# BTS 'Butter' hits 1.5 billion Spotify streams — group's third track to reach the mark

Release page: https://ktrenz.com/article/2026/09/bts-butter-1-5-billion-spotify-streams-third-track
Reach map: https://ktrenz.com/reach-graph/bts-butter-1-5-billion-spotify-streams-third-track
Artist: BTS — https://ktrenz.com/artisttag/BTS
Category: mv
Published: 2026-09-03

## How measured
Server-side crawler hits on this article, counted per vendor and per bot. "Answer-time" means the vendor fetched the page while composing an answer (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User); "training" means bulk collection. These are requests we served — not impressions, not audience, not estimated reach. Crawlers we block are excluded from every number here.

## AI reach
- Answer-time citations: 14
- Total AI reads: 29
- Distinct vendors: 7
- Window: 18 days from first to last crawl

| Vendor | Reads | Kind | Bots |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenAI | 14 | answer-time | OAI-SearchBot 12×/12d; ChatGPT-User 2×/1d |
| Perplexity | 5 | training | PerplexityBot 5×/5d |
| Meta | 4 | training | Meta-ExternalAgent 4×/4d |
| Amazon | 3 | training | Amazonbot 3×/3d |
| Anthropic | 1 | training | ClaudeBot 1×/1d |
| Apple | 1 | training | Applebot 1×/1d |
| Common Crawl | 1 | training | CCBot 1×/1d |

## Human reach
- Media outlets that picked this up: 22
- Social posts tracked: 233
- Listed below: 22 outlets, 60 posts

| Outlet | Lang | Date | Headline | URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seoul Economic Daily (EN) | EN | 09-06 | BTS Hit 'Butter' Tops 1.5 Billion Streams on Spotify | https://en.sedaily.com/news/2026/09/04/bts-hit-butter-tops-15-billion-streams-on-spotify |
| Maeil Business Newspaper (MK) Global | EN | 09-06 | BTS' 'Butter' Surpasses 1.5 Billion Streams, Third Such Achievement ... | https://www.mk.co.kr/en/musics/12143292 |
| The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition) | EN | 09-06 | BTS's 'Butter' Surpasses 1.5 Billion Streams, Third to Reach Milestone | https://www.chosun.com/english/kpop-culture-en/2026/09/03/JJCYYOEYWZGG5AEYTDYODIX5IM/ |
| livedoor News | JA | 09-06 | BTS 'Butter' hits 1.5 billion Spotify streams — group's third track to reach the mark | https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/32237525/ |
| Yonhap News Agency (Spanish Service) | ES | 09-06 | BTS 'Butter' surpasses 1.5 billion streams on Spotify | https://sp.yna.co.kr/view/ASP20260903001800883 |
| Cineplay | EN | 09-06 | BTS' 'Butter' Surpasses 1.5 Billion Spotify Streams, Marking Group's Third Milestone | https://www.cineplay.co.kr/en-us/articles/29558 |
| Sports Khan | EN | 09-06 | BTS ‘Butter' reaches 1.5 billion streams… third as a group overall | https://sports.khan.co.kr/en/article/202609031347007 |
| Music Mundial | EN | 09-06 | BTS' “Butter” reaches 1.5 billion streams on Spotify | https://www.musicmundial.com/en/bts-butter-reaches-1-5-billion-streams-on-spotify/ |
| NewsPim | KO | 09-06 | BTS 'Butter' hits 1.5 billion Spotify streams — group's third track to reach the mark | https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20260903000780 |
| Chosun Biz | EN | 09-07 | BTS' Butter surpasses 1.5 billion Spotify streams | https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-entertainment/2026/09/03/NN7YEG2SOFCPDMWRG4RD2AQ54U/ |
| The Korea Daily | EN | 09-07 | BTS Butter — Reaches Historic 1.5 Billion Spotify Streams | https://en.koreadaily.com/bts-butter-1-5-billion-streams/ |
| El Comercio | ES | 09-07 | BTS 'Butter' hits 1.5 billion Spotify streams — group's third track to reach the mark | https://elcomercio.pe/luces/musica/bts-butter-se-convierte-en-su-tercer-tema-en-superar-las-1500-millones-de-escuchas-k-pop-ultimas-noticia/ |
| Star News Korea | EN | 09-07 | [Official] BTS adds another hit as 'Butter' surpasses 1.5 ... | https://www.starnewskorea.com/en/music/2026/09/03/2026090313352969303 |
| The First Times | JA | 09-08 | BTS 'Butter' hits 1.5 billion Spotify streams — group's third track to reach the mark | https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000875867/ |
| Yonhap News Agency | KO | 09-09 | 방탄소년단 '버터', 스포티파이 15억 스트리밍 | https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260903112600005 |
| KSW Journal | JA | 09-11 | BTS 'Butter' hits 1.5 billion Spotify streams — group's third track to reach the mark | https://world.ksw-news.com/ja/news/bts-butter-spotify-1-5-billion-streams |
| OppaStore Blog (K-pop News Unfiltered) | EN | 09-12 | BTS' 'Butter' Hits 1.5 Billion Spotify Streams, Group's Third ... | https://oppastore.com/blogs/k-pop-news-unfiltered/bts-butter |
| Yonhap News Agency (French edition) | FR | 09-13 | BTS 'Butter' hits 1.5 billion Spotify streams | https://fr.yna.co.kr/view/AFR20260903002100884 |
| joongangenews.com | EN | 09-03 | BTS 'Butter' Surpasses 1.5 Billion Spotify Streams | https://www.joongangenews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=545506 |
| starnewskorea.com | EN | 09-11 | BTS's Jungkook Achieves 6 Spotify Tracks with 500 Million Streams, K-pop Solo Record | https://www.starnewskorea.com/music/2026/09/12/2026091208233767366 |
| starnewskorea.com | EN | 09-18 | BTS Achieved 9 Billion Spotify Streams This Year, Asia's All-Time Record... 9 Years Since 'DNA' Dropped | https://www.starnewskorea.com/music/2026/09/18/2026091818060748118 |
| hankyung.com | EN | 09-20 | BTS·Lim Young-woong swept up 'sitting on 1.1 billion won'...finally exposed | https://www.hankyung.com/article/2026092169017 |

