Who’s the biggest Kpop group in the land? Big Bang has just surpassed 7 million YouTube followers, a record for a Kpop group. The figure is more than double that of rival BTS.
Kpop is now one of the most explosive genres on YouTube, thanks to an increasingly global fanbase. Just this morning, Korean superstars Big Bang crossed 7 million channel subscribers, the first for a Kpop group.
As of this writing, Big Bang’s channel officially stands at 7,008,470 subscribers.
+ BTS Battles Plagiarism Charges from Angry Kpop Fans
In terms of Kpop artists, only one artist stands ahead: PSY. Thanks largely to mega-hits like ‘Gangnam Style’ and ‘Gentleman,’ PSY has amassed 9 million YouTube followers, a strong but surpassable record. PSY also holds records for most number of total views, not to mention the fastest-rising video (for any genre).
In the Kpop genre, label channel SM Entertainment sits atop the roost with 10 million subscribers. The SM Entertainment channel is a collection of member artist videos, including EXO, making it a difficult comparison. That said, SM’s 10 million-mark is not only the top for South Korea, but Asia in general.
BTS’ ‘Bangtan TV’ channel, by comparison, has roughly 3,016,000 followers.
Meanwhile, a number of Kpop videos continue to push past 100 million views. But the billion-view club mostly belongs to more mainstream American and British artists like Taylor Swift, Wiz Khalifa, and Adele. Those are the heavy-hitters, though Kpop’s ascent could finally put someone besides PSY into the YouTube billionaire club.
+ BTS Outsmarts China With a Sold-Out Worldwide Tour (See Dates)
The importance of YouTube for Kpop artists has never been greater. Despite notoriously-low royalty payments for YouTube views, Kpop labels have smartly maneuvered around the problem. That includes highly-lucrative revenue streams from items like CDs, merchandise, and even hand creams.
Perhaps most significantly, YouTube helps Kpop artists like Big Bang and BTS circumvent hostility from China. Just recently, Chinese officials started banning Kpop and hallyu artists, though global appetite could fill the void.
Tf, what does it have to do with BTS? Big Bang has always have more than Bighit. And how is BTS involved in this? Now Im questioning if you are a real reporter.
Ikr! This author has written so many articles to bash BTS and not to mention that this has nothing to do with BTS whatsoever!
IKR I HATE HIMMMM HES ALWAYS BASHING BTS REPUTATION! HES NO WHERE NEAR A REAL REPORTER! FAKE FACTS,FAKE NEWS! SHAME ON YOU PAUL RENISKOFF!
What the heck BTS has been around since 2013 and your comparing them to Big Bang who has been around since 2006 you shouldn’t compare them if their not equal by experience or anything else as a A.R.M.Y we don’t wanna spread hate.Big Bang didn’t create hand creams nor did they create the No Signal Screen so their isn’t a valid point you shouldn’t compare a group that has a well known agency and artists that have been around longer to a small agency that doesn’t have any other well known artists and haven’t been around as long nor a large agency that everyone knows and supports.
Hey Everyone, let’s all just ignore this BUBBLE-HEAD, who calls himself a reporter. He’s doing these articles to get publicity. Bet you everytime he writes an article about the current popular artists, it’s solely to cause fanwars and get a rise from all of us. It’s the only way he can ‘survive’. Pretty pathetic, poor idiot. If we all spread the word to ignore him and show no interest nor respond to his poorly written articles, it’ll all die a natural death.
I’m a Senior VIP and have been a great admirer of many groups including BTS. I’m especially impressed by those who are able to compose/produce their own music. In fact, I recently introduce my son to K-Pop, wanting him to get inspiration from their creativity and sincerity in their music.
It’s sad this so called reporter has no clue how hard these artists work and the sacrifices they make. His articles are so superficial and inaccurate.
Let’s just put him to bed…
dear failure of a reporter
This is so fucking dumb.
