Liberante held onto the top spot in the October Netizens Awards Best Group category for singers. It marks their second consecutive month at number one.

Liberante defended the lead with 10,105 votes (35.9%) throughout October. After reclaiming first place in September with 10,117 votes (37.4%), they maintained vote totals above 10,000 for two straight months to defend the top position.

Second-place Forte di Quattro closed the gap with 9,498 votes (33.7%). Raising both its vote count and share from its September record of 8,873 votes (32.8%), it narrowed the gap with the leader to 607 votes (2.2 percentage points).

Ranks 3 to 5: A Crossover Group Showcase

Crossover groups took ranks 3 through 5 as well, extending their dominance. All three teams saw their vote counts and shares rise compared to September, while 4th and 5th place swapped positions.

Fortenano kept third place with 2,244 votes (8.0%), up from September (1,972 votes, 7.3%). Forestella, which was 5th in September (1,851 votes, 6.8%), secured 2,092 votes (7.4%) to climb one step to 4th, while La Poem, which was 4th in September (1,886 votes, 7.0%), placed 5th with 1,995 votes (7.1%). As a result, the top five teams accounted for 92.1% of all votes, cementing a top tier dominated by crossover groups.

Ranks 6 to 10: BTS Rebounds, Jannabi Slips

In the mid-tier ranks 6 through 10, 8th and 9th place swapped positions. SF9 held 6th with 635 votes (2.3%), and NewJeans remained 7th with 380 votes (1.4%).

BTS, which was 9th in September (279 votes, 1.0%), rebounded one step to 8th with 314 votes (1.1%), while Jannabi, which was 8th in September (399 votes, 1.5%), ranked 9th with 301 votes (1.1%), just 13 votes behind BTS. TWICE gathered 134 votes (0.5%) to keep 10th place, following September (130 votes, 0.5%), rounding out the top 10.

Ranks 11 to 15: Cortis Leaps Eight Spots

In the ranks 11 to 15 range, Cortis made a remarkable advance. After sitting at 19th with 21 votes (0.1%) in September, Cortis earned 105 votes (0.4%) in October to leap eight spots and settle at 11th.

While Illit stayed at 12th with 54 votes (0.2%), the same as September, Blackpink, which was 11th in September (75 votes, 0.3%), placed 13th with 50 votes (0.2%). Babymons7er earned 49 votes (0.2%) to keep 14th, following September (41 votes, 0.2%), and AKMU, which was 13th in September (61 votes, 0.2%), recorded 15th with 46 votes (0.2%).

Lower Ranks See New Entries: IVE and aespa Join the Rankings

LE SSERAFIM and Reincarnation each earned 40 votes (0.1%), ranking 16th and 17th, respectively. LE SSERAFIM maintained 16th, the same as September (30 votes, 0.1%), while Reincarnation, which was 15th in September (36 votes, 0.1%), dropped two spots.

Newly joining the rankings, IVE placed 18th with 34 votes (0.1%) and aespa placed 19th with 28 votes (0.1%), while Stray Kids earned 2 votes to finish 20th, closing out the October Best Group voting.

[Vote shares below 0.1% are not indicated.]