2023 data comparison of 4th generation groups aespa, IVE, LE SSERAFIM and NewJeans

I'm stealing a reddit post that was stolen from Kboo, with some corrections made by the author.

Disclaimer: I did not filter this data myself, so that's why there is no (G)I-DLE, even though they obviously deserve to be here.

Korean national survey 2023 Gallup - Singer of the Year: (survey taken in age group 13-39)

#1 NewJeans - 25.7%

#3 IVE - 17%

#9 aespa - 5.5%

Korean national survey 2023 Gallup - Song of the Year: (survey taken in age group 13-39)

#1 NewJeans - Super Shy - 6.8%

#4 IVE - I AM - 6%

#5 NewJeans - Hype Boy - 5.3%

#6 NewJeans - ETA - 5.2%

#8 IVE - Love Dive - 3.5%

Number of days ranked #1 on MelOn Daily in 2023: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. NewJeans - 138 days (Ditto 86 days + Super Shy 52 days)
2. IVE - 70 days (I AM 35 days + Kitsch 19 days + Baddie 16 days)
3. Le Sserafim - 33 days (Perfect Night)
4. aespa - 6 days (Spicy)

Ranking on MelOn Yearly 2023:

#1 NewJeans - Ditto

#2 NewJeans - Hype Boy

#3 IVE - I AM

#4 NewJeans - OMG

#6 IVE - Kitsch

#8 NewJeans - Attention

#10 IVE - After LIKE

#12 aespa - Spicy

#13 Le Sserafim - ANTIFRAGILE

#14 IVE - LOVE DIVE

#15 NewJeans - Super Shy

#17 Le Sserafim - UNFORGIVEN

#26 Le Sserafim - Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s wife

#28 NewJeans - ETA

#61 IVE - Eleven

#63 Le Sserafim - Fearless

#67 NewJeans - Cookie

#86 NewJeans - New Jeans

Album sales on Circle Chart 2023: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. NewJeans 4.34 m (2 albums)
2. IVE 3.73 m (2 albums)
3. aespa 3.44 m (2 albums)
4. Le Sserafim 1.96 m (1 album)

Touring in 2023: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. aespa - 330K people
2. IVE - 150K people
3. Le Sserafim - 100K people
4. NewJeans - no tour

Peak on Billboard Hot 100 in 2023:

#48 NewJeans - Super Shy

#74 NewJeans - OMG

#81 NewJeans - ETA

#82 NewJeans - Ditto

#93 NewJeans - Cool With You

Peak on Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100:

#105 NewJeans - New Jeans

#116 NewJeans - ASAP

#119 NewJeans - GODS

#119 Le Sserafim - Perfect Night

#122 NewJeans - Get Up

Peak on Billboard 200:

#1 NewJeans - Get Up (500,000 units, chart 22 weeks, still charting)

#6 Le Sserafim - UNFORGIVEN (90,000 units, chart 8 weeks)

#9 aespa - MY WORLD (70,000 units, chart 3 weeks)

#33 aespa - DRAMA (21,000 units, chart 1 week)

Peak on Spotify Global:

#4 NewJeans - Super Shy (4,726,910)

#9 NewJeans - Ditto (3,324,434)

#11 NewJeans - OMG (3,140,808)

#21 NewJeans - Cool With You (2,817,695)

#22 NewJeans - New Jeans (2,787,907)

#25 NewJeans - ETA (2,613,406)

#26 NewJeans - ASAP (2,607,028)

#41 NewJeans - GODS (2,176,853)

#41 NewJeans - Get Up (2,172,778)

#48 Le Sserafim - UNFORGIVEN (1,974,668)

#53 Le Sserafim - Perfect Night (1,717,996)

#60 aespa - DRAMA (1,607,611)

#61 IVE - I AM (1,733,361)

#176 aespa - Spicy (1,140,308)

Peak on Spotify US:

#9 NewJeans - Super Shy (1,110,847)

#16 NewJeans - Cool With You (801,008)

#20 NewJeans - New Jeans (737,261)

#22 NewJeans - ETA (727,583)

#25 NewJeans - ASAP (689,494)

#27 NewJeans - OMG (645,289)

#29 NewJeans - Ditto (603,274)

#32 NewJeans - Get Up (631,888)

#76 NewJeans - GODS (482,325)

#106 Le Sserafim - Perfect Night (384,785)

#123 Le Sserafim - Unforgiven (340,481)

Total stream on Spotify Global in 2023: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. NewJeans
2. Le Sserafim
3. IVE
4. aespa

Ranking on Apple Music Global Yearly chart in 2023:

#19 NewJeans - Ditto

#37 NewJeans - OMG

#64 NewJeans - Hype Boy

#79 Le Sserafim - Antifragile

Album sales in Japan in 2023: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. Le Sserafim - UNFORGIVEN (118K)
2. Ive - I AM (40K), Baddie (69K)
3. NewJean - OMG (36K), Get Up (69K)
4. aespa - MY WORLD (56K), DRAMA (26K)

Stream Oricon 2023:

#15 NewJeans - Ditto

#25 NewJeans - OMG

#41 Le Sserafim - Antifragile

#51 NewJeans - Hype Boy

#71 IVE - I AM

#84 Le Sserafim - UNFORGIVEN

#95 NewJeans - Super Shy

Album ranking on Oricon Yearly:

#39 IVE - WAVE

#44 Le Sserafim - UNFORGIVEN

#64 NewJeans - Get Up

#65 IVE - I've Mine

#73 aespa - MY WORLD

#91 IVE - I've IVE

Number of subcribers on Youtube in 2022-2023: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. NewJeans 1.8 m -> 6.3 m
2. aespa 4.2 m -> 5.1 m
3. Le Sserafim 1.9 m-> 4.3 m
4. IVE 2.2 m -> 3.2 m

Number of followers on Tiktok in 2022-2023: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. NewJeans 3.95 m -> 10.36 m
2. aespa 6.15 m -> 8.98 m
3. Le Sserafim 4.17 m -> 8.59 m
4. IVE 3.85 m -> 6.19 m

Monthly listeners on Spotify Global: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. NewJeans (Peak: 26.78 m - December: 21.82 m)
2. Le Sserafim (Peak: 12.82 m - December: 12.80 m)
3. aespa (Peak: 9.90 m - December: 9.90 m)
4. IVE (Peak: 11.79 m - December: 8.68 m)

Monthly listeners on Spotify US: (compare between the 4 groups)

1. NewJeans (Peak: 2.18 m - December: 890k)
2. Le Sserafim (Peak: 730k - December: 490k)
3. IVE (Peak: 450k - December: 220k)
4. aespa (Peak: 750k - December: 210k)

Isn't data beautiful?

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Quote from thebadguy

It must have taken an hour to write all that

Not my work. I made my NewJeans specific list two weeks ago. Got way more engagement on reddit with it

This I just copied and pasted. But as someone who has put together a list like this before, actually finding and verifying the data is much harder than putting it all together, especially if it's multiple groups.

Quote from ellenote

New Jeans is #1 for most, they really are the biggest gg right now

They are a considerably ahead in Korea, but the gap in their global numbers relative to their peers is ludicrously large.