Hello, everyone!

Without further ado, we present the 2025 r/bangtan Census results!

Note that all links lead to YouTube unless otherwise noted

The complete version can be found in our lovely wiki: CLICK HERE

Here are some quick stats from the census:

⭐We got different stars and stories, We got different nights and mornings 🌄

  • The census submission period was from October 11th to December 31st UTC-11.
  • There were roughly 713,000 subscribers at the time of census closing and we received 912 responses in total
  • Disappointingly, the participation percentage has declined a lot from previous years. Only 0.13% of subscribed users took the census. (This made /u/lisafancypants cry but she loves you all anyway.)

Forever ever ever, we are young 👶

  • Once again, 🏅30 year olds (5.04%) are the the largest age group, followed by 37 (4.61%) and 35 year olds at a close 3rd (4.39%).

  • Ages ran from the youngest at 13 to the oldest at 75!

🏅The top age range goes to the 30-34 year olds again at 20%

💜Who is my heart waiting for? 💜

  • The singletons are once again the majority of respondents (56.1%).
  • Married ARMY come in a distant second (27.4%). As far as we know, none of the grooms were Min Yoongi.
  • Five of our number are expecting literal baby ARMY! Teach them well!
  • ARMY pet owners in the sub come in at an impressive 48.6%. Sub mascot [Yeontan](LINK) has lots of brothers and sisters! 🐨🐹🐱🐿️🐥🐻🐰

Now this place where you are, this a new home to me 🗺️

  • Respondents came from 71 different countries/territories!

  • A good percentage of the sub is from the United States (49.3%) 🇺🇸, followed by India (6.4%), and the United Kingdom (6.3%). Canada and Germany are close behind.

  • Other top countries are: Australia, Philippines, Brazil and France!

I’ll be forever me 🫰

  • Female respondents once again take the stop spot (90.5%), followed by non-binary (4.1%) then male (3.7%)
  • Like last year, a high percentage are straight (60.3%), followed by bisexual (18.4%), then asexual (9.1%)

🫂 We were only seven (hundred thousand) but we have you all now

A majority of respondents found us in 🏅2025 (27.6%)! Welcome! We love you!

2024 was also a big year (14.8%), with 2020 rounding out the top three (13%).

In the darkness, they are my oxygen and light

  • As has been the case for several years, the most biased BTS member is 😺 SUGA (21.6%) and the most biased BT21 member is🏅RJ (25.5%).

For the ARMY Time Census, we only had 653 respondents, which…fair. This one is HARD!

Here are a few of the winners:

🎤They juss keep poppin, I listened to them all the time 🎶

  • For the nth year in a row, 🏅Spring Day (30.3%) takes home the top spot for favorite Korean song and 🏅Ddaeng(60.5%) tops the additional releases.
  • 🏅Map Of The Soul: 7 (49.6%) is the favorite album among respondents, followed by ‘Love Yourself: Tear’ (33.4% and ‘The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever’ (32.3%)
  • 🏅D-Day by Agust D (75.8%) was overwhelmingly voted as favorite solo album, with Jung Kook’s ‘Golden’ in second place (59.1%) and RM’s ‘Indigo’ coming in third (54.5%).

This song is a prize that I’m giving to you 🎧

We asked for song suggestions and received a ton! All recommendations were compiled, randomized 7 times and the top 100 can be found here:

/r/bangtan 2025 Census Playlist (Spotify)

👉 CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE 2025 R/BANGTAN CENSUS 👈

If you would like to compare this year’s census with the years prior, you can find them here:

Thank you to everyone that participated!! The census is really an important tool to learn more about the subreddit’s growth and how we can improve moderation based on the changes happening to /r/bangtan subscribers. Results also help us all realize how large and diverse r/bangtan ARMY truly are, and hopefully, can lead to understanding each other a little better.

Outside of important businessTM It's really lovely to know that we’re all growing with BTS and with each other. Let’s walk this flower path together for a long time. 💜

Sincerely,

Mods with luv

If you have any suggestions or feedback regarding the census, please let us know in the comments or shoot us a modmail! We're trying to make the census an easy/pleasant experience and would love to hear your thoughts!