All the Records KPop Demon Hunters Has Broken

One year after its debut, KPop Demon Hunters has done more than hold onto its audience — it has rewritten Netflix history. The animated film premiered on June 20, 2025, introducing viewers to HUNTR/X, a fictional K-pop girl group with a supernatural mission. Since then, it has remained on Netflix’s Global Top 10 Films chart every single week.

The Netflix Record ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Just Broke

For the week ending June 21, 2026, KPop Demon Hunters officially reached 52 consecutive weeks in the Global Top 10, a milestone no Netflix title has matched before. The previous record belonged to Extraordinary Attorney Woo, which spent 20 weeks on the Non-English TV chart. By comparison, KPop Demon Hunters has surpassed that mark by 32 weeks, stretching the old benchmark to more than two and a half times its length.

The scale of its success is just as striking. Over the past year, the film has generated more than 20.5 billion viewing minutes in the United States alone and has crossed 600 million completed views globally. Netflix has confirmed that no title on the platform has attracted more viewers, and the company is now treating the property as the launchpad for its next major franchise.

Netflix compiles weekly Top 10 rankings across 93 countries, and KPop Demon Hunters managed to appear in the Top 10 in every one of them — a rare level of global reach even by the platform’s biggest standards.

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’’ Billboard And Chart Records

The soundtrack became the first film soundtrack in history to place four songs simultaneously in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 10. “Golden” held the number one spot on the Billboard Global 200 for 18 weeks, tying for the longest run at number one on that chart. The song spent eight weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first ever number one by a female K-pop act and the longest-running number one by a female group this century.

The soundtrack reached number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and was certified double platinum in the US in October 2025. In the UK, “Golden” topped the charts for nine non-consecutive weeks, becoming only the second K-pop song after PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ ever to summit the chart peak. On Australia’s ARIA charts, the soundtrack became the longest-reigning number one animated film soundtrack in the chart’s history, with the soundtrack occupying seven of the top twenty positions on the ARIA Singles Chart at one point.

‘KPop Demon Hunters’’ Awards Records

The film won Best Animated Feature at the 31st Critics’ Choice Awards, the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, and the 98th Academy Awards. “Golden” won Best Original Song at all three of those same ceremonies, becoming the first K-pop song to win an Academy Award. At the 68th Grammy Awards, “Golden” won Best Song Written for Visual Media, making it the first K-pop song ever to win a Grammy. The film also won every award it was nominated for at the 53rd Annie Awards, including Best Feature. EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami — the singing voices of HUNTR/X — were jointly named Woman of the Year at the 2026 Billboard Women in Music Awards, marking the first time the honour had ever been given collectively to a group rather than an individual, following past recipients including Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, and Taylor Swift,. “Golden” and Rosé and Bruno Mars’s “APT.” also became the first K-pop tracks to be nominated for Song of the Year at the Grammys, a general field category, though the award ultimately went to Billie Eilish’s “Wildflower”.

‘KPop Demon Hunters’’ Streaming And Social Media Records

“Golden” became the fastest track in K-pop history to enter Spotify’s Billions Club, surpassing one billion streams, according to Netflix’s official “By the Numbers” report. The Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” reached number one on Spotify’s daily top songs chart in the US in July 2025, while “Golden” simultaneously reached number two, meaning HUNTR/X surpassed BLACKPINK’s prior record for the highest position by a female K-pop act on that chart. Netflix says players have logged 11.5 million combined hours inside the official KPop Demon Hunters Roblox experience.

‘KPop Demon Hunters’’ Nielsen And US Viewership Records

According to Nielsen’s second annual ARTEY Awards, KPop Demon Hunters was the top kids’ movie of 2025, with 20.5 billion viewing minutes — more than double the runner-up in the general audience category. Nielsen also found the film was the number one most-streamed movie of 2025 among both the 18-34 and 35-49 adult age brackets, defying its classification as a kids’ title. The film’s single most-watched day came on August 16, nearly two months after its premiere — an unusual pattern for a Netflix original, which typically peaks in its first two weeks before declining, per What’s on Netflix. The report also said that as of April 2026, the film had logged an additional 2.7 billion viewing minutes in 2026 alone.

What Comes Next for ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

A sequel to the juggernaut is slated for 2029. The franchise continues to expand into live events, with the HUNTR/X global concert tour, KPop Demon Hunters: The Immersive Experience opening at Netflix House locations this holiday season, and a wave of merchandise partnerships spanning Lego, Mattel, Hasbro, Jazwares, Loungefly, Vans, and a collaboration with Korean skincare brand Anua. The line between fictional and real K-pop blurred further in May this year, when Netflix and AEG Presents announced a global concert tour featuring real-life performers as HUNTR/X.

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