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IU

Explore IU through ArtistSphere's verified catalog signals. Continue through the verified music and audience details gathered for this artist page.

Tracked catalog estimate

Estimated Music Royalty Earnings

$3,833,000

Estimated all-time Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders across the IU songs currently tracked by ArtistSphere.

How we estimate it →
This is a modeled catalog total, not artist take-home pay. Contractual splits, fees, recoupment and taxes are not deducted.

Top-five catalog model

What are these songs worth?

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Audience signals · rounded

Social Media Profiles and Follower Count

Spotify followers
9.9MRetrieved Oct 20, 2026 · Chartmetric
YouTube subscribers
10.4MRetrieved Oct 20, 2026 · Chartmetric
TikTok followers
5MRetrieved Oct 20, 2026 · Chartmetric
Spotify monthly listeners
5.4MRetrieved Oct 20, 2026 · chartmetric
Instagram followers
33.6MRetrieved Oct 20, 2026 · chartmetric

Fan favorites

Popular IU Songs

Rising on Spotify this month

eight(Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS)

$1,077,000Estimated all-time Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
$63,000Estimated trailing 12-month Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
Signal dated Oct 20, 2026
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Rising on Spotify this month

People Pt.2 (feat. IU)

$738,000Estimated all-time Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
$59,000Estimated trailing 12-month Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
Signal dated Oct 20, 2026
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Rising on Spotify this month

LILAC

$706,000Estimated all-time Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
$50,000Estimated trailing 12-month Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
Signal dated Oct 20, 2026
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Rising on Spotify this month

BBIBBI

$660,000Estimated all-time Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
$36,000Estimated trailing 12-month Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
Signal dated Oct 20, 2026
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Rising on Spotify this month

Celebrity

$621,000Estimated all-time Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
$43,000Estimated trailing 12-month Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders
Signal dated Oct 20, 2026
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Fan-made momentum on TikTok

Fan Posts Using IU Songs on TikTok

Sound: LILAC

@plasma

Putting egirls in their place 😤 #fyp #trending #gaming #valorantfunny #valorant #valorantclips #plasma

7.3M views

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Sound: Not Spring, Love, or Cherry Blossoms

@useraeibzddfxp

무슨맛 젤라또 제일 좋아해요? #아이스크림 #이냉치냉 #젤라또 #jmtt #존맛탱 #존맛틱톡

6.6M views

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This doesn’t look right

Popular Spotify playlists

Spotify Playlists Featuring IU

6.1M followers

K-Pop ON! (온)

Featuring “Unknown Planet”

Curated by Spotify

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941.1K followers

Hot Hits Korea Top 100

Featuring “Unknown Planet”

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175.5K followers

Hot Hits Singapore

Featuring “Dear my crazy soulmate”

Curated by Spotify

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171.7K followers

Hot Hits Taiwan

Featuring “Dear my crazy soulmate”

Curated by Spotify

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114.6K followers

Pop Rising Indonesia

Featuring “Unknown Planet”

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This doesn’t look right

ArtistSphere selections

Tracked IU Songs

IU

LILAC

2021
Estimated all-time Spotify gross royalties to rightsholders$706,000Explore

Showing 12 of 53 songs

Sources and freshness

Audience Data Sources

Artist image, tracks, audience, playlists, Instagram and TikTok signals are supplied by Chartmetric, retrieved Oct 20, 2026. Videos come from YouTube, event links come from Ticketmaster when available, and publisher articles are independently checked and AI reviewed. Counts are rounded and may change.