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The 10 Best Kpop Fandoms of All Time

  • June 19, 2022
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  1. BTS – ARMY
  2. BLACKPINK – Blinks
  3. EXO – EXO-L
  4. Twice – ONCE
  5. Super Junior – ELF
  6. BIGBANG – V.I.P.
  7. SNSD – Sone
  8. StrayKids – Stays
  9. SHINee – Shawol (SHINee World)
  10. TXT – MOA
  11. GOT7 – Ahgase (I GOT7)

Kpop fans have played a major role in taking Kpop global. Their loyalty has helped many Kpop groups get massive exposure on YouTube and even break records. While you can find a fandom for almost anything on the internet, Kpop fandoms are the most passionate. Some super fans even have blogs about Kpop. While a vast majority of the best Kpop fandoms are legit fans, a tiny minority within fandoms are toxic fans that give fandoms a bad name.

Most Kpop fans have done a great job calling out hostile and hateful fans who bring down the Kpop community. It is one thing to love and support your favorite Kpop group, but it is another to hate and despise someone for liking or disliking a particular group. However, 99% of real fans have done an amazing job supporting their favorite Kpop group or groups. Therefore, this article will focus on the positive aspects of Kpop Fandom and not mention some of the toxic incidents.

BTS – ARMY

Best BTS Fandoms Army
Source: Pinterest

ARMY is BTS’s official fandom name. It was established in July of 2013. Many might not know what ARMY stands for. ARMY stands for Adorable Representative MC for You. The Army’s official lightstick is the Army Bomb which is very difficult to find online because it gets sold out quickly. ARMY is known for its passion for BTS merchandise. For example, the average BTS fan has spent over $1,400 on BTS merchandise, concert tickets, and exclusive content.

When BTS had to cancel their shows in Seoul due to Covid and refunded the fans. Army then started a social media movement to donate concert ticket refunds ($333,000) to coronavirus relief. The Army was inspired by Suga’s donation of $83,000 to COVID-19 relief efforts. The dedication of the ARMY is pretty impressive and admirable. They prove just how powerful Kpop fandoms can be and how much love and support could make a group go.

Estimated ARMY: 40 million+ members

BLACKPINK – Blinks

BLACKPINK Kpop Fandoms
Source: black.pink.fandom.com

Blink is the official fandom name of BLACKPINK. The name was created from the combination of Black and Pink. The group members themselves came up with the fandom name in late 2016. Their official lightstick is one of the most recognizable as it has two lit hearts on both sides. They might be the only Kpop fandom that can compete in terms of social media influence with ARMY. With Rose and Lisa coming out with their solo debuts in 2021, Blinks will also support them. There is a reason why BLACKPINK can break viewing records on YouTube constantly, their fandom is dedicated.

Estimated Blinks: 20 million+ members

EXO – EXO-L

Best Kpop Fandoms
Source: Twitter

EXO has some of the strongest fans in all of Asia. Their official fandom was created in August of 2014 with the name EXO-L. The L stands for Love. EXO has been doing a great job connecting with fans via social media, even though they have not been very active in the last few years. However, you can’t deny the passion of EXO-Ls. There was a clear example when EXO-L’s created a light show that spelled out EXO WE ARE ONE at one of the concerts that took place in a stadium. It is one of the most impressive fan-choreographed showcases of all time.

Estimated EXO-L: 4 million+ members

Twice – ONCE

Twice Once
Source: Pinterest

Twice fandom is called ONCE. The saying goes, if you love us even once, we’ll repay you with Twice the love. The group promised to work hard so that you could look at them once and fall in love with them Twice. Twice’s official lightstick is the candy bomb. When you go to a Twice concert, you can’t miss their fans making visuals using these lightsticks. For Twice fans in Korea, they are called ONCE Candy, and for fans outside of Korea, they are called ONCE Jelly. 2021 was a massive year for TWICE, and expect bigger things in 2022.

Estimated ONCE: 4 million+ members

Super Junior – ELF

ELF
Source: Pinterest

Super Junior has one of the most loyal fandoms in Kpop. Many have waited patiently for all the members to return from their military service. They have been through a lot and have stuck by Super Junior, from members leaving to members dating. One might say that ELFs are the most mature of all Kpop fandoms.

Estimated ELF: 3 million+ members

BIGBANG – V.I.P.

