October 2026
First-party fan data from kpopquiz.org, one report a month. By Louis, founder of kpopquiz.org
Every figure below is measured first-party from real plays and votes on kpopquiz.org over October 2026 (UTC), as of November 1, 2026. Sections with too little data to be meaningful this month are hidden rather than shown thin.
Fandom of the month
ILLIT was October 2026's most-played fandom.
Most-played quizzes
The top 5 quizzes by real plays in October 2026.
| # | Quiz | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | are u a real GLLIT?!!ILLIT | 1,000 |
| 2 | SKZ true or false - only real STAYs passStray Kids | 762 |
| 3 | Are you a real coer??!!Cortis | 759 |
| 4 | Ultimate BTS era quiz - only real ARMYs surviveBTS | 447 |
| 5 | BABYMONSTER quizBABYMONSTER | 400 |
Duel verdict of the month
Community growth
Honest monthly totals for October 2026, not cumulative all-time counts.
Context corner
Wider K-pop numbers for context, each dated and linked to its source. Curated, not scraped.
According to soridata, K-pop music videos have together passed 321 billion total YouTube views.
According to soridata, K-pop music videos have together received about 5.2 billion total YouTube likes (5,225,203,649 as of July 2026).
According to soridata, male K-pop groups hold the largest share of total YouTube likes at 42.7% (versus 28.8% for female groups; absolute totals, not weighted per artist).
This report is free to cite with a link to kpopquiz.org/data/pulse/2026-10. Figures are first-party and stamped with the month they were measured.
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Source: kpopquiz.org K-pop Pulse, October 2026
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