Spotify is the most popular audio streaming subscription service all over the world, boasting a total of 345 million users, including 155 million subscribers, across 170 markets. Millions of those users are listeners of the K-pop genre, which has become a truly global phenomenon thanks to its addictive melodies, slick choreography, and an endless list of attractive South Korean performers.

ALSO READ: IU, (G)I-DLE, HyunA & More: These are the Most-Streamed 2021 K-pop Songs on Spotify So Far

With K-pop taking over the world, K-pop artists have attracted millions of listeners on Spotify. Below are the top 30 Korean acts with the highest monthly listeners on the audio streaming platform, along with their top 5 most-listened-to songs.

BTS Has the Highest Monthly Listeners on Spotify

With BTS being known across the globe, it's no wonder why the boy group sits in the first position with the most monthly listeners on Spotify among the many K-pop artists. V, Jimin, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, J-Hope, and RM have a total of 26,643,196 people listening to their songs every month.

READ MORE: BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE & More: These are the Most Followed K-pop Artists on Spotify as of February 2021

The boy group's top 5 popular songs on Spotify are "Dynamite," "Life Goes On," "Boy With Luv" featuring Halsey, "Blue & Grey," and "Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) [BTS Remix]. As of writing, BTS's "Dynamite" has 727,694,951 streams - this is the first K-pop song to have ever achieved this feat.

On top of that, BTS is the K-pop act with the highest number of followers on Spotify. The septet has recently hit the 30-million mark, becoming the first K-pop artist and first Asian act to reach the milestone.

ALSO READ: Here are the 10 Korean Female Soloists with the Most Monthly Listeners on Spotify

BLACKPINK, TWICE, IU, and RED VELVET Take Top 2-5 Spots with Highest Monthly Listeners on Spotify

K-pop female acts dominated the top 5 of the list of K-pop artists with the highest monthly listeners on Spotify. Sitting at No. 2 is YG Entertainment's BLACKPINK, becoming the top K-pop girl group on the rankings. Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Rose have a total of 16,307,066 listeners every month on Spotify.

BLACKPINK's top 5 most-streamed songs are "How You Like That," "Lovesick Girls," "Pretty Savage," "As If It's Your Last," and "Ice Cream" with Selena Gomez. Additionally, the quartet is the second K-pop act with the most followers on the audio streaming platform, surpassing 19 million followers.

Next to BLACKPINK is JYP Entertainment's nine-member girl group, TWICE. Jihyo, Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Mina, Dahyun, Sana, Chaeyoung, Momo, and Tzuyu currently have 6,583,887 monthly listeners. The nonet's top 5 songs with the highest streams are "I Can't Stop Me," "Cry for Me," "Fancy," "Feel Special," and "More & More." Moreover, as of writing, TWICE has exceeded eight million followers on Spotify.

Claiming the fourth position is IU, the only K-pop solo artist within the top 5. The female soloist has 5,431,795 monthly listeners. Under her profile on Spotify, her current five most-streamed songs are "Cat," "You & I" (Japanese version), "Good Day" (Japanese version), "Beautiful Dancer," and "Monday Afternoon."

SM Entertainment's five-piece girl group, RED VELVET, takes the No. 5 position with 4,851,080 monthly listeners on the audio streaming platform. The quintet's five songs with most streams are "Psycho," "Future," "Bad Boy," "Peek-A-Boo," and "Red Flavor."

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Hundreds of K-pop Songs and Albums Confirmed to Have Been Removed from Spotify Worldwide

The full rankings are as follows:

1. BTS - 26,643,196
2. BLACKPINK - 16,307, 066
3. TWICE - 6,583,887
4. IU - 5,431,795
5. RED VELVET - 4,851,080
6. (G)I-DLE - 4,775,337
7. EXO - 3,688,095
8. TXT (TOMORROW X TOGETHER) - 3,598,970
9. Stray Kids - 3,536,063
10. Kim Chungha - 3,529,179
11. ITZY - 3,508,509
12. NCT 127 - 3,407,684
13. MAMAMOO - 3,234,057
14. HWASA - 3,033,897
15. BTS Suga - 2,970,346
16. NCT - 2,865,566
17. GOT7 - 2,712,302
18. Agust D - 2,656,803
19. Girls' Generation Taeyeon 2,591,221
20. SEVENTEEN - 2,570,999

For more news updates about other K-Pop news, always keep your tabs open here at Kpopstarz.

Owned by Kpopstarz

Written by Mhaliya Scott