Top 5 Most Well-known K-Pop Dancers Of Each Year Over The Last Decade

The three most popular over the decade are all from the same group.

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Main and lead dancers in K-Pop groups are often known for the extra energy and charisma that they add to performances. While typically all the members of a K-Pop group are skilled at dancing, these members have just that little more specialty and uniqueness that makes them stand out.

Because of this, dancers are often popular members in a K-Pop group, which can be measured to some degree based on how often they’re searched on Google. Google Analytics keeps track of search trends over the years, and through the data collected by them, we can get a rough estimate of which K-Pop dance-focused members were most-searched each year.

Here are the 5 most popular K-Pop dancers of each year over the last decade, based on data collected from Google Analytics!

2012

5. Taemin (SHINee)

4. CL (former 2NE1)

3. Donghae (Super Junior)

2. Yoona (Girls’ Generation)

1. HyunA (former 4MINUTE)

2013

5. Taemin (SHINee)

4. HyunA (former 4MINUTE)

3. Sehun (EXO)

2. Luhan (former EXO)

1. Yoona (Girls’ Generation)

2014

5. CL (former 2NE1)

4. Sehun (EXO)

3. Taeyang (BIGBANG)

2. Yoona (Girls’ Generation)

1. Luhan (former EXO)

2015

5. Yoona (Girls’ Generation)

4. Sehun (EXO)

3. Luhan (former EXO)

2. Jungkook (BTS)

1. Tzuyu (TWICE)

2016

5. Yoona (Girls’ Generation)

4. Sehun (EXO)

3. Jimin (BTS)

2. Jungkook (BTS)

1. V (BTS)

2017

5. Lisa (BLACKPINK)

4. J-Hope (BTS)

3. Jimin (BTS)

2. Jungkook (BTS)

1. V (BTS)

2018

5. Kai (EXO)

4. Lisa (BLACKPINK)

3. V (BTS)

2. Jimin (BTS)

1. Jungkook (BTS)

2019

5. Momo (TWICE)

4. Lisa (BLACKPINK)

3. Jimin (BTS)

2. V (BTS)

1. Jungkook (BTS)

2020

5. J-Hope (BTS) & Rosé (BLACKPINK) (Tied)

4. Lisa (BLACKPINK)

3. Jimin (BTS)

2. V (BTS)

1. Jungkook (BTS)

2021 (So Far)

5. J-Hope (BTS)

4. Lisa (BLACKPINK)

3. Jimin (BTS)

2. V (BTS)

1. Jungkook (BTS)

OVERALL:

Jungkook: 18.1%
V: 15.5%
Jimin: 12.2%
Yoona: 12.1%
Lisa: 6.9%
Sehun: 6.3%
Luhan: 5.9%
HyunA: 4.9%
Tzuyu: 3.5%
J-Hope: 3.1%
CL: 2.7%
Taemin: 2.3%
Taeyang: 1.9%
Kai: 1.6%
Donghae: 1.3%
Momo: 1.1%
Rosé: 0.8%

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Top 5 Most Famous Foreign K-Pop Idols Annually From 2012 - 2021

One way to determine a K-Pop idol’s popularity and how much fans are interested in them is by seeing what their search numbers look like compared to other idols.

There have been an increasing amount of foreign K-Pop artists in the music genre in the last ten years, and they often drew a lot of interest and attention due to their hard work and determination to get into the music genre in a culture that they didn’t grow up with.

Here are the top 5 most popular foreign K-Pop idols of each year over the last decade, as well as their total search ranking over the entire decade compared to each other.