It’s time to check in on the results of the 2025 Kpopalypse end of year survey!
The end of year survey at Kpopalypse.com was a thing! Let’s take a look at the results!
This was readers’ favourite picks of the year. Green highlights show a pick that was also on the Kpopalypse 30 favourites of 2025 list, dark blue is for my #1 pick and light blue is for songs that got on the honourable mentions list. NMIXX sure had a big year in 2025, not only taking out the number one spot, but also having six of their songs in the reader top 30, I’m pretty sure that’s a record for single-group representation!
Here’s the worst list rankings for readers. In addition to the colours above, the red colour indicates a song that was also on the Kpopalypse worst 30 songs of 2025 list, and purple is my pick for worst song of the year. Voting numbers stop after a certain point because after a while the numbers get a bit hazy given the lack of votes. All Day Project certainly scoop the award for least popular group, with three entries in the readers’ worst picks including the #1 spot! Huntrix’ “Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters and Blackpink’s “Jump” definitely were the most divisive songs of 2025, placing respectably on both sides of the fence!
Several readers predicted a repeat of last year’s Chuustorm, however it was not to be. Good guesses overall! Of course reading roundup makes it easier…
Odd Youth’s “I Like You” was actually the #2 pick with Kpopalypse but it was the #1 for readers guessing the worst list result! Stan Roland The Farter. Interestingly, Meovv’s “Meow” traumatised so many readers a while back that quite a few of you voted for it this year even though it was released in 2024.
You all thought I was going to shit on Nmixx this year but it was not to be, as Nmixx had a great year overall and “Blue Valentine” even made it to the honourables list. In fact none of these songs walking around with big fat targets on their backs were smacked by Kpopalypse this year.
Katseye was the clear winner of the “oh no not THAT song, the cunt actually likes it” category, scooping up a very large chunk of the votes, which is why this list has so few entries in it.
You can see all of the clearing house suggestions (or at least most of those that were valid) over at the clearing house roundup post for 2025!
Some selected responses, and my replies!
songs this year are mostly so ass i have to crawl back to those great april songs to cope, btw merry christmas and happy new year kpopalypse, and please keep posting weekly roundups so that i have something to expect every week tysm
Will do!
This year was one of the times I had MANY times self-reflecting and I thought… What happens if I was a lesbian kpopalypse oppar’s readers? Surely I’d be into someone like Jeongyeon, but no. I’m into Shindong cause I’m a male and that sucks, but better to be into bigger men I guess. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Kpopalypse oppar! From gay caonima.
Often people wonder what happens if they were a lesbian Kpopalypse readers. I think on some level, we are all a lesbian Kpopalypse readers.
It’s been just over 10 years since I got heavy into kpop, which means I’ve been reading your blog for almost a decade! let’s continue to make beautiful memories together oppar
Thanks to all the people who continue to read!
I had my first real breakup this year with a guy who I don’t even think ever cared about me. I think he just wanted to get in my pants and then said he ‘needed space’ when I wanted things to be serious. Anyway, I never realized that breakups made everything so weird. Our mutual friends don’t really talk to me anymore, and some of them have just ghosted me while saying that things are good. It’s all so confusing. I feel like I was really happy with him and now everything feels hollow. But also freeing at the same time, like I have the rest of my life to live out. I just want to wake up one day and stop thinking about him/worrying about whether he’s okay or not, because from the way he treated me, I know he doesn’t give a shit about my feelings.
It’ll come with time. In the meantime hopefully I can distract you with stupid posts.
Thanks for another year of blistering hot takes oppa
Thanks for reading!
I usually have no problem filling out this survey completely every year. This year I could hardly remember any songs either good or bad. What a bland year.
Yes, it was definitely a bit like that. I hope my lists helped in the end!
I can’t stop reading Mike and Will from gay Stranger Things fanfics
Noted.
Yeah basically this year I dedicated less time than ever to kpop in general including unfortunately the Kpopalypse website. That’s not because I don’t have the time but because I’m managing it very poorly and wasting a lot of it on bullshit (yes, even more bullshit stuff than listening to kpop, the bar is that low). I hope to get better again. I want to work on that. To a better year, thanks for always being here for us.
Thanks for continuing to drop by, even if it’s less often!
apparently there are country Christmas songs (i work in retail and have been subjected to them against my will) and I refuse to bear the burden of that knowledge alone
We don’t talk about the country christmas songs.
I’ve been a passive/casual reader for a while now, but for some reason I started paying more attention to your posts and streams this year. Now I really look forward to my Sunday afternoon dose of k-pop, and am pleasantly surprised during the week when a new post comes out! Thank you for posting.
Thank you! And big thanks to all my passive/casual readers out there who never interact. You are definitely appreciated!
i always say this, but kudos to you for keeping up with this blog. i am not sure whether people realise how hard it is to do something consistently and with integrity for a long time. it takes a true caonima to rise to such challange. thanks for making sure that the kpop circlejerk has always one person capable of critical thinking and posting trufax. nothing but the best wishes for you, your partner and ofc last but not least your cat. may the upcoming year be kinder to you than the previous one and may you have to deal with less trashy kpop releases and boring ballads. cheers to that!
Thanks for reading! Yes it can be a struggle sometimes! However I have no plans to quit. Eventually I’ll die in a kitty stampede or while gooning to that one picture of Eunjung’s ass in a sailor outfit especially being an old fuck as I am, but until then I plan to keep posting!