1. BTS is a part of bighit, and bigbang is part of yg
yg is one of the big three for the kpop industry and bighit is like a baby company and ur comparing them?
ur being fking petty and being negative af
it’s amazing that bts is succeeding this much, since they come from such a small company
2. all ur other articles and shit r negative about bts as well
a reporter should be unbiased
but ofc u cant do that so u should fking quit cause u cant write for shit or do anyting for shit
3. no one fking asked u to compare bts to another big band
im surprised that ur not fired yet bc u should be
its disgusting to think that a company would hire u at all
4. ur probs like a 12 year old anti fan that’s crying about bts’ success so ur trying to bring them down
if thats the case, then shut ur trap and use ur time to support ur own favorite group
if not then i feel bad for u cause ur probs not gonna find another job once u get fired fromt his one
😀
bye
YES! Is this “reporter” seriously comparing Big Bang, to BTS? As a VIP and Army, I am DISGUSTED. Besides, BangtanTV isn’t even the the channel they post their MVs on. Get you facts straight.
BTS shouldn’t have stolen from Big Bang + T.O.P!
Of course people want the real thing not watered down imitations!
Hey stupid. This has nothing to do with BTS.
What did BTS copy from BIGBANG?
TOP? are they the owner of the “No Signal Screen”? Are they the first one to make a hand cream? You and Paul Resnikoff should do some research.
Everybody knows that BTS would not even exist without BIG BANG! Bow to your master instead of stealing all the time.
wow, what a very stupid egotistical mind. this is what I gathered from all of this, all immature vips who think like you have a very deranged narcissistic mind who thinks anyone other than bigbang are below them. like this paul resnikoff. well boohoo…BTS is doing great especially internationally so whatever you antis do, I hope andanevery pray that every harm you do against BTS will go back as bad karma to your lives.
Funny how we can say the same with your fandom. “Your deranged narcissistic mind who thinks anyone other than BTS are below them” this was already proven even with other groups who are not BIGBANG. Y’all always discredit someone else’s hardwork but when someone tells ya that BTS is not hardworking, y’all attack them and tell everyone we know nothing when in fact it was you who know nothing with other group’s hardwork lol. When someone tells that BTS copied this group, you’ll say it’s not plagiarism because they were not the one who invented the genre or the concept but when you saw a group that has a fucking similarity with the concept that BTS is portraying, y’all call it “plagiarism”? Dang, it’s like plagiarism only becomes a thing when BTS is the one being “copied”, just like how y’all treated YT videos as something to compete with and brag.
We are not stealing and yes the no signal video belongs to big bang i agree with u but bts copying them is already clear even gaon clarified that it was their mistake and as far as the hand creams are concerned there is a huge difference between big bang handcreams and that of bts…. and being a vip i ask u… dont u want merchandises of big bang the same way we the armies want that to….. that article for bts to copy handcreams was also from this page only…. please stop supporting this guy he is good for nothing all he is doing is creating fanwars i love bigbang i listen to their song too and not only that i love their song the song bang bang bang is my all time favourite….. i m following them on youtube too i support them…. they are the sunbaenims of bts never denied and congratulations on hitting 7M on youtube to alll the beloved vips❤❤
SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU BITCH!! THIS IS COMING FROM A SENIOR VIP!! BTS DID NOT COPY! WE DONT NEED ANYONORE FAN WARS!!!????
Dude u are the main problem you are creating fanwar for no good reason…..stop doing this shit…..i guess u just want fame which u are obviously not able to get….. just a bloody wannabe….. god get your head straight….. stop being a wannabe and just by putting bts in every bloody article of yours wont get u any fame and also obviously bigbang would have more fans they are the sunbaemins and being an army i support them to why the hell can u not stop?????
Thank you so much eonni.
being an army i support big bang or anyother kpop band but i just cant handle the fanwars i feel sad just because of some idiots like him fanwar is happening
Errr ms…would it be good for our rep if we fired back at Anti’s? Please…..don’t swear, can’t we solve this nicely?
You are so pathetic! !!
paul resnikoff pathetic reporter wannabe. what does bigbang’s youtube account got to do with bangtantv? you are seriously mentally deranged. if you are a hardcore fan of bigbang and psy you should stop using BTS as clickbait in all your articles. maybe next time your article will read like this …”psy/bigbang ate chicken nuggets in a restaurant, BTS caught also eating”. do you really have to put BTS in all your articles? you said your bigbang and psy is more relevant than BTS so you should stop using BTS.
