There are many opinions about what the top groups are. However, the only ones we’ve come across that appear to have an objective basis are those created by the Korean Business Research Institute (as published in Soompi). These rankings are determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes of various girl groups.The Korean Business Research Institute statistics are released monthly. Our analysis provides a broader and more balanced view by combining the monthly rankings into annual averages. These rankings are based on social media metrics only. To see an analysis of sales you should use the Gaon Music Charts.
This graphic represents annual averages by month of the rankings of the top 10 Kpop Girl Groups.
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This graphic shows the rank distribution of the top 10 Kpop Girl Groups.
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For example, TWICE has ranked number one for three periods, number two for four periods, number three for ten periods and number four for one period during the time that we have maintained data for this analysis. The popularity of the top groups is remarkably stable. The lower the rank, the more variable the rank distribution becomes. The popularity of the top groups is remarkably stable. The lower the rank, the more variable the rank distribution becomes.
This graphic represents annual averages by month of the rankings of the top 20 Kpop Girl Groups.
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This graphic shows the rank distribution of the top 20 Kpop Girl Groups.
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This chart shows how the ranks of the current top 20 girl groups have changed in the near term.
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The first column shows the difference in rank between the current month and the previous month. The next column shows the difference in rank between the current month and a half year ago. Red Velvet has shown the largest decrease since last period, moving down to seventh place which represents a decrease of three positions since last month and four positions since half year ago. On the other hand, aespa has shown the largest increase moving up two positions to 20th place since last month and up 36 positions from 56th place since half year ago. aespa is a four-member group which premiered in November 2020 with the digital single “Black Mamba”.
