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• 01

  d'Alba Waterfull Tone-up Sunscreen

  Ranked the #1 riser in Shopee's K-beauty category in April 2026. The same brand's Best Glow combo also made the top five.

  #01

• VT Reedle Shot 2-Step Hydrogel Mask

  A two-step set: ampoule first, hydrogel mask second. Sold on fast calming and hydration.

  Set

• Medicube Age-R Booster Pro

  A home-care device Olive Young flagged as a hot product, and the centre of the buy-the-machine, treat-yourself-at-home shift.

  Device

• CLIO x Korea Heritage Service eye palette

  A Pro Eye Palette Air edition made with the Korea Heritage Service sold out in both colourways.

  Sold out

• Dive In low-molecular hyaluronic acid serum

  High in the Hwahae rankings, which sit on 1.03 million user reviews. Sold on low-molecular hyaluronic acid for absorption.

  Reviews

• Ceramide Mochi Toner and Atobarrier 365 Cream

  Both sit high in Hwahae's cosmetics Top 100, and both lead with ceramides and barrier repair.

  Barrier

• Mediheal mask, Bioderma toner, Beplain cleansing foam

  Mediheal Essential Mask (#1 sheet mask, 3.1 billion sheets to date), Bioderma Hydrabio toner and Beplain mung-bean cleansing foam (20 million units sold) took the top of Olive Young's September list.

  Steady seller

• Daiso beauty: 290 new products at once

  Daiso's June event brought roughly 290 new SKUs from brands like Klavuu, TWOEDIT and Bonsep; July added about 920 more under a "Summer Glossy" push, and sellouts ran across some 800 beauty lines.

  Value

• Nock Archive

  Known for a vintage-can body toner, blending oils shaped like chess pieces, and a pouch-refill serum mist.

  Emerging

• Olive Young tops brand reputation

  Olive Young took #1 in the September 2026 cosmetics-retailer brand reputation index, though total data volume fell 4.92% from the previous month.

  #1 reputation

• Lush leads vegan cosmetics, index up 23.63%

  Lush took #1 in the September 2026 vegan-cosmetics reputation index at 1,496,687, up 23.63% month on month.

  Vegan

• TIRTIR takes over Shopee's K-beauty top five

  Three of the top five fastest-rising products on Shopee in January 2026 were TIRTIR items, led by the Mask Fit AI Filter cushion. K-beauty e-commerce exports passed $1 billion in a half-year for the first time, at $1.0353 billion.

  Exports

• Sun care splits by texture

  Past creams and sticks, sun gels, serums and ampoules are now on the popular lists — SKIN1004's sun serum, Botanic Farm's sun gel, Fromliere's sun ampoule.

  New formats

• Pack cleanser

  Leave it on the face for a minute and it claims to clear pores, hydrate and firm. A standout at the Olive Young sale.

  New format

• Ingredient-led beauty

  The axis of K-beauty as the Olive Young sale showed it: shoppers read the ingredient list before the brand name.

  Ingredients
• 01

  Dear Sonyeo Moisture Burst Jelly Pack

  No. 1 overall in Olive Young's "Today's Ranking". The 10-sheet hydrating/cica set is down from ₩15,000 to about ₩9,900, and the listing claims "1 million sold out".

  #01Sheet mask
• 02

  Flymeal Protein Shake

  No. 2 overall in Olive Young's "Today's Ranking". The 45 g pack sells for about ₩3,900, buy one get one.

  #02Health food
• 04

  Anua PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule Mist

  No. 4 overall in Olive Young's "Today's Ranking". The 100 ml two-pack is down from ₩70,000 to ₩31,900. The same brand's PDRN serums sit at 12 and 20.

  #04PDRN

Beauty Olive Young bestsellers — see all →

Sources · Olive Young Today's Ranking · Olive Young Newsroom · Hwahae rankings · Shopee K-beauty report · Harper's Bazaar Korea · 일간투데이 Brand reputation

• 01

  Chuseok gift-set pre-orders close today

  CU is taking pre-orders on about 710 Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) gift sets until September 18. Emart24 has about 30% more fresh-food sets than last year. The range now runs from gold bars and liquor to character goods and humanoid robots.