Korean Kpop Fandoms
Source: Pinterest

BIGBANG has some of the biggest Kpop tours in history, showing how big this fandom was at its peak. Before ARMY and EXO-L’s, there were V.I.P.s. They played a major role in helping take Kpop international and making BIGBANG one of the greatest Kpop boy groups of all time. Many have moved on to other fandoms, but V.I.P. still needs to be on this list as they still continue to have loyal fans in Korea and around the world, especially in the west. While a five-member comeback is unlikely, there is a chance that a four-member comeback could happen in the coming years.

Estimated VIP: 3 million+ members

SNSD – Sone

Sone
Source: Pinterest

SNSD was one of the first girl groups to succeed outside South Korea and Asia. Their fandom is called Sone, which means “to wish” in Korean. They were one of the first fandoms to leverage social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, and even Tumblr to promote their group. In addition, thanks to social media, SNSD was able to grow its fan community very quickly. While SNSD members have gone on to other individual successes, no one ever truly leaves the fandom. A SONE is a SONE for life.

Estimated Sone: 2 million+ members

StrayKids – Stays

Best Kpop Fandoms
Source: Twitter

2021 was a massive year for StrayKids, which means Stays are growing by the month. The overall fandom is so positive and incredibly supportive. While others have much bigger fandoms, Stays are some of the best fans around. STAY is the official fandom for Stray Kids. It was created by Woojin Entertainment with the help of the fans. STAY is Stray without the r. The “r” in Stray stands for reason. Therefore their fans are their reason and where they stay.

Estimated Stay: 1.8 million+ members

SHINee – Shawol (SHINee World)

shineeworld
Source: Shineeusa.net

Shawol is short for SHINee World. SM Entertainment has grown its fandom by creating big and smaller websites for each specific group. In addition, most members have their own website for their promotional needs. For example, Jonghyun and Taemin each have their own website outside SHINee’s official website. They even have a separate website for Japanese fans called SHINee World J. In 2021, Key had one of the best Kpop solo albums of the year with Bad Love, and the support from Shawols was a major reason for its success.

Estimated Shawol: 1.5 million + members

TXT – MOA

TXT Fandom

TXT (TOMORROW X TOGETHER) had an amazing 2021 and the best Kpop group album with The Chaos Chapter: Freeze. Their fandom name is MOA which stands for “Moments of Alwaysness.” TXT fans shared their many ideas, but the group ended up going with MOA. They felt it showed that each moment of TXT will be shared with their fans always and forever.

Estimated MOA: 1.5 million+ members

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GOT7 – Ahgase (I GOT7)

Best Kpop Fandoms
Source: nicepng.com

Ahgase is the official fandom name for GOT7, meaning “baby bird” in Korean. The fandom was founded in 2014 through an announcement on its YouTube channel. Jackson made it fully official by referring to fans as Ahgase. The baby bird was a key design factor in creating the official light stick.

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38 comments
  1. Alexa Marielle Melchor Ramírez says:
    May 4, 2021 at 5:21 am

    Bts 💜

    Reply
  2. Kristina says:
    May 5, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    BTS

    Reply
  3. Lalisa says:
    May 6, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    Bts
    Army💜

    Reply
    1. just me being me says:
      September 5, 2021 at 6:15 pm

      but your name is lalisa? 🤨

      Reply
  4. fatima army forever says:
    May 6, 2021 at 11:56 pm

    BTS ARMY

    Reply
  5. Yunjin says:
    May 15, 2021 at 2:17 pm

    EXO SARANGHAJA❤
    WE ARE ONE❤

    Reply
  6. Nostxlgia says:
    May 24, 2021 at 2:40 am

    EXO!!! ❤️

    Reply
  7. Karm says:
    May 24, 2021 at 1:28 pm

    STAY is “so positive and incredibly supportive”?? lol Maybe when we were a small, young fandom. Now definitely in the top 5 most toxic fandoms, and everybody knows it.

    Reply
    1. Crystal says:
      April 23, 2022 at 10:21 pm

      Shut up u if not a stay then leave

      Reply
  8. jaemin⁷ says:
    June 5, 2021 at 2:18 am

    NCT should be here. Although Stray Kids has many fans nowadays, NCT has more popularity since they been around longer. I’m both a NCTzen and STAY so I love the 2 groups a lot but I feel like 2020 has been Stray Kids biggest impact year. While NCT has been going smoothly ever since 2016 (Stray Kids was also doing well) and 2020 was also a big impact yar for them as well. I think this top 10 list isn’t actually accurate. If you asked in 2018 which is more popular “NCT or Stray Kids”, more people will be most likely to have said NCT. So I think that should’ve been put into account when making this.

