Videos that are going viral in 2022 seem to be all coming from TikTok. The micro-vlogging app is now one of the hottest social media platforms both to consume and create content. TikTok’s has over 1 billion monthly active users who engage with the platform. Therefore it is no wonder you are starting to see more and more K-pop Entertainment companies creating TikTok accounts for their idols. Therefore, K-pop Idols on TikTok have some of the biggest followers on the platform.
In addition, some of the top trending K-pop viral videos from your favorite K-pop stars are all coming from TikTok. While K-pop is still dominating YouTube, TikTok allows K-pop fans to not only recreate the most iconic K-pop dance moves but also see their favorite K-pop stars perform the latest dance challenges, skits, new releases, and more. Therefore, with COVID-19 shutting down K-pop concerts all around the world, TikTok allows K-pop fans to still get their K-pop fix via their smartphone! Are we missing anyone? Please help us update this article to keep it as accurate as possible!
Here are the Top 15 Most followed Kpop Idols on TikTok
BTS
BTS is a 7-member K-pop boy group owned and managed by HYBE. The members include RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. They have been sharing their choreography on the platform for a few years now. They made a splash on TikTok when they shared their dance choreography for their #1 hit Dynamite and even made their own TikTok challenge. In addition, Jungkook holds the record for the most-viewed hashtag on TikTok. Even tho he does not have his own personal account. BTS fans have shared massive amounts of videos of Jungkook from their own account. His hashtag has gotten over 112 billion to date. Moreover, Jimin is the next closest with over 95 million. BTS’s first video on TikTok got over 3 million likes within 24 hours!
Followers: 48.9 million
BLACKPINK
BLACKPINK is a 4-member K-pop girl group owned and managed by YG Entertainment. The members are Jisoo, Jennie, Rose, and Lisa. Each member is already one of the top K-pop stars on Instagram. Therefore it is only a matter of time before becoming the top K-pop Idols on TikTok. The group started its TikTok account back at the beginning of 2018. They grew to over 22 million followers in a little over a year. Furthermore, they even got Selena Gomez to try and recreate one of the dances in the Ice Cream music video with BLACKPINK.
Followers: 28.9 million
ROSÉ (BLACKPINK)
Rose confirmed in March of 2021 that she opened her own official TikTok account. This had many Kpop fans wondering if Lisa, Jisoo, and Jennie will open accounts of their own. Her handle is @roses_are_rosies and to date has over 22 million followers. Many feel this move was to promote her solo single “One the Ground”. However, if the other members follow, they will surely move up on this list quickly.
Followers: 22.3 million
TXT
TXT is a 5-member K-pop boy group owned and managed by HYBE. The members include Soobin, Beomgyu, Hueningkai, Yeonjun, and Taehyun. TXT also collaborated with Cosmopolitan to perform viral TikTok dances. You can watch the YouTube video here. In addition, TXT did a successful Valentine’s Day campaign on TikTok #BeMyValentine where each member prepared gifts for fans to discover. Fans had to search for TXT on TikTok to unlock all Valentine’s Day surprises created by TXT.
Followers: 16.4 million
TWICE
TWICE is a 9-member K-pop girl group. They are owned and managed by JYP entertainment. The members include Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Sana, Dahyun, Tzuyu, Jihyo, Momo, Mina, and Chaeyoung. TWICE collaborated with Cosmopolitan to perform viral TikTok dances. You can watch the YouTube video here.
Followers: 14 million
Stray Kids
Stray Kids is an 8-member K-pop boy group owned and managed by JYP Entertainment. The members include Bang Chan, Changbin, Han, Woojin, Lee Know, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. Furthermore, Felix and Seungmin both have been getting a lot of praise for their TikTok challenge videos.
Followers: 11.2 million
ENHYPEN
ENHYPEN is the final 7 members from the survival show I-LAND under BE:LIFT, a joint label created by HYBE and CJ E&M Entertainment. Their debut was in November of 2020 which goes to show just how rapid their growth has been. Before their debut, they were considered the most anticipated rookie group to debut in 2020. Moreover, they were able to reach 5 million before the first half of 2021!
Followers: 10.9 million
NCT
NCT was formed by SM Entertainment. The group name NCT stands for Neo Culture Technology. They were first introduced in early 2016 and have 23 members! The members range in age from early to late 20s. Moreover, the groups are broken down into subgroups that include NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, and WayV.
Followers: 7.5 million
ITZY
ITZY has been very active in 2022 recruiting celebrities to dance with them for their “In the Morning Challenge!”. They posted TikToks of themselves dancing for the challenge with Super Junior’s Heechul, UP10TION’s Jinjyuk, Sindong, BIBI, Norazo, AB6IX’s Daehwi, and Jaejae in 2021. Therefore, look for even more challenges from them in the second half of 2022.
Followers: 7.4 million
Jeon Somi
Jeon Somi’s real name is Ennik Somi Douma. She is part Korean, Canadian, and Dutch. She became very famous in Korea for winning the Korean singing competition series called Produce 101. Jeon was a member of the series’s project girl group I.O.I. However, she really took off after going solo under The Black Label, a subsidiary of YG Entertainment. In addition, her new single “Dumb Dumb” got over 10 million views on YouTube in just 24 hours.
Followers: 6.2 million
Jessi
She is a Korean-American songwriter, rapper, and singer. Jessi is currently based in South Korea but she was born in New York. She moved to South Korea when she was 15 years old. She was a part of the South Korean hip hop group Uptown in 2006. Then join hip hop group Lucky J until 2016. She joined Psy’s P Nation label in 2019 and started her solo career.
Followers: 5 million
AESPA
AESPA is one of the top up-and-coming K-pop girl groups and one of the fastest risers on our list of the top K-pop idols on TikTok. They were formed by SM Entertainment and consist of 4 members. The members’ names are Giselle, Winter, Karina, and Ningning. In addition, the group also signed with Creative Artists Agency for their activities in the United States.
Followers: 4.6 million
Jackson (GOT7)
Jackson is a rapper, singer, and dancer from Hong Kong. He is a member of the K-pop boy group GOT7. Furthermore, he has become famous for not only doing Korean reality shows but also as a TV host in China.
Followers: 4.6 million
ASTRO
ASTRO is a boy group launched by Fantagio in 2016. The group has 6 members: Moon Bin, Rocky, MJ, Jinjin, Cha Eun-woo, and San0ha. In addition, their second full-length album was released in 2021 called All Yours.
Followers: 4.4 million
MAMAMOO
Mamamoo is a 4 member k-pop girl group under Rainbow Bridge World. The members include Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa. Moreover, if you know Mamamoo, you can be sure they will think of creative videos to post on TikTok going forward.
Followers: 4.1 million
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GOT7
GOT7 is a 7-member K-pop boy group owned and managed by JYP Entertainment. They are multinational with members from South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the United States. Therefore, expect a wide range of fun and exciting dance content from their channel this year.
Followers: 2.7 million
iKON
iKON is owned and managed by YG Entertainment. The members include Jinhwan, Yunhyeong, Bobby, Donghyuk, Ju-ne, and Chanwoo. Their account was hacked in early 2021. The user that hacked the account posted their own posts which have since been deleted. This also happened to BTS’s TikTok account in the past.
Followers: 2.5 million
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Itzy more than mamamo and got7
Enhypen more than stray kids