The K-Pop Ships That Topped AO3 In 2025

A user, centreoftheselights, on the popular fanworks site AO3 (Archive Of Our Own) compiled a list of the most written ships, or pairings, in 2025.

Here are the K-Pop ships that made the top 100 on the list.

7. ATEEZ’s Yunho & Mingi

ATEEZ‘s Yunho and Mingi (YunGi) ranked seventh in K-Pop ships and 100th overall, with 1,492 new works written featuring them. The ship did not make the top 100 last year, and added 1,717 fanworks, bringing the total number to 5,686.

ATEEZ’s Yunho (left) and Mingi (right) | Fromm

6. HUNTR/X’s Mira & Zoey

KPop Demon Hunters group HUNTR/X had several pairings make the list this year, including the sapphic one of Mira and Zoey. The pairing, introduced in 2025, had a grand total of 1,831 fan works written.

Mira (left) and Zoey(right) | Netflix

5. SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo & Mingyu

SEVENTEEN‘s Wonwoo and Mingyu (Meanie or MinWon)ranked in fifth K-Pop ships, going down by one spot from last year.  Overall, the pairing’s rank increased by four to 83, with 1,861 new works added, bringing the total to 8,818 works.

SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu (left) and Wonwoo (right) | Dispatch

4. ATEEZ’s Hongjoong & Seonghwa

 ATEEZ‘s Hongjoong and Seonghwa (SeongJoong or Matz) ranked fourth in K-Pop ships and 42th overall with 2,626 new works written featuring them of a total of 10,799 works overall. Last year, the pairing came in second for K-Pop, and 47th overall.

ATEEZ’s Seonghwa (left) and Hongjoong (right) | Fromm

3. Saja Boys’ Jinu & HUNTR/X’s Rumi

In what might be the first time a cross-group pairing has made the list, Saja Boys‘ Jinu and HUNTR/X’s Rumi ranked 3rd among K-Pop ships and 30th overall. The pairing, introduced in 2025, had a grand total of 3,103 fan works written.

Jinu and Rumi | Netflix

2. HUNTR/X’s Mira, Rumi, Zoey

Another possible first for K-Pop pairings is seen in the polyamorous pairing featuring all three members of HUNTR/X, which ranked 14th overall and second among all K-pop ships. The pairing had a total of 3,122 fanworks published in 2025.

HUNTR/X

1. Stray Kids’ Han & Lee Know — Stray Kids — #12

Coming in first amongst K-Pop group pairings and 12th overall was Stray Kids‘ Han and Lee Know (MinSung) with 5,341 new works written featuring them. They were previously ranked 19th last year and have 123,778 works overall.

Stray Kids’s Han (left) and Lee Know (right) | Pinterest