Bugs

Meaning

Bugs is a Korean streaming service operated by NHN Bugs. In a June 2020 app update it renamed its chart menu "Popular Now" and added charts beyond the real-time ranking, saying it was moving away from a real-time-centered chart. In August 2026 it added a HOT & NEW tab showing the service's most popular songs at the moment, and each December it publishes a year-end chart based on members' streams and downloads. Bugs is one of the six services in iChart's All-Kill and is also part of Circle Chart's data.

Usage

Cited alongside other services: "No. 1 on Bugs." It often comes up in all-kill talk as one of the six services.

Examples

• IVE — Named among the most-loved artists on NHN Bugs' 2025 year-end chart.
• Rollin' — Topped the main charts of Melon, Genie, FLO and Bugs at noon on March 11, 2021 (press reports).

Related terms

In context

Sources

• NHN Bugs press release: app home revamp (June 4, 2020) bugscorp.co.kr · Official · Checked: 2026-09-25
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  NHN Bugs press release: app home revamp (June 4, 2020)

• NHN Bugs press release: HOT & NEW tab (August 20, 2026) bugscorp.co.kr · Official · Checked: 2026-09-25
  What we checked

  NHN Bugs press release: HOT & NEW tab (August 20, 2026)

• NHN Bugs press release: 2025 year-end chart (December 12, 2025) bugscorp.co.kr · Official · Checked: 2026-09-25
  What we checked

  NHN Bugs press release: 2025 year-end chart (December 12, 2025)

• Circle Chart FAQ: how rankings are compiled circlechart.kr · Official · Checked: 2026-09-25
  What we checked

  Circle Chart FAQ: how rankings are compiled

• iChart: About iChart ichart.kr · Official · Checked: 2026-09-25
  What we checked

  iChart: About iChart

• Newsis: Brave Girls "Rollin'" tops four services (March 11, 2021) newsis.com · News report · Checked: 2026-09-25
  What we checked

  Newsis: Brave Girls "Rollin'" tops four services (March 11, 2021)