Kings Of K-Pop: Here Are The Top 5 K-Pop Boy Groups In Terms Of Popularity Since 2015

The internet has made access to information incredibly easy throughout the years. Within a few taps, anyone from anywhere in the world can now find out through Google Analytics trends and fame of a certain topic. More particularly, one of the most famous subject matter now, K-Pop.

Due to this, it is now easy to find out the trends from searches from the past years. This can easily help searchers figure out who is on trend, what are famous topics, and even more. K-pop groups and their popularity have been a popular subject matter for a long time now.

With this popularity comes risk, though. The popularity of certain K-pop groups usually fluctuates, not maintaining their status all throughout the years. 

One of the easiest ways to find out the fame level of K-Pop groups and how much K-pop fans are searching for them is by checking the number of search numbers they have compared to other K-pop groups.

With that being said, here is a list of the top 5 K-pop male groups in terms of popularity since 2015:

2021 (As Of Writing This Article)

1. Big Hit Entertainment's BTS

2. SM Entertainment's NCT

3. GOT7

4. JYP Entertainment's Stray Kids

5. Big Hit Entertainment's TXT

2020

1. Big Hit Entertainment's BTS

2. SM Entertainment's NCT

3. JYP Entertainment's Stray Kids

4. GOT7

5. Big Hit Entertainment's TXT

2019

1. Big Hit Entertainment's BTS

2. SM Entertainment's EXO

3. Pledis Entertainment's SEVENTEEN

4. Big Hit Entertainment's TXT

5. SM Entertainment's NCT

2018

1. Big Hit Entertainment's BTS

2. SM Entertainment's EXO

3. Big Hit Entertainment's TXT

4. Pledis Entertainment's SEVENTEEN

5. YG Entertainment's iKON

2017

1. Big Hit Entertainment's BTS

2. SM Entertainment's EXO

3. YMC Entertainment's Wanna One

4. GOT7

5. Pledis Entertainment's SEVENTEEN

2016

1. YG Entertainment's BIGBANG

2. SM Entertainment's EXO

3. Big Hit Entertainment's BTS

4. GOT7

5. Pledis Entertainment's SEVENTEEN

2015

1. SM Entertainment's EXO

2. YG Entertainment's BIGBANG

3. GOT7

4. YG Entertainment's iKON

5. Big Hit Entertainment's BTS

For almost more than seven years straight, Big Hit Entertainment's BTS has stayed in the top five. Additionally, since 2017, BTS has been number one on the lists.