Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Aparna Singh
From BTS’ ARMY to BLACKPINK’s BLINK, here are the top 9 biggest K-pop fandoms in the world.
BTS’ fandom named ARMY is one of the biggest K-pop fandoms and the largest in the world. From Asia and Europe to America, ARMYs accumulated up to approximately 40 million fans globally.
They are officially the fan club name of BLACKPINK which is one of the most successful girl groups in the world.
The L in EXO-L stands for Love and it is also in the alphabetical order which links the letters K (EXO-K) and M (EXO-M). The fandom is also called Aeris, which means stars in Korean.
SEVENTEEN’s fandom CARAT is another fandom that is extremely huge in number.
The official fandom name for BIGBANG is V.I.P., derived from their song V.I.P. featured in their second single album.
ONCE, the official fandom name for TWICE has garnered a reputation as one of the largest and most devoted K-pop fandoms worldwide.
It has been one of the most popular 4th-gen K-pop boy bands under JYP Entertainment since its debut in 2017.
The name of the fandom replaces the first half of ‘citizen’ with NCT, indicating that the fans are citizens of NCT (NCity).
TXT quickly garnered immense popularity, announcing their fandom name, MOA, on August 22, 2019. MOA played a pivotal role in propelling TXT to the forefront of the next generation of K-pop groups.