion
# of MVs: 52
Average likes per MV: 5.92 million