| Platform | Account | Date | URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TikTok | appleboom22 | 09-05 | https://www.tiktok.com/@appleboom22/video/7682024497960029448 |
| TikTok | elizabethmillanmo4 | 09-05 | https://www.tiktok.com/@elizabethmillanmo4/video/7682113440499977485 |
| TikTok | sonhiei | 09-05 | https://www.tiktok.com/@sonhiei/video/7681837797426089236 |
| X | @jin_is_destiny2 | 09-06 | https://x.com/jin_is_destiny2/status/2096587499665784978 |
| X | @_fairyswing | 09-06 | https://x.com/_fairyswing/status/2096596977748500945 |
| X | @_fairyswing | 09-06 | https://x.com/_fairyswing/status/2096599550740054233 |
| X | @26minni | 09-06 | https://x.com/26minni/status/2096593082376683562 |
| X | @Mistyati_M | 09-06 | https://x.com/Mistyati_M/status/2096580260573929568 |
| X | @Mistyati_M | 09-06 | https://x.com/Mistyati_M/status/2096580330404925865 |
| X | @Mistyati_M | 09-06 | https://x.com/Mistyati_M/status/2096580437942682017 |
| X | @Mistyati_M | 09-06 | https://x.com/Mistyati_M/status/2096580504099443149 |
| X | @Mistyati_M | 09-06 | https://x.com/Mistyati_M/status/2096580750514741296 |
| X | @camiyaxoxo | 09-06 | https://x.com/camiyaxoxo/status/2096583382998401176 |
| TikTok | lily_army.ly | 09-06 | https://www.tiktok.com/@lily_army.ly/video/7682315623749143829 |
| X | @lolllplllljjs | 09-06 | https://x.com/lolllplllljjs/status/2096683812369334751 |
| X | @SsttaarryyKTH | 09-06 | https://x.com/SsttaarryyKTH/status/2096683075778576752 |
| X | @Girlie1666346 | 09-06 | https://x.com/Girlie1666346/status/2096682805690556567 |
| X | @Thvjk24055h | 09-06 | https://x.com/Thvjk24055h/status/2096676638456991806 |
| X | @xia861 | 09-06 | https://x.com/xia861/status/2096721818833031560 |
| X | @xia861 | 09-06 | https://x.com/xia861/status/2096721649358057838 |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 08-26 | https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcf8qtnmIXI/ |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 08-27 | https://www.instagram.com/p/Dch4SanGCN7/ |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 08-31 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DcsgPEomM4P/ |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 09-01 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DcvZldimIKt/ |
| X | @rvikefil3s | 09-06 | https://x.com/rvikefil3s/status/2096691680434897323 |
| X | @g3rgam | 09-06 | https://x.com/g3rgam/status/2096721963695923258 |
| X | @jae_mae07 | 09-06 | https://x.com/jae_mae07/status/2096721600804524100 |
| X | @lolllplllljjs | 09-06 | https://x.com/lolllplllljjs/status/2096683676515865070 |
| TikTok | miljbts | 09-07 | https://www.tiktok.com/@miljbts/video/7682651629425872149 |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 08-21 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DcTEwpymL3q/ |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 08-26 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DcfIBKzGKXh/ |