    Reply
    1. Yessica says:
      February 2, 2022 at 2:57 pm

      Yeah I agree with I’m an NCTZEN and a stay too, I was sad when NCT isn’t I think red velvet should be included too this website should dig in more information

      Reply
  9. tazz says:
    June 6, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    I think Loona’s orbits, they are very resilient, I thought loona would disband but they just had to do something annoying(stan loona spams) to make sure K pd and their company know how much this group is being supported and be trending so even with all the troubles they are under , letting go of the group will be such a waste. They do lots of projects too and some are amazing graphics designer, some even reproduce their music, got me suprised that these version are even being used on their award shows. They are either crackhead clowns or genius theorist/artist nothing in between. Not sure if it is a compliment but they sure are amazing XD

    Reply
  10. Deeps says:
    June 7, 2021 at 1:10 pm

    BTS ARMY 💜💜

    Reply
  11. Pahani says:
    June 16, 2021 at 12:30 pm

    Exo …. We Are One
    Forever EXO-L❤️

    Reply
  12. Dahamna says:
    July 10, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    We are one EXO-L

    Reply
  13. Inushi says:
    July 30, 2021 at 5:19 pm

    Got7 is my world💚
    Ahgase forever😍

    Reply
  14. Anki says:
    August 7, 2021 at 12:13 pm

    BTS: Hellow we are bts !
    ARMYS : Hellow we are army 💜

    Reply
  15. LJ says:
    August 20, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    EXO
    WE ARE ONE❤
    EXO SARANGHAJA!
    EXO FOREVER!!!👍🏻💪🏻❤

    Reply
  16. marklee says:
    August 29, 2021 at 1:15 pm

    nct should be here

    Reply
    1. Yessica says:
      February 2, 2022 at 3:00 pm

      Yes its true NCT has a huge fandom 💚💚💚

      Reply
  17. Moa says:
    August 30, 2021 at 4:59 pm

    TXT should be here ofc

    Reply
  18. Shanvi Singh says:
    August 30, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    Blink 🖤💗

    Reply
  19. Kim says:
    September 17, 2021 at 12:30 pm

    During MAMA 2020 NCT won 3rd place at Worldwide Fans Choice, how come they’re not included even in TOP 10?
    NCTzen is a big as its members numbers 💚

    Reply
  20. sachin srivastava says:
    September 17, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    Moa should be there too

    Reply
  21. Once says:
    September 23, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    TWICE OT9 FOREVER
    Once forever
    One in a million 🍭🤘

    Reply
  22. Mohadaseh says:
    September 25, 2021 at 4:02 pm

    sone(:

    Reply
  23. Melon pie says:
    September 29, 2021 at 3:39 am

    💙 Elf
    Super Junior, The last man standing

    Reply
  24. Rabiatul says:
    October 3, 2021 at 11:01 pm

    Stay once ❤️🍭 hope midzy will join soon and atiny.

    Reply
  25. Aespa_blackpink says:
    November 4, 2021 at 1:56 am

    Blackpink💗🖤
    blink💛
    I hope one day may(aespa) fandom will join this list

    Reply
  26. Belen says:
    December 31, 2021 at 3:20 am

    I love Stray Kids forever 🥰

    Reply
  27. StanSKZ says:
    January 3, 2022 at 10:34 pm

    Stay is currently the top 6 biggest k-pop fandom ! Let’s keep growing and support our lovely Stray Kings !! Stray Kids Everywhere All Around The World.🖤❤️!! You Make Stray Kids Stay.🖤❤️!!!

    Reply
  28. NO NAME says:
    January 8, 2022 at 3:18 pm

    BTS IS *BEST* in the world not I the world in the universe 💜💜💜

    Reply
  29. Adish says:
    January 14, 2022 at 3:20 am

    When I came to Kpop I only knew BTS & Psy. I discovered Shinee late & it was via IU’s palette, Their live vocals (dear name cover) made me look into their other songs, their history, personalities of each member! And I became a shawol at last. Happy to see Shawols are a large family. ❤❤❤

    Reply
    1. Afifa Tazeen says:
      February 15, 2022 at 1:38 am

      Mee too #5HINeeFOREVER PROUD TO BE A SHAWOL

      Reply
  30. stay says:
    March 30, 2022 at 1:51 am

    I agree with stays i will always support Straykids!!!!!!

    Reply
  31. Crystal says:
    April 23, 2022 at 10:23 pm

    Most of u are jealous for not including u fav group 😏

    Reply
  32. mai says:
    July 1, 2022 at 11:23 pm

    stay is created by who? entertainment?

    Reply
  33. Star says:
    August 7, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    EXO_L✌️🙂❤️

    Reply

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