What's the current boy group popularity ranking?
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Internationally, I'd say:
2 - Stray Kids
In Korea:
1 - BTS
2 - Seventeen
3 - PLAVE (if we consider virtual groups)
4 - NCT
For Korea, I would say it's
1. BTS
2. BoyNextDoor
3. Plave
4. Riize
Internationally, I would remove NCT from the running. They haven't been able to keep the pace since 2022. I would amen your ranking as such:
1. BTS
2. SKZ
3. SVT
4. ENHYPEN
5. TXT (they have significantly more streams and sales than ATEEZ)
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What did ma boy minion do this time?
Exist
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For Korea, I would say it's
Internationally, I would remove NCT from the running. They haven't been able to keep the pace since 2022. I would amen your ranking as such:
1. BTS
2. SKZ
3. SVT
4. ENHYPEN
5. TXT (they have significantly more streams and sales than ATEEZ)
Seventeen is really that low in Korea? I thought they broke through into mainstream Korea after moving to Hybe, i swear i remember seeing them charting multiple times in top 10 of Gaon Digital Chart.
And where is Zerobaseone? I see they charted 5 songs in Top 100 of Gaon.
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in Korea:
1. BTS / BIGBANG - BTS obviously has a bigger fandom, and are incredibly famous, but BB is just still so popular with the GP. Like every boy over the age of 20 and under 45 seems to be a BB fan.
big gap
2. BND / RIIZE - BND is hotter right now, but RIIZE was hotter before, I think it depends on the song at this moment
3. Plave - not popular with the GP but insanely fervent fandom, probably bigger than BND and RIIZE's. Their domestic streams are insane, but they've never even had a top 20 song on the Melon Daily Chart.
4. Seventeen - they still have a big fandom but their songs haven't done so well the last 2 years (compared to BND and RIIZE), they're definitely more famous than Plave, so if you want to put them higher than them I wouldn't argue.
?. DAY6; if they count as a boy group (as opposed to a band) then they're def in the top tier behind BTS and BB, far ahead of the other three I listed, altho still behind BTS and BB. They're the first non-BTS boy group to appear on the gallup poll since Wanna One in 2018. Honestly I would count them as a bg (they were trainees after all), but some people get mad on their behalf when you do that, and of course others get mad when you don't so idk.
Internationally (as far as I can tell):
1. BTS2. Stray Kids
3. Enhypen
4. Seventeen
But BTS seems like the only bg that is casually listened to by the general kpop ifan. Each boy group is like its own little ecosystem nowadays. -
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For Korea, I would say it's
Internationally, I would remove NCT from the running. They haven't been able to keep the pace since 2022. I would amen your ranking as such:
1. BTS
2. SKZ
3. SVT
4. ENHYPEN
5. TXT (they have significantly more streams and sales than ATEEZ)
TWS at the same level of SVT in Korea, Massive?
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For the ranks, I will consider the charting/streams of any cumulative releases in the past 2 years, which I believe reflects how much a group is still present in K-pop fans mindshare (I.e., no BTS or BigBang, since they haven’t had new releases)
Domestically
DAY6: If you consider them a boy group, they're the only BG currently releasing consistent hits
PLAVE: Most of their charting power is fandom-driven, but their consistency is outstanding. Probably the BG with the biggest fandom in Korea in terms of streaming right now, which is certainly impressive
Seventeen: Strongly disagree with anyone putting them below top 3 or removing them from the ranking altogether. Their songs chart more organically thas PLAVE's. Sure, they still lack a major mainstream hit, but their dedicated audience is solid. Compared to Riize or TWS, none of SVT songs have tanked nearly as hard
Boy Next Door: Released a big hit this year and are steadily gaining a dedicated audience. Their cumulative performance is below Riize, but their momentum is stronger
Riize: Had a promising start, but each of their subsequent comebacks has done worse than the one before. They still have a large audience (bigger than anyone in ranks 2–4), but it’s clear their hype is quickly fading
TWS: They had a smash hit but quickly faded. Their latest release failed to reach the top 50 on Circle Weekly, which is almost nugu-level. That's shocking for a group that casually dropped last year’s biggest song.
Internationally, things are more straightforward:
Seventeen
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saja boys!!!
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I think they had more album sales then txt in the us.
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