



Ranking done by University News Network. 2000 university students are surveyed every year for this ranking.





1997

1) Seo Taiji (13.2%)





1998

1) Um Jung Hwa (7.8%)





1999

1) Yoo Seung Joon (8.6%)

2) Fin.K.L (8.5%)

3) Um Jung Hwa (6.4%)





2000

1) Seo Taiji





2001

1) Jo Sung Mo (9.1%)

2) Seo Taiji (8.2%)

3) Yoo Seung Joon (8%)

4) Shin Seung Hoon (6%)

5) god (5.8%)





2002

1) YB Band (7.6%)

2) Rain (6.1%)

3) Park Jung Hyun (5.5%)

4) Seo Taiji (4.6%)

5) BoA (4.3%)





2003

1) Lee Hyori





2004

1) Rain (10.4%)

2) BoA (8.8%)

3) Seo Taiji (5.8%)





2005

1) Rain (13.5%)

2) BoA (8.4%)

3) Seo Taiji (4.8%)





2006

1) Rain (24.1%)

2) BoA (13.1%)

3) Seo Taiji (9.3%)





2007

1) Rain (8.4%)

2) SG Wannabe (3.5%)

3) TVXQ (3.2%)





2008

1) Bigbang (11.6%)

2) Seo Taiji (5.5%)

3) Rain (5.1%)

4) Wonder Girls (3.7%)





2009

1) 2PM (9.0%)

2) Girls' Generation (4.5%)

3) Rain (4.0%)

4) Lee Hyori

5) TVXQ

6) Seo Taiji





2010

1) Girls' Generation (5.1%)

2) BoA (4.4%)

3) Rain (4.2%)

4) Lee Hyori, TVXQ (2.3%)

5) Lee Seunggi, Seo Taiji (2.3%)





2011

1) Girls' Generation (16.7%)





2012

1) Girls' Generation (6.9%)

2) Psy (6.6%)

3) BoA (5.5%)

4) Sung Si Kyung (3.7%)

5) IU (3.7%)





2013

1) Girls' Generation (12.7%)

2) Super Junior (6.3%)

3) Bigbang (3.7%)

4) EXO (2.8%)

5) Cho Yong Pil (2.5%)





2014

1) IU (6.4%)

2) Bigbang (5.5%)

3) Park Hyo Shin (3.0%)

4) JYJ (2.9%)

5) Sung Si Kyung (2.7%)





2015

1) Girls' Generation (17.9%)

2) IU (8.9%)

3) Bigbang (8.0%)

4) Park Hyo Shin (3.5%)

5) Sung Si Kyung (1.8%)





2016

1) Girls' Generation (12.7%)

2) Park Hyo Shin (4.4%)

3) IU (4.0%)

4) Bigbang (3.7%)

5) Lee Sun Hee (1.5%)





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Instiz : Artists preferred by university students in 2016





- Lim Chang Jung deserves to be in 2016 ranking





- Ohh I see EXO





- God Soshi ㅠㅠ





- Park Hyo Shin took a long hiatus but he's still doing well ㅠㅠ





- SNSD was #1 for 6 years, as expected of God's Generation <3