15 Worst K-pop Fandoms According to Fans — Are You Ready to Get Offended?

By Riely Miller Dec 03, 2023

On November 26, netizens gathered in an online thread titled, "The worst fandoms of each generation." The discussion was filled by both Korean and international fans, who enumerated the "worst" fandoms in K-pop, name-dropping to their heart's content.

It's also important to take note that no fandom is completely innocent or straight-up bad, and any fandom has a mixed blend of both. However, in this discussion, fans didn't hesitate to amplify the madness due to their negative experiences in the K-pop community.

Are you ready to get offended?

Here are the 15 'worst' K-pop fandoms according to fans

1. Cassiopeia (TVXQ fandom)

"The worst fandom will forever be Cassiopeia. No fandom has ever come close to the madness and craziness of TVXQ OT5.The only good thing about TVXQ split is that these crazies got reduced."

"Facts. They are just psychotic. I still remember all the Changmin videos plus their continued stalking of Jaejoong until today."

2. Club H.O.T (H.O.T fandom)

"I'm surprised I haven't seen much comments talking about (fans of) H.O.T, they were literally known for being insane and threatened (I think) a member of Baby Vox because of a dating scandal."

3. ARMY (BTS fandom)

"ARMY definitely worst fandom by far. No one compares."

"EXO-Ls were terrible but ARMYs overtook them years ago and are still very popular and terrible today. prime ARMY > prime EXO-L in my opinion."

4. V.I.P (BIGBANG fandom)

5. E.L.F (Super Junior fandom)

6. EXO-L (EXO fandom)

"Where are EXO-Ls here? ARMY? You've never seen EXO-Ls in their prime time?"

"Not saying ARMYs aren't bad but if you were into K-pop around 2012-2016, EXO-Ls really were bad and there's a thread almost every day on Reddit, Amino and OneHallyu about how EXO-Ls are the worst not only to other fandoms but also to their faves."

7. BLINK (BLACKPINK fandom)

"Fighting about who's worse is stupid since both aren't saint. Difference is that BLINK has more toxic individual stans."

8. The B / Deobi (THE BOYZ fandom)

"In the fourth generation for male group fandoms, it would be The Bs"

"International Deobis are not that bad, but the K-Deobis are insane lol they are the reason why THE BOYZ got hated and ridiculed so much by other group fans."

9. ONCE (TWICE fandom)

"Lol, as if ONCEs were any better."

"Don't they remember how they attacked GFRIEND back then? They got nothing else to talk except chart, sales, and visuals. Now that TWICE is flopping, ONCEs begin playing victim."