Well my name says it all
you are a user paul… I really think you’re using drugs.. i’m scared for your mentality, it’s so deranged. you’re suitable to be a writer for horror. you’re scary.
Stop the stupid comparison. Does it hurt so much that BTS are becoming more popular than your bias? FYI the channel has a range of 7years 2months(2005 and 2012) don’t make me laugh!!!!!!!
Hello, I just wanted to know, why are you always comparing BTS and other groups? I mean do you hate them that much? I’m sorry but this is idiotic, do not compare them as if they hate each other. Once again it is not important to just talk about BTS when it’s Big Bang. We must be happy about Big Bang having more than 7 million followers in youtube, and not adding BTS on the hate list of yours. I support BTS and Big Bang so much, and I do not like this. Thank you for reading this.
Guys, I really don’t think you are being fair about this. Maybe just accept that BTS is not always the best?
It’s okay to share the spotlight.
Dude u are the main problem you are creating fanwar for no good reason…..stop doing this shit…..i guess u just want fame which u are obviously not able to get….. just a bloody wannabe….. god get your head straight….. stop being a wannabe and just by putting bts in every bloody article of yours wont get u any fame and also obviously bigbang would have more fans they are the sunbaemins and being an army i support them to why the hell can u not stop?????
wow, you seriously outed yourself as an immature vip. woahhh… now your true colors are outed. you’re seriously deranged. you should audition for horror movies as villains. omg.. is your life better since you started targeting BTS? all your articles are targeting and defaming BTs even though some are not even related to BTS like the 7million subscribers of BigBang. it’s like even if bigbang buy candy you will report that BTS copied bigbang by buying candy also. you say that it’s okay to share the spotlight? that’s why you’re always targeting BTS, YOU wanna share spotlight with BTS. since BTS is so famous YOU wanna be famous too. YOU wanna be talked about as a “great journalist” when in truth you are just a pathetic loser trying hard to write defaming untrue articles against a hardworking group so YOU can be famous. well now you’re famous, as a reporter-wanna-be who hates BTS so much you can’t even pretend to be a proper journalist, hahaha! I pity you.
Get a life already! I bet BTS did/done way more than you ever did. And who ever said that BTS is ALWAYS the best? nobody! Sure they may be the best sometimes but not ALWAYS. It’s just some stupid shitty excuse that your making up.
https://www.soompi.com/2017/03/14/gfriend-bts-taeyeon-btob-take-spots-billboards-world-albums-chart/
Hey Paul, maybe just accept that you aren’t a good writer and should know that all your articles are biased and unprofessional.
What he needs to do is revisit university and relearn journalism from scratch because judging by the shit-storm that he’s written, he obviously doesn’t know the difference between bullshit and reality.
Paul, have you ever even thought that you are being unfair, because you sure are. Most of the people on the comments section would be WAY BETTER authors than you could ever be in your whole lifetime. With that said, look at your past articles, and then we shall see who is really the unfair one here.
Okay first , please tell me just what connection does big bang having 7 million subscriber have to do with BTS ???
Tbh , I am really happy for bigbang and VIP . But I still do not get the connection between the content in the article …
And plz remind me again , from just when did BTS have their own YouTube channel ???
Because as far as I know Bangtan TV is not their official channel as the music video is uploaded by ibighit .
So let end this with the connection to your previous articles , in which I have done more research than you , BTS didn’t copy Bigbang and Gaon clarified it was their fault and BYS didn’t know about a thing . Also as far as the hand cream thing, there is huge difference between the handcream of both talented group …
Now let me end it with a littlesuggestion , before writing your report , which I doubt that you know how to write , do some research . Yes yes , there is thing called that . And it is gathering facts , I repeat facts and making a collection of it an posting it in proper format with unbiasness .
And plz stop creating fanwars… The base line .