  ChuseokEnds today

• CU tops September convenience-store brand reputation

  In the Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute's September 2026 brand-reputation analysis of convenience stores, CU ranked first, GS25 second and 7-Eleven third. CU's top associated keywords were "RESCENE", "charity coins" and "smoothies".

  Brand reputationCU

• emart24 x Ppangtube Pony, season 2

  emart24 launched five breads and desserts — corn, injeolmi and others — with dessert creator Ppangtube Pony.

  Convenience storesCollab

• GS25 Soft triangle kimbap

  GS25 spent about a year on the process to launch a reworked triangle kimbap built around the taste of the rice itself.

  Convenience storesReady meals

• Convenience-store highballs: triple-digit growth three years running

  CU highball sales grew 553% in 2023, 315% in 2024 and 190% in 2025, with the zero-sugar lineup still expanding.

  HighballZero sugar

• Culinary Class Wars tie-ins

  Products made with Culinary Class Wars are in the stores — watch the dish, buy the dish.

  Collab

• Wasabi pollock-roe balls, crab-flavour snacks, a steak ice bar

  Familiar categories keep getting unfamiliar flavours. Shelf turnover is fast enough that a miss costs little.

  New launch

• Small luxury

  The convenience store has become a place that curates trends. People who can't buy the big thing still buy the small satisfaction.

  Spending

Food Convenience-store & dining launches — see all →

Sources · 일간투데이 9월 Convenience stores Brand reputation · Travel & Taste · Cook & Chef News · Seoul Tourism Organization

• iPhone Duo

  Apple's first foldable iPhone, announced Sept 9. Korea is a first-wave country: pre-orders open Oct 16 at 9 p.m., sales start Oct 23. From KRW 3.29 million (256GB) to KRW 5.09 million (2TB).

  AppleOut 10.23

Sources · Danawa DPG · Electronic Times · Samsung Newsroom

• 01

  "Autumn clothes" searches up 53x · light padded jackets up 718%

  On Musinsa, Korea's largest fashion platform, searches for "autumn clothes" rose about 53x year on year. August sales of light padded jackets jumped 718%, followed by spring/autumn coats (247%), fleece (218%), knits and sweaters (95%) and long-sleeve tees (94%). Musinsa is running an "Autumn '26 New Arrivals Week" online and offline from September 11 to October 5, with up to 15% off.

  53x+718%

Sources · 뉴스핌 (2026.09.11) · Korea Fashion News 가을 new launches 위크 · JoongAng Economy News

Sources · KBWhy it's up · Univ. Tomorrow 20s Lab

• 88% of Chuseok bookings are within a five-hour flight

  Among overseas bookings departing September 23-27, destinations within roughly a five-hour flight made up about 88%. By country, Japan took 32.8% and China 25.4%, 58.2% combined. By search volume, Taiwan passed Thailand and the Philippines to reach No. 4.

  88%Chuseok

Sources · Travel을말하다 추석 예약 measured (2026.09.06) · Booking.com 2026 Korea travel trends · Trip.com

• 01

  Original audio — matty.carlyocho

  #1 on Instagram rising audio. 0:12 long, 2.1K reels.

  #01New
• 02

  September — Earth, Wind & Fire

  #2 on Instagram rising audio. 3:35 long, 189K reels.

  #02Flat
• 03

  Original audio — taddaa.co

  #3 on Instagram rising audio. 0:12 long, 4.3K reels.

  #03Up
• 04

  폼폼 — soooob

  #4 on Instagram rising audio. 2:09 long, 3K reels.

  #04Up
• 05

  아이고 힘들다 — Melopaper

  #5 on Instagram rising audio. 2:13 long, 3.3K reels.

  #05Up
• 06

  FALLEN ANGEL — JENNIE

  #6 on Instagram rising audio. 3:20 long, 13K reels.

  #06Down
• 07

  Original audio — nctwish_official

  #7 on Instagram rising audio. 0:10 long, 2.7K reels.

  #07Up
• 08

  house float on the water — いろんなためいき

  #8 on Instagram rising audio. 2:23 long, 8.9K reels.

  #08Up
• 09

  NANA NANA — Dinix Music

  #9 on Instagram rising audio. 1:03 long, 7.9K reels.

  #09Flat
• 10

  Heart Drop — RESCENE (리센느)

  #10 on Instagram rising audio. 3:03 long, 4.3K reels.

