Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40

Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40
Company type	Annual ranking
Industry	Media, Entertainment
Founded	2009
Area served	South Korea
Products	Celebrity rankings

Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 is an annual ranking released by Forbes Korea magazine since 2009. This list identifies the top forty most impactful figures in South Korea's sports and entertainment sectors, evaluated based on their accomplishments, media visibility, social media influence, frequency of public engagements, and earnings from the prior year. It functions as the Korean equivalent to the U.S.-based Highest-paid Celebrity 100, which is published yearly by Forbes.

2009

Rank	Name	Profession
1	Yuna Kim	Figure skater
2	Big Bang	Boy band
3	Wonder Girls	Girl group
4	Lee Hyori	Singer
5	Girls' Generation	Girl group
6	Park Ji-sung	Football player
7	Lee Seung-yuop	Baseball player
8	Rain	Singer
9	Yoo Jae-suk	Comedian and TV host
10	Kim Tae-hee	Actress

2010

Rank

Name

Profession

1

Yuna Kim

Figure skater

2

Girls' Generation

Girl group

3

Park Ji-sung

Football player

4

Lee Byung-hun

Actor

5

Big Bang

Boy band

6

Go Hyun-jung

Actress

7

Lee Seung-gi

Singer, actor, and TV host

8

Lee Hyo-ri

Singer

9

Yoo Jae-suk

Comedian and TV host

10

Kang Ho-dong

2011

Rank

Name

Profession

2012

! Rank ! Name ! Profession |} |- |1 |Girls' Generation |Girl group |- |2 |Big Bang |Boy band |- |3 |IU |Singer and actress |- |4 |Kara |Girl group |- |5 |Yuna Kim |Figure skater |- |6 |Lee Seung-gi |Singer, actor, and TV host |- |7 |Park Ji-sung |Football player |- |8 |Kim Tae-hee |Actress |- |9 |Beast |Boy group |- |10 |Park Tae-hwan |Swimmer

2013

! Rank ! Name ! Profession |} |- |1 |Psy |Singer |- |2 |Girls' Generation |Girl group |- |3 |Son Yeon-Jae |Rhythmic gymnast |- |4 |Kim Soo-hyun |Actor |- |5 |Big Bang |Boy band |- |6 |Park Tae-hwan |Swimmer |- |7 |Song Joong-ki |Actor |- |8 |IU |Singer and actress |- |9 |Yuna Kim |Figure skater |- |10 |Super Junior |Boy group

2014

! Position ! Individual/Group ! Occupation | |- | 1 | Girls' Generation | Female vocal ensemble | |- | 2 | Big Bang | Male vocal ensemble | |- | 3 | Bae Suzy | Vocalist, actress | |- | 4 | Ryu Hyun-Jin | Professional baseball athlete | |- | 5 | Exo | Male vocal ensemble | |- | 6 | Choo Shin-Soo | Professional baseball athlete | |- | 7 | TVXQ | Male vocal group | |- | 8 | Shinee | Male vocal group | |- | 9 | Yuna Kim | Figure skating athlete | |- | 10 | IU | Vocalist, actress |

2015

Position	Individual/Group	Occupation
1	Exo	Male vocal ensemble
2	Kim Soo-hyun	Actor
3	Yuna Kim	Figure skating athlete
4	Jun Ji-hyun	Actress
5	Son Yeon-jae	Rhythmic gymnastics athlete
6	Lee Seung-gi	Singer, actor, television host
7	Ryu Hyun-Jin	Professional baseball athlete
8	Son Heung-Min	Football athlete
9	Girls' Generation	Female vocal ensemble
10	Sistar	Female vocal ensemble

2016

Position	Individual/Group	Occupation
1	Exo	Male vocal ensemble
2	Yoo Ah-in	Actor
3	Hyeri	Singer, actress
4	Girls' Generation	Female vocal ensemble
5	Kim Soo-hyun	Actor
6	Big Bang	Male vocal ensemble
7	Inbee Park	Golf athlete
8	Jun Ji-hyun	Actress
9	IU	Vocalist, actress
10	Jung-ho Kang	Professional baseball athlete

2017

! Position ! Individual/Group ! Occupation | -

| 1 
| Park Bo-gum 
| rowspan="2" | Actor

| -

| 2 
| Song Joong-ki

| -

| 3 
| Twice 
| Female vocal ensemble

| -

| 4 
| Exo 
| rowspan="2" | Male vocal ensemble

| -

| 5 
| BTS

| -

| 6 
| Suzy 
| Vocalist, actress

| -

| 7 
| Song Hye-kyo 
| rowspan="2" | Actress

| -

| 8 
| Kim Yoo-jung

| -

| 9 
| Jo Jung-suk 
| Actor

| -

| 10 
| Oh Seung-hwan 
| Professional baseball athlete

|}

2018

! Position ! Individual/Group ! Occupation |- |1 |BTS |rowspan="2"|Male vocal ensemble |- |2 |Wanna One |- |3 |Twice |Female vocal ensemble |- |4 |Exo |Male vocal group |- |5 |IU |Vocalist, actress |- |6 |Song Hye-kyo |Actress |- |7 |Song Joong-ki |rowspan="2"|Actor |- |8 |Park Bo-gum |- |9 |Yuna Kim |Figure skating athlete |- |10 |Hyun-jin Ryu |Professional baseball athlete|}

2019

! Position ! Individual/Group ! Occupation |- |1 |Blackpink |Female vocal ensemble |- |2-3 rowspan=2| BTS

Wanna One

|- rowspan=2| Male vocal ensembles

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|- |

|

| 4

Kang Daniel

Vocalist

5

Red Velvet

Female vocal ensemble

6

Park Na-rae

Comedian

7

Hong Jin-young

Vocalist

8

Han Ji-min

Actress

9

Son Heung-min

Football athlete

10

Exo

Male vocal ensemble

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2020

Rank	Name	Occupation
1	BTS	Male music group
2	Hyun-jin Ryu	Professional baseball player
3	Blackpink	Female music group
4	Son Heung-min	Soccer player
5	Bong Joon-ho	Film director
6	Jun Hyun-moo	Television presenter
Park Na-rae Lee Soo-geun	Comedians
Park Na-rae Lee Soo-geun	9	Twice	Female music group
10	Kim Hee-chul	Singer and TV presenter

2021

Rank	Name	Occupation
1	BTS	Male music group
2	Blackpink	Female music group
3	Hyun-jin Ryu	Baseball athlete
4	Son Heung-min	Football athlete
5	Lim Young-woong	Vocalist
6	Kwang-hyun Kim	Baseball athlete
7	Yoo Jae-suk	Comedian and TV host
8	Young Tak	Singer
9	Jung Dong-won	Singer
10	Jang Yoon-jeong	Singer

2022

Rank	Name	Occupation
1	BTS	Male music group
2	Blackpink	Female music group
3	Son Heung-min	Football athlete
4	Hyun-jin Ryu	Baseball athlete
5	Lee Chan-won	Vocalist
6	Lee Seung-gi	Singer, actor, and TV presenter
7	Lim Young-woong	Vocalist
8	Youn Yuh-jung	Actress
9	Yoo Jae-suk	Comedian and TV host
10	Jang Minho	Vocalist

2023

Rank	Name	Occupation
1	BTS	Male music group
2	Son Heung-min	Football athlete
3	Blackpink	Female music group
4	Song Joong-ki	Actor

2025

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