# K-pop's biggest returns of 2026: BTS, Wanna One, IOI, and more came back

Release page: https://ktrenz.com/article/2026/09/kpop-biggest-returns-2026-bts-wanna-one-ioi
Reach map: https://ktrenz.com/reach-graph/kpop-biggest-returns-2026-bts-wanna-one-ioi
Artist: BTS — https://ktrenz.com/artisttag/BTS
Category: comeback
Published: 2026-09-25

## 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: 44
- Total AI reads: 100
- Distinct vendors: 6
- Window: 9 days from first to last crawl

| Vendor | Reads | Kind | Bots |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Meta | 49 | training | Meta-ExternalAgent 49×/3d |
| OpenAI | 44 | answer-time | OAI-SearchBot 44×/7d |
| Perplexity | 3 | training | PerplexityBot 3×/3d |
| Amazon | 2 | training | Amazonbot 2×/2d |
| Anthropic | 1 | training | ClaudeBot 1×/1d |
| Yandex | 1 | training | YandexBot 1×/1d |

## Human reach
- Media outlets that picked this up: 4
- Social posts tracked: 46

| Outlet | Lang | Date | Headline | URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sports Chosun | EN | 10-02 | Could IZ*ONE Reunite for Its 10th Anniversary? Kwon Eun-bi Says, "We’ve Been Talking Positively with the Members" | https://www.sportschosun.com/en/k-pop/2026-09-02/202609020100019650001125 |
| kprofiles.com | EN | 10-03 | kprofiles.com | https://kprofiles.com/october-2026-kpop-comebacks-debuts-releases/ |
| bias1.com | EN | 10-03 | bias1.com | https://www.bias1.com/2026/09/ |
| complex.com | EN | 10-03 | complex.com | https://www.complex.com/music/a/esperanza-rosenbaum/best-kpop-songs-2026 |

| Platform | Account | Date | URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 09-26 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DdvrCuqmKav/ |
| TikTok | 613.1013 | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@613.1013/video/7691671852946607382 |
| TikTok | kookie3006 | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@kookie3006/video/7691654067801689396 |
| TikTok | jaevie_7 | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@jaevie_7/video/7691676769211927821 |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 09-17 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DdY6xztBLZr/ |
| TikTok | youknow_yoongi | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@youknow_yoongi/video/7691667399120129332 |
| TikTok | sv.adele | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@sv.adele/video/7691750836770245909 |
| TikTok | jaevie_7 | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@jaevie_7/video/7691680135371705630 |
| TikTok | mynameisjeff070 | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@mynameisjeff070/video/7691664269020106017 |
| TikTok | ot7mom | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@ot7mom/video/7691765752310828301 |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 09-23 | https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddnnhd5mJru/ |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 09-09 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DdEA-r-GP4S/ |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 09-09 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DdD8hJ8GDhC/ |
| Instagram | bts.bighitofficial | 09-10 | https://www.instagram.com/p/DdGdugWmK38/ |
| TikTok | zoeyxxx08 | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@zoeyxxx08/video/7691658417684974870 |
| TikTok | btsbrasil.7 | 09-21 | https://www.tiktok.com/@btsbrasil.7/video/7688111466460843282 |
| TikTok | viralversevorld | 09-20 | https://www.tiktok.com/@viralversevorld/video/7687574274311310622 |
| TikTok | moon.lvst | 10-01 | https://www.tiktok.com/@moon.lvst/video/7691837531977010462 |
| TikTok | bgrier103 | 09-08 | https://www.tiktok.com/@bgrier103/video/7683298402783808781 |
| TikTok | evymkdo | 10-02 | https://www.tiktok.com/@evymkdo/video/7691879272109182222 |
| TikTok | kookienickie | 08-23 | https://www.tiktok.com/@kookienickie/video/7677079888343354645 |
| TikTok | jesicaahlberg | 09-05 | https://www.tiktok.com/@jesicaahlberg/video/7681900184887987486 |
| YouTube | BTS LIVE | 09-30 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn4Y2AkrS9w |
| YouTube | Bts моя стихия | 10-01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0tdc2Ll9I8 |
| YouTube | BANGTANTV | 10-01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhB30FChG18 |
| YouTube | The Sedighis Concerts | 08-05 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVcJpJjavzE |
| YouTube | BANGTANTV | 09-30 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEDzDYmVXlg |
| TikTok | jaevie_7 | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@jaevie_7/video/7692266535053806879 |
| TikTok | 2025cynthia | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@2025cynthia/video/7692245852756266271 |
| TikTok | _xxsopdhe | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@_xxsopdhe/video/7692250113904856333 |
| TikTok | jk7bj | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@jk7bj/video/7692256447572249869 |
| TikTok | 7_jungk00k | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@7_jungk00k/video/7692258271486315807 |
| TikTok | jaevie_7 | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@jaevie_7/video/7692252054714141982 |
| TikTok | taeoppaari | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@taeoppaari/video/7692255119391345951 |
| TikTok | bts7babes | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@bts7babes/video/7692248324333751583 |
| YouTube | 연예ZIP | 10-02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQdVvSejGhQ |
| YouTube | 쓸모왕 | 10-02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHdZxg3zhX0 |
| YouTube | Break Espectáculos | 10-03 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlAM_bHXGsg |
| YouTube | ハマるK-POP | 10-02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-e3mzqC5uk |
| TikTok | kpopvibebts | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@kpopvibebts/video/7692409663840734485 |
| TikTok | vorticelatam | 10-02 | https://www.tiktok.com/@vorticelatam/video/7692094910035430677 |
| TikTok | jesstabv | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@jesstabv/video/7692588550855888180 |
| TikTok | 081_leka | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@081_leka/video/7692445220914367764 |
| TikTok | taetae....kookie | 10-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@taetae....kookie/video/7692568320960318741 |
| TikTok | luisacabelloa | 10-02 | https://www.tiktok.com/@luisacabelloa/video/7692049334732426514 |
| TikTok | sevenking636 | 09-03 | https://www.tiktok.com/@sevenking636/video/7681342911107157268 |

## Attribution
Measured and published by KTRENZ (https://ktrenz.com). Cite as: "KTRENZ Release Reach, K-pop's biggest returns of 2026: BTS, Wanna One, IOI, and more came back".