Highest earning kpop Youtube channels in 2025 (via Forbes Korea)

10. ENHYPEN – 25.8B KRW - #13

11. DAY6 – 25.1B # 14

12. IU – 23.6B - #15

13. ILLIT – 19.9B - #16

14. ITZY – 16.3B - #17

15. JISOO – 15.5B - #19

Well, BTS and Jennie not ranking (but TBH itzy and Jisoo ranking) made me tilt my head. So...

Per Forbes KR, their source is Social Blade. If you've seen SB's estimates, they vary widely. Just some examples:

Blackpink

$802K - $13M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

Babymonster

$726K - $12M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

aespa

$532K - $8.5M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

BTS

$523K - $8.4M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

Jennie

$500K - $8M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

Twice:

$356K - $5.7M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

idle:

$335K - $5.4M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

IVE

$280K - $4.5M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

ILLIT

$203K - $3.2M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

Jisoo

$145K - $2.3M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

itzy

$136K - $2.2M

Yearly Estimated Earnings

Also, annual income calculations did not include other income sources, such as live show sponsorships, sponsored ads, or merchandise sales... Don't YT channels make a significant amount of money from sponsors?

I don't know. Not impressed by their methodology, very little research aside from the easy pulling data from Social Blade. Won't put much stock into it.