Just like last year, I wanted to share my top twenty most-viewed posts for 2025. I find this list an interesting gauge of which acts are popular or buzzy at the moment (at least among netizens who read reviews).
There aren’t many surprises, here. The list is dominated by a couple of the most popular groups and artists — especially when it comes to Western taste. It always makes me a bit sad, though, because these also tend to be the releases I dislike so casual readers are probably coming away from this blog thinking I’m a grumpy guy who hates everything.
What’s most interesting to me is that there’s not a single SM artist on the list this year. This confirms my thoughts that the agency has struggled in 2025 and makes me hope they reignite their prospects in 2026.
Full Top 20
20. Song Review: J-Hope (BTS) – Killin’ It Girl (ft. GloRilla)
19. Song Review: ATEEZ – Lemon Drop
18. Song Review: ENHYPEN – Bad Desire (With Or Without You)
17. Song Review: Jennie (BLACKPINK) – like JENNIE
16. Song Review: NMIXX – Know About Me
15. Song Review: IVE – Rebel Heart
14. Song Review: J-Hope (BTS) – Mona Lisa
13. The Top Three K-Pop Songs of June 2025
12. Song Review: BLACKPINK – Jump
11. Song Review: Han & Felix (Stray Kids) – Truman
I don’t feel like this song was their signature 2025 hit, but they’ve still got plenty of appeal with readers.
Aaargh! My 2025 arch-nemeses made it onto the list.
She’s all over this list — clearly popular with Western audiences.
And… here she is again!
It surprises me how well these unit track reviews did. I kind of wish I had put more effort into them, now!
Basically, anything related to BLACKPINK is guaranteed to do numbers.
This isn’t surprising, either. Anything related to BTS is popular.
Japanese releases usually don’t get as much coverage online, which means more people head my way to get their fix.
Yep, it was super viral this year so I’m not shocked to see this so high.
I have a feeling less people covered this song online since it was a surprise pre-release, so that meant my review was more likely to come up on search engines.