{"id":143208,"date":"2025-06-04T07:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143208"},"modified":"2025-06-04T07:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:50:55","slug":"k-pops-2025-popularity-ranking-twice-and-bts-reign-supreme-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/k-pops-2025-popularity-ranking-twice-and-bts-reign-supreme-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"K-pop\u2019s 2025 popularity ranking: TWICE and BTS reign supreme in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TWICE and BTS just proved once again that they\u2019re in a league of their own. In the 2025 edition of <strong>Japan&#8217;s Nikkei Entertainment Talent Power Ranking<\/strong>, both groups held the crowns as the top girl and boy groups, respectively. These K-pop legends didn\u2019t just appear\u2014they dominated, backed by years of loyal fandoms and consistent public interest. If you\u2019re wondering who else made the cut, here\u2019s the breakdown of the top K-pop acts shaking up the charts in Japan this year.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the queens. Here are<strong> the top 10 female groups and idols<\/strong> based on overall general interest (a combo of recognition and engagement):<\/p>\n<p>10. IVE \u2013 13.4%.<br \/>\n9. ILLIT \u2013 13.4%.<br \/>\n8. aespa \u2013 14.4%.<br \/>\n7. MISAMO (TWICE) \u2013 18.6%.<br \/>\n6. Sana (TWICE) \u2013 19.1%.<br \/>\n5. LE SSERAFIM \u2013 19.7%.<br \/>\n4. Mina (TWICE) \u2013 20.8%.<br \/>\n3. NewJeans \u2013 22.8%.<br \/>\n2. Momo (TWICE) \u2013 23.8%.<br \/>\n1. TWICE \u2013 30.8%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TWICE<\/strong> is absolutely everywhere on this list, with five entries across solo and sub-unit rankings. Their dominance is no joke\u2014they pulled a 39.5% public recognition rate and a massive 77.9% interest rate. Basically, Japan can\u2019t get enough of them!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheePopCore\/status\/1929964233329938893\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iNejfPonNX\">pic.twitter.com\/iNejfPonNX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Core (@TheePopCore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheePopCore\/status\/1929964233329938893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, for the boys. Here\u2019s how the top male K-pop groups ranked:<\/p>\n<p>9. NCTWISH \u2013 7.0%.<br \/>\n8. BOYNEXTDOOR \u2013 9.3%.<br \/>\n7. NCT127 \u2013 9.3%.<br \/>\n6. RIIIZE \u2013 11.2%.<br \/>\n5. ENHYPEN \u2013 12.7%.<br \/>\n4. STRAY KIDS \u2013 12.9%.<br \/>\n3. SEVENTEEN \u2013 13.0%.<br \/>\n2. TXT \u2013 13.6%.<br \/>\n1. BTS \u2013 23.5%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BTS<\/strong> remains untouchable, with the highest general interest and public recognition. The &#8220;Dynamite&#8221; singers have been inactive as a group for the past two years due to their military service, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped their star power! Even with newer groups popping up, no one\u2019s knocking them off the top anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>From queens like TWICE to global titans like BTS, K-pop\u2019s grip on Japan remains unshakable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TWICE and BTS just proved once again that they\u2019re in a league of their own. In the 2025 edition of Japan&#8217;s Nikkei Entertainment Talent Power Ranking, both groups held the crowns as the top girl and boy groups, respectively. These K-pop legends didn\u2019t just appear\u2014they dominated, backed by years of loyal fandoms and consistent public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,1402],"tags":[49,62],"class_list":{"0":"post-143208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-list","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-twice"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}