This past year has been an incredible one for ATEEZ in terms of their growth and success, and it seems to only be getting better. After the successful North American leg of their ongoing world tour, Towards The Light: Will To Power, numerous outlets have written on the powerful and captivating performances that ATEEZ’s members brought to the Western music scene, and their international fanbase is only continuing to grow.

That’s why it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that they’re making it onto lists of the best K-Pop groups in the modern day. And in at least one instance, they’re ranked at the very top!

Entertainment site The Mary Sue recently released a list of who they believe to be the top 10 K-Pop boy groups. What’s unique about this particular website is their inclusive, feminist grounding in a “geek culture” that is so often neither of those things.

Along with groups like SHINee, GOT7, and BTS, ATEEZ came in at #1 on this site’s best K-Pop boy groups list. Having a community with the kind of ideology that The Mary Sue has recognize ATEEZ’s talent and likeability is definitely a big deal, and what they had to say about the K-Pop group shows that they did their research!

ATINYs have taken to social media to show their pride for yet another well-deserved recognition that ATEEZ has made for themselves.

You can read The Mary Sue’s full top 10 K-Pop boy group list here!