  #10Up
• 11

  자! 주목! — soooob

  #11 on Instagram rising audio. 1:37 long, 1.2K reels.

  #11Up
• 12

  Skibidi — Girls' Generation-HRS

  #12 on Instagram rising audio. — long, 1.1K reels.

  #12Up
• 13

  헤드라인 — 긴급뉴스

  #13 on Instagram rising audio. 1:13 long, 4.9K reels.

  #13Down
• 14

  Every Day Was Beautiful — celestineday

  #14 on Instagram rising audio. 2:12 long, 1K reels.

  #14Up
• 15

  Original audio — imkeonroot

  #15 on Instagram rising audio. 0:14 long, 346 reels.

  #15Down
• 16

  노스탈지아 — BIG Naughty (서동현)

  #16 on Instagram rising audio. 3:15 long, 1K reels.

  #16Down
• 17

  쇼팽 녹턴 2번 E flat 장조, Op. 9 No. 2 — 박은식

  #17 on Instagram rising audio. 4:30 long, 1.8K reels.

  #17New
• 18

  작고 예쁜 그림 한장 — Dodam

  #18 on Instagram rising audio. 2:20 long, 5.9K reels.

  #18Up
• 19

  always with me ~ ghibli — Toru

  #19 on Instagram rising audio. 3:40 long, 6.7K reels.

  #19Up
• 20

  꿈꾸던 어른이 되었나요? — 머무르

  #20 on Instagram rising audio. 3:28 long, 3K reels.

  #20Down
• 21

  September — Clay K Slider

  #21 on Instagram rising audio. 4:07 long, 2K reels.

  #21Up
• 22

  연애의 조건 (Love Options) — 베스티

  #22 on Instagram rising audio. 3:15 long, 1.1K reels.

  #22Up
• 23

  [본격!챌린지대작전!!] PLAYYY — 왜요쌤(지윤정)

  #23 on Instagram rising audio. 2:14 long, 114 reels.

  #23New
• 24

  night letter — Hoonnie

  #24 on Instagram rising audio. 2:36 long, 177 reels.

  #24New
• 26

  To the Infinity Castle - Muzan vs Hash… — Diego Mitre

  #26 on Instagram rising audio. 5:06 long, 4.4K reels.

  #26New
• 27

  静かな夜が、私を抱きしめる — gamza

  #27 on Instagram rising audio. 1:46 long, 2K reels.

  #27Down
• 28

  꽃길만 걷자 (feat. Fleekman) — 버블 사운드

  #28 on Instagram rising audio. 3:34 long, 44K reels.

  #28New
• 29

  아주 NICE — 세븐틴

  #29 on Instagram rising audio. 3:13 long, 10K reels.

  #29Up
• 30

  Momentum in bloom — sueyalike

  #30 on Instagram rising audio. 2:45 long, 2.1K reels.

  #30Up
• 31

  Today Was Enough — jehoda

  #31 on Instagram rising audio. 2:55 long, 8.2K reels.

  #31New
• 32

  옴뇸뇸 — BGM President

  #32 on Instagram rising audio. 2:12 long, 6.3K reels.

  #32Up
• 33

  가을에 만나 — 윤건

  #33 on Instagram rising audio. 3:43 long, 2.9K reels.

  #33New
• 34

  넌 할수 있어라고 말해 주세요 — 동요

  #34 on Instagram rising audio. 2:08 long, 1.1K reels.

  #34New
• 35

  Training Season (Live from the Royal… — Dua Lipa

  #35 on Instagram rising audio. 3:41 long, 26K reels.

  #35Down
• 36

  Calm but ready — sueyalike

  #36 on Instagram rising audio. 3:30 long, 1.6K reels.

  #36Down
• 37

  REVENGE (Super Slowed) — 1HXSX, wnorg17

  #37 on Instagram rising audio. 2:02 long, 86K reels.

  #37New

Instagram Rising audio — see all →

Sources · Instagram Instagram app, Reels audio "Rising" list (checked 2026.09.06 04:05 KST) · ContentsPilot

• 01

  #animefyp

  No. 1 on TikTok Creative Center Korea (7 days). 22.7K posts, 8.9M views. Category: News & Entertainment.

