Kpop (2004-present) google trends. 2nd gen started it all.

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hmm fair. I also think that korea uses Naver instead of google, meaning it would be kpop was nonexistent in the west.

It means kpop was nonexistant on global scale, not including Korea, Japan, China, which dont use Google much.

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It means kpop was nonexistant on global scale, not including Korea, Japan, China, which dont use Google much.

Oh definitely. Kinda wild to think about how much bts has done, no?

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BigBang "Lies" and "Haru Haru" effect lmao

Don't be silly we all know SM artists were the beggining of hallyu wave

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Oh definitely. Kinda wild to think about how much bts has done, no?

Yeah, its interesting how BTS already became bigger than kpop in US in 2015 and so far no other "popular" group is bigger than kpop or had reached 2016 BTS level there:pasted-from-clipboard.png

I kind of fell down the google trends rabbit hole again

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Don't be silly we all know SM artists were the beggining of hallyu wave

Lmao. I am just promoting my faves here. Why do you take it so seriously? I know SM's TVXQ has saved the extinct industry and proved that idol groups can be profitable and others have followed them. I give enough credit to SM anyways.

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I kind of fell down the google trends rabbit hole again

lol it's ok.