K-pop group BTS becomes first to rack up 100 million YouTube views in 24 hours

K-pop stars seem to be the leaders in breaking YouTube viewing records. This time around, BTS garnered 101.1 million views for its new music video, "Dynamite," in 24 hours. They break Blackpink's record of 86.3 million and become the first act to cross the 100 million view mark in a short timeframe. It's a significant leap fro the group's last video, too, which got 74.6 million in the same period. The video also broke the record for most-watched YouTube premiere with over three million simultaneous viewers.

As Engadget points out, this number should represent real, organic views, as YouTube has stopped counting paid ad views for 24-hour tallies back in September 2019 to prevent labels from artificially inflating figures.