  #01News & Ent
• 02

  #leagueoflegends

  No. 2 on TikTok Creative Center Korea (7 days). 22.1K posts, 9.2M views. Category: Games.

  #02게임
• 03

  #jjk

  No. 3 on TikTok Creative Center Korea (7 days). 20.4K posts, 8M views. Category: News & Entertainment.

  #03News & Ent
• 01

  #올영세일

  No. 1 on TikTok Creative Center Korea (30 days). 5.3K posts, 60.9M views. Category: Beauty & Personal Care.

  지난주 3위 ▲2#01Beauty & Personal Care
• 02

  #wildrift

  No. 2 on TikTok Creative Center Korea (30 days). 32.7K posts, 16.8M views. Category: Games.

  #02게임
• 03

  #가을코디

  No. 3 on TikTok Creative Center Korea (30 days). 9.6K posts, 44M views. Category: Apparel & Accessories.

  지난주 2위 ▼1#03Apparel & Accessories

TikTok Rising hashtags — see all →

Sources · TikTok Creative Center (Korea)

• 01

  KATSEYE (캣츠아이) 'Hootie Frutti' Official MV

  #1 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #4 across Asia overall.

  지난주 3위 ▲2#01Music video
• 02

  KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "Animal" Official MV

  #2 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #6 across Asia overall.

  지난주 4위 ▲2#02Music video
• 03

  PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(강남Style) M/V

  #3 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #8 across Asia overall.

  지난주 5위 ▲2#03Music video
• 04

  ILLIT (아일릿) ‘It’s Me’ Official MV

  #4 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #9 across Asia overall.

  지난주 7위 ▲3#04Music video
• 05

  LE SSERAFIM (르세라핌) x ILLIT (아일릿) x KATSEYE (캣츠아이) 'ICONIC BY MISTAKE' Official MV

  #5 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #10 across Asia overall.

  지난주 6위 ▲1#05Music video
• 06

  BTS (방탄소년단) '2.0' Official MV

  #6 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #19 across Asia overall.

  지난주 8위 ▲2#06Music video
• 07

  ENHYPEN (엔하이픈) 'Bloody Paradise' Official MV

  #7 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #27 across Asia overall.

  지난주 9위 ▲2#07Music video
• 08

  KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "Gameboy” Official MV

  #8 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #49 across Asia overall.

  지난주 10위 ▲2#08Music video
• 09

  BTS (방탄소년단) 'Dynamite' Official MV

  #9 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #58 across Asia overall.

  지난주 11위 ▲2#09Music video
• 10

  LE SSERAFIM (르세라핌) 'BOOMPALA' OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE FILM

  #10 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #66 across Asia overall.

  지난주 12위 ▲2#10Music video
• 11

  LE SSERAFIM (르세라핌) 'Made My Night (feat. EJAE)' Official Visualizer

  #11 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #71 across Asia overall.

  #11Music video
• 12

  소연 (SOYEON) '퇴사할게여 (Narr. 기안84)' Official Music Video

  #12 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #73 across Asia overall.

  지난주 1위 ▼11#12Music video
• 13

  TUIDE (튜이드) ‘SUN KISS’ Official MV

  #13 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #76 across Asia overall.

  #13Music video
• 14

  LE SSERAFIM (르세라핌) x ILLIT (아일릿) x KATSEYE (캣츠아이) 'ICONIC BY MISTAKE' Dance Practice

  #14 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #77 across Asia overall.

  지난주 13위 ▼1#14Music video
• 15

  CORTIS (코르티스) 'REDRED' Official MV

  #15 among Korean-artist videos on kworb Asia realtime; #89 across Asia overall.

  지난주 14위 ▼1#15Music video

YouTube Long-form Top 30 — see all →

Sources · kworb Asia realtime chart · TubeBoard creator rankings

• 01

  Jung Kook — Seven (w/ Latto)

  #1 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 4위 ▲3#01No change
• 02

  CORTIS — REDRED

  #2 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 1위 ▼1#02+1 vs yesterday
• 03

  RESCENE — LOVE ATTACK

  #3 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 2위 ▼1#03-1 vs yesterday
• 04

