M Countdown winners
“Kick Off the Wall” by KickFlip won M Countdown on October 15, 2026. Every M Countdown #1 since 2008, updated after each Thursday broadcast.
Updated 856 trophiesSource: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latest winner
M Countdown #1ep. 949
“Kick Off the Wall”
- First M Countdown win for “Kick Off the Wall”
- KickFlip's first M Countdown trophy
- 2 trophies across all shows
Also this week:
Show Champ.2 of 6 this week
Previous winners
Records on M Countdown
Most wins
Most-decorated songs
- 1I Don't Care42NE1 · 2009
- 2I Hate You42PM · 2009
- 3Again & Again42PM · 2009
- 4Strong Baby4Seungri · 2009
- 5Haru Haru4BIGBANG · 2008
Highest scores
- 1“Yet to Come”11,000BTS · June 23, 2022
- 2“I'm in Trouble”11,000NU'EST · May 21, 2020
- 3“On”11,000BTS · March 5, 2020
- 4“Bet Bet”11,000NU'EST · May 9, 2019
- 5“Fancy”11,000Twice · May 2, 2019
89 songs won M Countdown three times or more (all triple crowns).
Scoring
What a M Countdown trophy measures, and how that has changed.
How M Countdown picks its #1Digital sales 50 % · Physical album 15 % · Global social media 15 % · … · since January 2024
- 50 %Digital sales (Circle Global K-pop Chart)
- 15 %Physical album (Circle Album Chart)
- 15 %Global social media (YouTube music video, short-form video)
- 10 %Mnet broadcast
- 10 %Global pre-vote (Mnet Plus)
- 10 %Live vote (Mnet Plus) – added on top of the 100 % pre-tally
Changes
- 2020-05-28: digital cut to 45 %, global fan vote and social weights raised.
- 2022-04-14: digital 50, album 15, social 10, global fan vote 15, broadcast 10, plus a 10 % live vote on top.
- 2024-01: social 10 → 15 with short-form video added, global fan vote 15 → 10; digital moves to the Circle Global K-pop Chart.
- Formula since
- January 2024
- Perfect score
- 11,000 points
- Voting
- Mnet Plus app: a global pre-vote from Saturday 00:00 to Monday 23:59 KST, then a live vote between the two first-place nominees during the Thursday broadcast.
- Win limit
- Triple crown: a song can win three times, then leaves the chart.
- Not confirmed
- English Wikipedia's articles disagree with each other (one lists the social score at 10 %, another digital at 60 % with a 12,000 maximum); the weights here follow the Korean Namu wiki, which matches the 11,000 maximum and the highest scores seen since 2024.
By year
Every year's full table: date, episode, song, artist, points.
Winners compiled from Wikipedia's per-year winner lists (CC BY-SA 4.0); points and episode numbers as published there, each row links to its source. Where a broadcast is listed without a winner, the source lists none. Show K-Pop (Arirang TV, since October 2026) has no Wikipedia list yet; its winners and points are taken from the broadcast. Show logos are the trademarks of their broadcasters and identify the programmes only.
Quick answers
- Who won M Countdown most recently?
- “Kick Off the Wall” by KickFlip won M Countdown on October 15, 2026 with 5,502 points.
- Who has the most M Countdown wins?
- Twice with 26 M Countdown trophies, ahead of BIGBANG (24) and EXO (22).
- Which song has won M Countdown the most times?
- “I Don't Care” by 2NE1, 4 times. The highest score ever listed is 11,000 points for “Yet to Come” by BTS (June 23, 2022).
- How is the M Countdown winner decided?
- Digital sales (Circle Global K-pop Chart) 50 %, Physical album (Circle Album Chart) 15 %, Global social media (YouTube music video, short-form video) 15 %, Mnet broadcast 10 %, Global pre-vote (Mnet Plus) 10 %, Live vote (Mnet Plus) – added on top of the 100 % pre-tally 10 %; a perfect score is 11,000 points. Triple crown: a song can win three times, then leaves the chart.
- When does M Countdown air?
- Thursdays at 18:00 KST on Mnet. Results are on this site within hours of the broadcast.
- What is the longest M Countdown winning streak?
- V: 6 weeks in a row (Aug 22–27 – Sep 26 – Oct 1, 2023) with “Slow Dancing” and “Love Me Again”.
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