No one ever said that Bighit or bts have the most followers on YouTube. It must have been VLive. Heck, a few days ago SM officially hit 10mil subscribers on YouTube so it is pretty obvious BTS or Bighit do not have a lot of followers. What I don’t understand is why you have to call BTS as BigBang’s rivals in this. You could have just made this about Bigbang, but hell no, you have to drag BTS because your unprofessional ass needs more views on your article and what better way than to trigger ARMYs or try and create a fanwar “unintentionally” between two large fandoms. ARMYs respect Bigbang a lot and some of us are even VIPs and just like BTS members. I mean, you had one job smh
Oh and I hope you don’t write garbage articles like this. Like I’m pretty sure some of your articles can be sued for defamation(regarding which BigHit has released a statement that they would take action against such behaviour).
I’m confused. BigBang has always had more youtube followers, BTS was never even close, so why write an article about it? It’s a fact that BTS isn’t as famous as BigBang – there’s a reason BTS themselves look up to BigBang – and the two groups are very respectful towards each other, so why is there even a need to point out how BigBang is more famous?
Not being fair about this??? Just stop using BTS as click baits! STOP USING THEIR FAME FOR ATTENTION! If you gonna do some report don’t be fucking biased and speak the TRUTH! That’s what real journalism is about!!
I would like to congratulate you, man because you are gaining the attention of a lot of ARMYs. But it doesn’t change the fact that what you are doing is a mere way of getting yourself popular by writing articles against a group. You are writing negative articles about a very popular K-pop group and i am not surprised why you chose them as your subject. You can write negative articles about BTS all you want but not someone like you can change our views about BTS and on how they became phenomenal. I just hope that whatever you are doing will not backfire to you. BTS will always be the best not just in my heart but with the hearts of other ARMYs also. So shut the fuck up and stop comparing BTS with other groups. LMAO.
wtf dipshit, we think bts is the best so of course we’ll get mad when you un necessarily cause drama and say shit about them. honestly all these articles are bullshit because yall want attention. pathetic.
We are not being selfish, but rather complaining about the fake news you are putting up. The fact that your writing is so unprofessional and opinionated really disgusts me. Also, we don’t always think our group is the best, we know how to share popularity, but you obviously want people to think BTS is horrible and selfish, and since they aren’t, this is why us ARMY’s are getting mad. Paul Resnikoff, please stop with your selfish and hardly professional acts and write real news. Thank you.
Who said BTS is always the best?
You wanna talk about being fair?
Do you think always writing about BTS in negative way is fair? Out of all the good things that have happened to BTS, all you can write about is some bad shit!
And rival?
You need to get some cultural fact straight
“rival” is wrong word to use between BTS and Big Bang
We don’t even consider 후배 junior group (who have been only around for about 4years=3rd generation of Kpop) as a rival to 선배 senior group (who have been around for like 10years=2nd generation of Kpop)
If you want to do some rivaly comparesons?? Here are some examples for you
H.O.T. vs g.o.d vs Shinhwa vs Sechskies…
S.E.S vs Fin.K.L vs Baby V.O.X…
Big Bang vs Shinee vs 2PM…
Girls Generation vs Wonder Girls vs 2NE1…
BTS vs EXO vs Got7 vs Seventeen…
Twice vs Gfriend vs Red Velvet…
BTS themselves don’t even consider Big Bang as their rival. They consider Big Bang as their role model.
For everything they have done and achieved so far, Big Bang is considered as one of legendary groups in Kpop. (Which makes it pointless to write this kind of articles)
If you don’t know the whole picture, then don’t even try to write about it as if you know something.
“BTS isn’t always the best”
This sure tells a lot about your attitude..
Sure, they aren’t always the best, but as a journalist (or whatever you are) commenting something so petty and salty goes on to show how non-professional and biased you are. Talking about BTS in an article completely irrelevant to them, goes on to tell me that your childish butthurt ass wants to show Armys “BTS isn’t always the best” well damn, you are just a petty hater spreading your saltiness for people to read and not a “journalist”. I’m tired of your sorry ass trying to stir up useless fanwars between VIPs and Armys.
BTS will continue to grow and will have many accomplishment to write articles on in the future. Now that you have showed your true ugly hating self. Who will want to read your articles covering such accomplishments? That is why I suggest you bring up BTS only when necessary and not just nilly willy in any article that has nothing to do with them in the first place.