  BIG Naughty — Nostalgia

  #4 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 3위 ▼1#04No change
• 05

  Jimin — Who

  #5 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #05No change
• 06

  IU — Dear my crazy soulmate

  #6 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #06+5 vs yesterday
• 08

  Redoor — Forever Has Always Been

  #8 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #08-1 vs yesterday
• 09

  RESCENE — Deja Vu

  #9 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 13위 ▲4#09No change
• 10

  RESCENE — Pretty Girl

  #10 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 9위 ▼1#10No change
• 11

  ATEEZ — BAD

  #11 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 12위 ▲1#11+2 vs yesterday
• 12

  HANRORO — 0+0

  #12 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 8위 ▼4#12+2 vs yesterday
• 13

  aespa — LEMONADE

  #13 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 6위 ▼7#13-7 vs yesterday
• 14

  KiiiKiii — Pop Off Pop Off

  #14 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 11위 ▼3#14+1 vs yesterday
• 15

  Post Malone — Sunflower - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (w/ Swae Lee)

  #15 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 10위 ▼5#15-3 vs yesterday
• 16

  IU — Unknown Planet

  #16 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #16+4 vs yesterday
• 17

  HANRORO — Landing in Love

  #17 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 14위 ▼3#17-1 vs yesterday
• 18

  Nerd Connection — If I have you only (My love X Nerd Connection)

  #18 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 19위 ▲1#18-1 vs yesterday
• 19

  Hearts2Hearts — RUDE!

  #19 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 16위 ▼3#19-1 vs yesterday
• 20

  ILLIT — It's Me

  #20 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 18위 ▼2#20+1 vs yesterday
• 21

  BIGBANG — BiiiG

  #21 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 15위 ▼6#21-2 vs yesterday
• 22

  HANRORO — Let Me Love My Youth

  #22 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 17위 ▼5#22+1 vs yesterday
• 23

  I.O.I — Suddenly

  #23 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 24위 ▲1#23+1 vs yesterday
• 24

  Hearts2Hearts — Lemon Tang

  #24 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 21위 ▼3#24-2 vs yesterday
• 25

  WOODZ — Drowning

  #25 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 23위 ▼2#25+3 vs yesterday
• 26

  TUIDE — SUN KISS

  #26 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 22위 ▼4#26-1 vs yesterday
• 27

  KiiiKiii — 404 (New Era)

  #27 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 26위 ▼1#27No change
• 28

  Girls' Generation-HRS — Skibidi

  #28 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 37위 ▲9#28-2 vs yesterday
• 29

  JANNABI — for lovers who hesitate

  #29 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 40위 ▲11#29+3 vs yesterday
• 30

  Nerd Connection — ‎Good Night Good Dream

  #30 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #30No change
• 31

  Woo — We Are (w/ Loco, GRAY)

  #31 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 28위 ▼3#31-2 vs yesterday
• 32

  데이먼스 이어 Damons year — yours

  #32 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 31위 ▼1#32+1 vs yesterday
• 33

  The Black Skirts — Ling Ling

  #33 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #33-2 vs yesterday
• 34

  RESCENE — Runaway

  #34 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 35위 ▲1#34+3 vs yesterday
• 35

  D.O. — Guitarist

  #35 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #35No change
• 36

  OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM — Pretender

  #36 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 33위 ▼3#36-2 vs yesterday
• 37

  Lim Young Woong — ToTo

  #37 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #37+1 vs yesterday
• 38

  TAEYEON — Bansanka

  #38 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 36위 ▼2#38-2 vs yesterday
• 39

  Hearts2Hearts — FOCUS

  #39 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 45위 ▲6#39+6 vs yesterday
• 40

  Epik High — Love Love Love

  #40 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 39위 ▼1#40+1 vs yesterday
• 41

  YENA — Catch Catch

  #41 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 42위 ▲1#41+1 vs yesterday
• 42

  JENNIE — Less than a Lover

  #42 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 32위 ▼10#42-2 vs yesterday
• 43

  ENHYPEN — Bloody Paradise

  #43 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 34위 ▼9#43+3 vs yesterday
• 44

  BTS — SWIM

  #44 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 41위 ▼3#44-1 vs yesterday
• 45

  fromis_9 — Vitamin ME

  #45 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 46위 ▲1#45+2 vs yesterday
• 46

  BOL4 — Please Summer!

