most followed idol groups on melon — 1 year later

its surprising Exo lost followers, and many. Is it because of the scandals? Chen and chanyeol

So it looks like bp might reach the top 3 this year

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its surprising Exo lost followers, and many. Is it because of the scandals? Chen and chanyeol

Fcking fake scandal and even more stupid backlash towards Chen.

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its surprising Exo lost followers, and many. Is it because of the scandals? Chen and chanyeol

It might be mostly because of a lot of their followers stop using their Melon account for long time and hence their accounts getting deactivated.....

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It might be mostly because of a lot of their followers stop using their Melon account for long time and hence their accounts getting deactivated.....

NO.

Why others have so less followers compared to bts and exo 💀

Well, based on these numbers, I think it's obvious that Melon followers is a poor measure of success.

Are we really supposed to believe that Wanna One is bigger than Blackpink, or that Winner is bigger than Twice?

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Well, based on these numbers, I think it's obvious that Melon followers is a poor measure of success.

Are we really supposed to believe that Wanna One is bigger than Blackpink, or that Winner is bigger than Twice?

Mamamoo and RV have always had more followers than Twice, even during Twice's peak years in South Korea.

I think there's a lot of factors that play into it that make it a harder gauge to analyse. Older groups lose out due to deactivation so the net gain/loss is hard to understand. I'm sure the biggest fandoms have their fair share of duplicate accounts. I think volume of music matters as well and not just in the way people would generally think. I liken it to someone you followed on twitter due to a tweet or two but then their content takes over your feed.

I used to track it a bit but outside of the outlier results (i.e. someone massively jumping up during a hit comeback), it didn't show too much.

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Mamamoo and RV have always had more followers than Twice, even during Twice's peak years in South Korea.

I think there's a lot of factors that play into it that make it a harder gauge to analyse. Older groups lose out due to deactivation so the net gain/loss is hard to understand. I'm sure the biggest fandoms have their fair share of duplicate accounts. I think volume of music matters as well and not just in the way people would generally think. I liken it to someone you followed on twitter due to a tweet or two but then their content takes over your feed.

I used to track it a bit but outside of the outlier results (i.e. someone massively jumping up during a hit comeback), it didn't show too much.

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Ah I'm glad to see that at least someone is keeping track of Melon follower trends. It'd be nice to be able to graph follower counts over time, but we'd need more data points for that.

Now your case of Mamamoo and Red Velvet having more followers than Twice (or Blackpink) is a better example than mine, since it deals with girl groups only. But from what you're saying, it seems that there's no obvious reason why that would be the case--there are a "lot of moving parts", so to speak.

Now in Twice's case, I've seen people on this forum claim that Korean ONCEs have "boycotted" Melon, so that could be a factor.