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 (KBRI). These rankings are determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes of various girl groups. The KBRI statistics are released monthly. Our analysis provides a broader and more balanced view by combining the monthly rankings into annual averages. The KBRIrankings are based on social media metrics only. To see an analysis of sales you should use the Gaon Music Charts.
This month we have made a significant change in our model to account for disbanded groups. Many times the KBRI data still includes groups that have been disbanded. For example, although Stellar disbanded in 2018, it has still been ranked eight times in the top 30 in the past 18 months by KBRI. This change moved IZ*ONE and GFRIEND out of the top 10 allowing Girls’ Generation to come back into the top 10 as well as Lovelyz and WJSN.
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 two for six periods and number three for twelve periods 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.
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.
Brave Girls shown the largest increase moving up two positions since last month and 36 positions since half year ago. Their increase in popularity is due to sudden a surge after their song "Rollin'" unexpectedly went viral recently. aespa continues its rise moving up two positions to 13th place since last month and up seven positions from 18th place since half year ago. aespa is a four-member group which premiered in November 2020 with the digital single “Black Mamba”. On the other hand, DreamCatcher has shown the largest decrease in popularity moving down two positions since last month and down four positions from 14th place since half year ago.
You might also be interested in our Favorite Kpop Girl Group Videos:
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which has YouTube playlists for most of the top 20 Kpop girl groups.