I know . . but Big bang debuted in 2006 and bts in 2013 . . how can u compare them ? you should have to know that both are record breakers but in different category . .
this site is obviously not a news site. this is not a proper news site. this is like a hate blog site pretending to be a news site by attaching the word news to digital music. this site should be reported, but obviously the site format was made like this to prevent being reported. how do you even made it to be always seen in google search. even allkpop, soompi, or koreaboo is not like this. you’re deranged mind is really scary paul resnikoff. whoever made this digital music news site with you successfully made a hate blog become legit-wanna-be. now I respect allkpop, soompi, and koreaboo.
It used to have standards but now, the creator itself reduced it into a mere gossip blog.
Ahh, the BTS antifan by the name of Paul Resnikoff is at it again doing his best to drag BTS down. Get a life dude. Or better yet get a lover so you can have some love in your life coz all you know is hate.
how can we report him?
Paul, please take down your website. All of your articles are UNPROFESSIONAL, BIASED, OUTDATED, and most of the time FALSE with NO RESEARCH to back up. Honestly, seeing all those articles you posted, you are one of the VIPs (a highly respected fandom), and you bring shame upon your fandom. Whatever type of problem you have with BTS and their fandom.. clearly seen.. should be resolved with all the hate you get on the comments. Instead of comparing, hating, and spreading false rumors about BTS, you should just support your favorite bands and talk about what is happening with them now, or improve upon your articles and provide real facts with a great deal more of research.
What does this have to do with anything? I never thought BigBang and BTS were rivals… BigBang has always been popular, and they’ve been around for a long time. Why does that give you the urge to suddenly pit them against BTS and try to start a fan war and/or drama that doesn’t need to happen…?
What I understand from his manner of speech is that this guy’s an idiot. He needs to go back to university and relearn the basics of journalism. I don’t think he can even differentiate between bullshit and reality, hence, why he produces articles like these.
HEY STUPID!
BANGTAN TV ISN’T THEIR MAIN CHANEL WTF????
YOU’RE ON A ROLL USING BTS AS CLICKBAIT. FUCKING DISGUSTING.
You must really hate BTS to drag them in an article where you wanted to praise BigBang?! Gosh! Enjoy The hating.
Wow! BTS must really be something, they’ve an entire blog and a writer dedicated to them for hating. Congratulations BTS! And congrats Paul! You just played yourself!
No Tea Just Facts, BigBang has been in the KPOP Muisc industry for more than a decade already. Meanwhile, it’s just BTS’S 4th year. 3+Million Subscribers is a pretty decent number. ^^
Still enjoy the hating though! I hate BTS too. They’re just fucking perfect!
This article is really terrible, even I can tell that and I don’t even speak English as my first language. I understand some comparisons because sometimes it is necessary but this is ridiculous, there was really no need to mention BTS here. Considering the way it is written it makes me wonder, what was the intention? talk about the theYouTube followers? the “payments for youtube views”? make a comparison between kpop and the west artist? make a comparison about big bang and bts? talk about China-Korea problems? there’s a say in spanish “el que mucho agarra poco aprieta” you should decide first what you want to talk about and then, write it…
The person who wrote this article should go and learn journalism again, oh wait, what am I saying? of course he/she doesn’t even know how to write and article
Get a life and you even call yourself a journalist.
He’s beyond the point of redemption man. He’s doomed to stupidity for the rest of his life. He’s a disgrace in the world of journalism.
Now children, this is what happens when a troll turns into a reporter
Cool???
I might not open any news in this site if this is what i will gain and watch: unfairness, biased and subjective criticism. I mean, be someone you wanted to be and dont use that knowledge that you have in dragging others down.
This is the most ridiculous article i’v ever come across.
Paul u don’t know shit so don’t stir up anything u loser. Go get a life
uhh paul, big bang has been around since 2006, bts came around 2013 :/ plus u dont just compare 2 kpop groups like that, unless ur trying to start a fanwar, gets ur facts right before writing shit like this. Who even compares subscribers smh, using bts for fame…
This is the best way to get attention….mention BTS in each article!!!
HAHAHA… lame and lousy trick XD
why are they even comparing the two as rivals? No way should bts be considered a rival to big bang who are legends??? BB are so much more senior and have achieved so much more to be compared to a relatively more rookie group like bts,,
HAHAHAH Im laughing at you rn. Of course they have more followers on Youtube cuz they’ve been active for like 10 years!!!! WAKE UP DUDE!!!!