| TikTok | sonhiei | 09-07 | https://www.tiktok.com/@sonhiei/video/7682585581880085781 |
| TikTok | maggiemayrun | 08-24 | https://www.tiktok.com/@maggiemayrun/video/7677454789298457874 |
| TikTok | miljbts | 09-07 | https://www.tiktok.com/@miljbts/video/7682654290665606420 |
| TikTok | carolineaccetta | 08-29 | https://www.tiktok.com/@carolineaccetta/video/7679486137471126814 |
| TikTok | emi98.bts | 09-06 | https://www.tiktok.com/@emi98.bts/video/7682472694654274839 |
| TikTok | 7jungkook42 | 08-30 | https://www.tiktok.com/@7jungkook42/video/7679679281928113428 |
| X | @btsdatarchive | 09-07 | https://x.com/btsdatarchive/status/2096965314864873640 |
| X | @hoonr_kive | 09-07 | https://x.com/hoonr_kive/status/2096965455345070526 |
| YouTube | Btsonlyhk | 07-13 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_dY1uVgRO4 |
| X | @USARMYonAppleM | 09-07 | https://x.com/USARMYonAppleM/status/2096950843039694944 |
| X | @26minni | 09-07 | https://x.com/26minni/status/2096962955846058012 |
| X | @tomatoes3333oit | 09-07 | https://x.com/tomatoes3333oit/status/2096956218950758867 |
| X | @salmonied | 09-07 | https://x.com/salmonied/status/2096959455984484767 |
| YouTube | The Sedighis Concerts | 07-12 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFard6QJra8 |
| YouTube | AJ-Hope / BTS Army 💜 | 09-02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXEsYcnhWHQ |
| YouTube | Resham Kumari | 09-07 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sa7laERyYw |
| X | @whysoroundie | 09-07 | https://x.com/whysoroundie/status/2096963407924883793 |
| X | @SsttaarryyKTH | 09-07 | https://x.com/SsttaarryyKTH/status/2096962285193589000 |
| YouTube | The Concert Archive | 08-28 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RxyRhpg7-I |
| YouTube | Kpop Concert Tours | 09-07 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54VgPXdu59s |
| X | @seokjininha | 09-07 | https://x.com/seokjininha/status/2097088661460255055 |
| X | @kimchinewsmx | 09-07 | https://x.com/kimchinewsmx/status/2097077841552674944 |
| X | @kindviet | 09-07 | https://x.com/kindviet/status/2097076122802335992 |
| X | @sunjayscart | 09-07 | https://x.com/sunjayscart/status/2097089439545831639 |
| YouTube | ShakyShorty | 08-23 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8-SuBe-Mbc |
| YouTube | KPOP Focus Stage | 09-06 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbn-gS5AZ1o |
| X | @PatriciaNichy99 | 09-07 | https://x.com/PatriciaNichy99/status/2097073852211703995 |
| X | @itakteez | 09-07 | https://x.com/itakteez/status/2097075230736777587 |
| X | @2fastcloud | 09-07 | https://x.com/2fastcloud/status/2097087440393564414 |

## Attribution
Measured and published by KTRENZ (https://ktrenz.com). Cite as: "KTRENZ Release Reach, BTS 'Butter' hits 1.5 billion Spotify streams — group's third track to reach the mark".