BTS’ “ARIRANG” becomes the most streamed album released in 2026 on Spotify, with over 1.26B streams in 22 days.
BTS’ “ARIRANG” (1.26B) becomes the most streamed 2026 album on Spotify, surpassing A$AP Rocky’s “Don’t Be Dumb” (1.23B). The milestone was achieved in 22 days.
I never doubted their comeback would be successful but this numbers are insane.
PlacePuzzleheaded982 on
Yea I definitely played a part in that!!!!
sundayontheluna on
Don’t Be Dumb had a two month head start to boot.
Equivalent-Hunt-2004 on
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VkeyPearl on
Wow…
I knew we were so prepped to destroy the charts, but we truly outdid ourselves. 👏🏽
I am proud!!!
Separate_Guava_6272 on
Remember guys we’re bots…and they “flopped”
codeverity on
It’s still pulling like 40M streams a day which is crazy. And Swim is still at #1!! Just incredibly longevity especially since if you compare to how Taylor’s album was doing at this point after release, Arirang is just that little bit higher. It’s a great album and I’m so glad to see it doing well.
Confident_Yam_6386 on
The whole album has so much replay value
lorddevil59 on
Personally, I listen to “2.0” every day, this song is amazing and the choreography is superb. It gives me a fantastic energy boost in the morning.
Traditional-Chair-39 on
Half of those came from me, you’re welcome my nugu kings
TylrTrnr on
I’m probably gonna catch hella flack for this, but i personally can’t stand K-pop’s obsession with numbers.
It really turned me off when i first got into bts, it was like there was an expectation for me to stream bts on loop, because that’s what all the other stans were doing.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for the boys. I just wish this wasn’t such a big expectation in the k-pop fandom. We shouldn’t have to stream albums on loop on separate devices to prove the music we like it worth listening too.
whaIien52 on
proud to be at least 500M of those 1B ✊
DaySecure7642 on
I think a lot of them are streaming by looping songs deliberately to pad the stats from the hardcore BTS fans and its company. You can tell from the Top 50 charts in different countries, where the album is already sinking to very low levels except a few countries. That means most of the streaming is from only a few regions with unusually high stream counts per person.
I think Spotify needs to find ways to differentiate active listening from putting the songs looping to pad stats. It completely distorted the charts.
interludek on
The álbum just keeps getting better and better every time I listen
Beautiful-Buy99 on
yippee congrats to bts!
Root2109 on
I think at least half of this is me
JazzyG17 on
Damn! We were really starved 😂😅
phoenixwinged on
At least one billion of those are from me. They put crack in this album
SwimmingWithBTS on
I’ve been streaming Arirang so much…especially on my commute to work!
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doing my part every damn day
I never doubted their comeback would be successful but this numbers are insane.
Yea I definitely played a part in that!!!!
Don’t Be Dumb had a two month head start to boot.
Icons
Wow…
I knew we were so prepped to destroy the charts, but we truly outdid ourselves. 👏🏽
I am proud!!!
Remember guys we’re bots…and they “flopped”
It’s still pulling like 40M streams a day which is crazy. And Swim is still at #1!! Just incredibly longevity especially since if you compare to how Taylor’s album was doing at this point after release, Arirang is just that little bit higher. It’s a great album and I’m so glad to see it doing well.
The whole album has so much replay value
Personally, I listen to “2.0” every day, this song is amazing and the choreography is superb. It gives me a fantastic energy boost in the morning.
Half of those came from me, you’re welcome my nugu kings
I’m probably gonna catch hella flack for this, but i personally can’t stand K-pop’s obsession with numbers.
It really turned me off when i first got into bts, it was like there was an expectation for me to stream bts on loop, because that’s what all the other stans were doing.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for the boys. I just wish this wasn’t such a big expectation in the k-pop fandom. We shouldn’t have to stream albums on loop on separate devices to prove the music we like it worth listening too.
proud to be at least 500M of those 1B ✊
I think a lot of them are streaming by looping songs deliberately to pad the stats from the hardcore BTS fans and its company. You can tell from the Top 50 charts in different countries, where the album is already sinking to very low levels except a few countries. That means most of the streaming is from only a few regions with unusually high stream counts per person.
I think Spotify needs to find ways to differentiate active listening from putting the songs looping to pad stats. It completely distorted the charts.
The álbum just keeps getting better and better every time I listen
yippee congrats to bts!
I think at least half of this is me
Damn! We were really starved 😂😅
At least one billion of those are from me. They put crack in this album
I’ve been streaming Arirang so much…especially on my commute to work!
Kpop really is in the bin