  #46 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 43위 ▼3#46-2 vs yesterday
• 47

  JENNIE — FALLEN ANGEL

  #47 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 27위 ▼20#47-8 vs yesterday
• 49

  Hearts2Hearts — STYLE

  #49 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 44위 ▼5#49No change
• 50

  Jin — Don’t Say You Love Me

  #50 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 38위 ▼12#50No change
• 52

  Lim Young Woong — Please Be Happy

  #52 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  #52-4 vs yesterday
• 53

  LEE CHANHYUK — Endangered Love

  #53 on the Spotify Korea daily chart.

  지난주 47위 ▼6#53-2 vs yesterday

Music Spotify Korea — see all →

Sources · Spotify Korea daily (kworb)

• 01

  The Intern

  Released 2026.09.16. No. 1 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #01
• 02

  The Odyssey

  Released 2026.08.05. No. 2 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #02
• 03

  Resident Evil: Night Zero

  Released 2026.09.17. No. 3 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #03
• 04

  Obsession

  Released 2026.09.02. No. 4 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #04
• 05

  Spider-Man: Brand New Day

  Released 2026.07.29. No. 5 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #05
• 06

  The Drama

  Released 2026.09.09. No. 6 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #06
• 07

  Coming of Age

  Released 2026.09.16. No. 7 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #07
• 08

  Gills

  Released 2026.09.09. No. 8 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #08
• 09

  Gyeongju Travelogue

  Released 2026.08.26. No. 9 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #09
• 10

  Sing Again

  Released 2026.09.02. No. 10 in daily admissions (KOFIC ticketing data).

  #10

Box Office Daily admissions — see all →

Sources · MovieChart · KOFIC ticketing data

• 01

  League of Legends

  MOBA from Riot Games. No. 1 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #01AOS
• 02

  FC Online

  Sports from EA Korea Studio. No. 2 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #02Sports
• 03

  Valorant

  FPS from Riot Games. No. 3 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #03FPS
• 04

  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

  FPS from Krafton. No. 4 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #04FPS
• 05

  MapleStory

  MMORPG from Wizet Studio. No. 5 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #05MMORPG
• 06

  Overwatch 2

  FPS from Blizzard. No. 6 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #06FPS
• 07

  Sudden Attack

  FPS from Nexon GT. No. 7 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #07FPS
• 08

  Roblox

  Role-playing from Roblox Corporation. No. 8 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #08RPG
• 09

  StarCraft

  RTS from Blizzard. No. 9 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #09RTS
• 10

  Aion 2

  MMORPG from NCSoft. No. 10 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #10MMORPG
• 11

  Lost Ark

  MMORPG from Smilegate RPG. No. 11 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #11MMORPG
• 12

  Lineage

  MMORPG from NCSoft. No. 12 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #12MMORPG
• 13

  Dungeon & Fighter

  Action RPG from Neople. No. 13 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #13Action RPG
• 14

  MapleStory Worlds

  Other from Nexon. No. 14 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #14Other
• 15

  Minecraft

  Adventure from Mojang. No. 15 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #15Adventure
• 16

  Path of Exile 2

  MMORPG from Grinding Gear Games. No. 16 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #16MMORPG
• 17

  Eternal Return

  Strategy shooter from Nimble Neuron. No. 17 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #17Strategy / Shooter
• 18

  Eclipse: The Awakening

  MMORPG from NPIXEL. No. 18 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #18MMORPG
• 19

  Diablo II

  Action RPG from Blizzard. No. 19 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #19Action RPG
• 20

  TalesRunner

  Racing from Raon Entertainment. No. 20 overall, combining portal trends, PC-bang usage, streaming viewers and user votes.

  #20Racing

Games Korea — see all →

Sources · GameMeca Popular games

• 01

  Bamti · guilty bamti · bamti-ness

  "Bamti" describes a person, object or situation that looks subtly tacky or naff. It started as a meme image built on a player name from the game LINE PLAY and spread through online communities. In 2026 it grew spin-offs: "guilty bamti" (tacky but you like it), "bamti vibes" and "bamti-ness". Trend outlet Careet covered it on September 16 as "the opposite of bamti is Jang Won-young".

  SlangSeptember

Sources · 캐릿 "요즘 뜨는 Memes" (2026.09.16) · Harper's Bazaar Korea · Gogumafarm · Preply Slang survey