Theres a great conversation here that starts around 45:20 about Girls Generation and how big they were compared to todays top groups. These people were in Korea at the time and witnessed it first hand.
Sorry I don't know how to timestamp.
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This made me realize that as big as Twice was they were only big within kpop. SNSD transcended kpop and was big with the entire public.