BTS' BangtanTV Ranks No. 1 YouTube K-Pop Channel Of 2021

Forbes Korea published a list of 100 highest-earning content creators or YouTubers in South Korea. BTS' BangtanTV ranked on top of the list of 15 most popular K-Pop artist channels on YouTube in 2021.

1. BangtanTV

With 57 million subscribers and a total of 12 billion views from 1,586 videos, BangtanTV has received a rough total of $16.4 million in revenue over the past year, as reported by Koreaboo.

BangtanTV features behind-the-scenes footage of BTS, including vlogs documenting the lives of all seven members of the group.

2. Blackpink

The YouTube channel of the all-female quartet Blackpink comes in second in the list of “2021 Korea Power YouTuber Celebrity ranking” with an estimated income of $11.4 million in the past year. Blackpink’s channel boasts 64.5 million subscribers with over 19 billion total views.

3. NCT Dream

The third on the list is NCT Dream. The YouTube channel of the sub-unit of boyband NCT has 3.94 million subscribers and an estimated total of 394.8 million views. Forbes Korea estimated that NCT Dream’s channel brought an annual income of around $1.81 million in the past year.

4. Seventeen

Seventeen’s YouTube channel came in fourth with 6.85 million subscribers and 2.1 billion views. These fast-rising K-Pop stars earned an estimated income amounting to at least $1.65 million.

5. Bambam

Bambam’s YouTube channel is fifth on the list. It earned an estimated income of $1.45 million. The former Got7 member has 1.07 million subscribers and 75 million views.

6. Mamamoo

Mamamoo’s YouTube channel with 6.07 million subscribers and a total of 1.63 million views raked in an estimated income of $1.45 million in 2020.

7. EXO

EXO’s channel is at the seventh spot with an estimated annual income of $1.45 million. EXO has 8.31 million subscribers and 471.4 million views.

8. IU

The YouTube channel of South Korea’s well-loved singer and songwriter, IU, landed on the eighth spot with an estimated earning of $1.34 million over the past year. She has 6.69 million subscribers and a total of 950.8 million views all across her 125 videos.

9. Aespa

Aespa takes the ninth spot in the list with $1.24 million over the past year. This K-Pop group has 2.34 million subscribers and 281.1 million views across its 60 videos.

10. TXT

Tomorrow X Together’s YouTube channel lands 10^th on the list with a total of 7.54 million subscribers. The YouTube channel of the group, more commonly known as TXT, is said to have earned around $981,000.

11. Red Velvet

Red Velvet’s YouTube channel is at No. 11 with estimated earnings of $673,000. The channel is followed by 4.41 million subscribers with a total of 616.9 million views.

12. Loona

Loona’s YouTube channel is at No. 12 with its 1.67 million subscribers and estimated earnings of $672,000 over the past year.

13. NCT Daily

NCT Daily, the personal YouTube channel of the group NCT and its sub-units is at No. 13 with an estimated earning of $431,000 over the past year. It has 4.21 million subscribers and 729.5 million views across its 467 videos.

14. AKMU

AKMU’s YouTube channel is at No. 14 with an estimated income of $322,000 over the past year. The channel has 2.54 million subscribers and 632.4 million views across 147 videos.

15. NCT

NCT’s official channel takes the 15^th spot with an estimated income of $313,000 in the past year. The channel has 4.21 million subscribers with a total of 729.5 million views across its 467 videos.