Line Graph Analysis: Idol Group Songs' Longevity on Gaon Digital Chart

Hello to all who read this short introduction. I was inspired to make this thread to analyze the 3rd gen hits (and "national hits") that had/have decent (in some cases, fantastic) longevity.

I have only included songs that hit 50 or more weeks, cumulatively, in the top 100 of Gaon's Digital Chart.

I will update the chart in the future when newer hits pass 50 weeks (Nonstop, Dolphin will be entering in 4 weeks).

Thanks to salem9 for inspiration and myaza for requesting it specifically.

Here is the graph:

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If you would like data for a specifc song (seeing as how the lines overlap so much), just ask and I will give it you in a spoiler.

Quote from myaza

Can I bribe you to add Dynamite?

Maybe some more streams for TXT?

Spring Day and BWL are such clear outliers. Thats why I love graphs, they make it so easy to spot the differences and trends visually.

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1. Sorry, no. I will add it once it hits 50 weeks. It's at 28 now.

2. TXT isn't on this list??

3. I hope people stop ignoring BWL and include it in the biggest hits of the past 5 years.

Quote from Yseki

Missing You is my fav out of all those songs

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A lot of I-fans tend to forget how huge this song was in South Korea.

Quote from myaza

Lol, I was offering to stream TXT in return for a graph with Dynamite on it

Well, I guess AKP needs to exist some more months then until Dynamite hits 50 weeks.

And yes, BWL is huge. It could end up bigger than Spring Day eventually.

I will not be bribed in the name of stats. How dare you? (kidding lol)

BWL is starting to fall, but only slowly. Nearly 2 years spent in the top 50, and she's still going.

Quote from Yseki

Well Kingdom is coming up, maybe they will wake up then.

That would be nice, they haven't had a full comeback since Hour Moment in 2018, right?

Quote from chaesooo

bwl and sd remain supreme.

That they do.

Quote from myaza

Damn, I already added one more Ghosting to the playlist

BWL might get a a little push when spring comes, its a summery song. But its trajectory is crazy.

It would actually be interesting to know if there are any non-idol songs that can compete, idol songs clearly cannot.

Oh plenty

No Matter Where by MC The Max

Through the Night by IU

Wildflower by Park Hyoshin

Shape of You by Ed Sheeran

I Will Go To You like The First Snow by Ailee

Paris in the Rain by Lauv

2002 by Anne Marie

So Long, Me After You, Rain, Every Day Every Moment (all by Paul Kim)

Quote from samtanvan

LOVE SCENERIOOO

SPRING DAY

I take it that those 2 are your favorite songs.

Added the list of groups.

Quote from babyjinx1221

whoever questioned bwl as soty in 2019 is a clown.

I know right?

Quote from rainbowblink224

What's the long mint line? Spring day?

Yes.

Quote from myaza

Are they as high on the chart as long?

I have no clue, and I'd probably need WAY more time to do those.

Added the songs and their respective weeks of charting.

Quote from rainbowblink224

Wow, that's so cool! I didn't know it lasted that long on the charts

It recently celebrated its 4th anniversary about a month ago.

Quote from samtanvan

Gang gang, I also really like AIIYL, Really Really, and Energetic

Taste!

Quote from the101

This is great - love seeing in a chart form too..

A fellow stat lover! Thank you for commenting.

Quote from crystalblues

Can we not bribe at all for statistics?

No but really the skewing statistics is exactly what we just got done yelling at MNET for so let's not do it ourselves

I think she was joking.

Quote from BlackpinkHouse

BWL is part of the Holy Trinity of BTS songs (Magic Shop and Mic Drop are the other two), it's gonna end up being their most popular song ever and deserved.

But this Spring Day obsession leaves me dumbfounded. Why has Army latched on to this song of all their songs to zombie stream? Heartbeat, Answer, Zero Oclock, Jamais Vu are far better ballads.

You're in here with this disproven narrative again and your bias against Spring Day is personal, so leave that at the door as well.

Fandom streaming can't do shit since Gaon and Melon filter "zombie" streams coming from the same account.

In addition, Spring Day has the highest UL count on Melon for idol groups on par with Through the Night, one of the biggest hits of the past decade.

Quote from myaza

Obviously I was.

I just wanted to see Dynamite on chart. How is adding a series to a chart skewing statistics?

Especially since I can't fabricate chart positions, it's publicly available information.