If you are going to write an article, please make it accurate. I’ve read many of your other articles in which you have targeted BTS, and I believe that this is a biased opinion. As a writer, you should write articles based off of fact, not opinion. It is well known that BTS did not copy Big Bang on the handcream, and that (as you wrote in your other article) BTS did not fake any records. Please write true articles in the future, as you are beginning to create serious fan wars. 🙂 Thank you.
Wait, is it possible to report this site or this journalist? It absolutely disgusts me.
Articles are suppose to be accurate or at least close to accurate. If you are going to write about something, make sure the information is at least right. BTS looks up to BIGBANG as that is their role model, not rival. Thank you.
BTS look up to BIGBANG, they’re not rivals. In fact, Jungkook wanted to be just like G-Dragon when younger, which helped him become motivated to begin singing. I’m sorry but BTS has nothing to do with BIGBANG in this article. Why not compare BIGBANG to other groups? Why do you only post articles about BTS, most of them being negative? Sorry but you’re biased against them. As a VIP I don’t think this is right. BIGBANG has nothing to do with BTS in this aspect?
BIGBANG has been around for 6 more years than BTS… obviously, they have more subscribers cause math. They are the kings but you shouldn’t compare them to BTS. They’re not rivals, BTS looks up to BIGBANG.
What is wrong with this man…he mus be paid 😛
Who said BTS is always the best?
You wanna talk about being fair?
Do you think always writing about BTS in negative way is fair? Out of all the good things that have happened to BTS, all you can write about is some bad shit!
And rival?
You need to get some cultural fact straight
You need to get some cultural fact straight
“rival” is wrong word to use between BTS and Big Bang
We don’t even consider 후배 junior group (who have been only around for about 4years=3rd generation of Kpop) as a rival to 선배 senior group (who have been around for like 10years=2nd generation of Kpop)
If you want to do some rivaly comparesons?? Here are some examples for you
H.O.T. vs g.o.d vs Shinhwa vs Sechskies…
S.E.S vs Fin.K.L vs Baby V.O.X…
Big Bang vs Shinee vs 2PM…
Girls Generation vs Wonder Girls vs 2NE1…
BTS vs EXO vs Got7 vs Seventeen…
Twice vs Gfriend vs Red Velvet…
BTS themselves don’t even consider Big Bang as their rival. They consider Big Bang as their role model.
For everything they have done and achieved so far, Big Bang is considered as one of legendary groups in Kpop. (Which makes it pointless to write this kind of articles)
If you don’t know the whole picture, then don’t even try to write about it as if you know something.
Honestly I only click your articles to read the comments to see ARMY and other fandoms to roast your for you inaccuracy 😀
BIG BANG ALWAYS HAD MORE THAN BTS ON YOUTUBE YOU RETARTED PIECE OF SH*T
AND BTS DEBUTED IN 2013
AND IBIGHIT IS NOT EVEN A BTS CHANNEL YOU DUMB SH*T
I noticed that this site’s overall style of writing is more of the negative side. Haha. Oh, well. Another website to add to satire list.
bigbang is not bts’ rival group , they look up to them and respect them
you should’ve studied harder in school so you could get an actual job that writing a hate blog
Are u DUMB…
Go see the views for the BTS’s channel called “ibighit” on youtube. It has more views than Bigbang’s channel called “Bigbang”.
The “ibighit” channel is where BTS upload their MVs. “BangtanTv” is the channel where BTS upload their Bangtan Bombs and Award Show appearances.
HAHAHA..fact check before u write a shitty article and make a fool of yourself.
Official update – ibighit where you can get the official mvs of BTS is now the most followed kpop account, surpassing sm entertainment (who was the previously most followed).
Bangtan tv – where you get random videos of BTS, has now surpassed 10 million.
2019: Big Bang’s Seungri is accused of sex trafficking.
BTS is breaking records.
Of course the story may repeat years from now. But just wanted to put this out there. YouTube following isn’t everything. P.S. BTS has long ago surpassed Big Bang, whether you like to admit it or not.