BTS’ HIT RANKING (Korea + International)

  • I was interested in verifying which BTS song is statistically the biggest, so I went ahead and did it.


    A comprehensive ranking that takes YouTube views, Spotify streams (of multiple versions where applicable), Korean digitals (Gaon certifications, Genie ULs + streams, and Melon ULs), and official international certifications for songs that have them (if a song doesn’t have any, I found estimates and ranked those).


    These are all current stats, so I’m well aware that with the context of time, Dynamite is in actuality their biggest hit. But I’m looking at raw numbers as they are right now.


    A big thank you to worldlove27 and blueaqua, who helped compile most of this data.


    Keep in mind that by the end of 2021:

    • it’s definite that Dynamite will go up to #2 and will be challenging BWL for #1.
    • it’s likely that Life Goes On will replace I NEED U (it’s already above Fire on Spotify [will rise past INU & Dope], DOPE & Mic Drop on Genie, and will rise past INU on YouTube)
    • it’s likely that ON will be above FIRE.

    The lower the average, the higher the placement on the list!! See below:

    1. Boy with Luv (#1 on YT): 1, 2, 2, 2 = 1.75

    2. Dynamite (#1 on Spotify and international certifications): 3, 1, 6, 1 = 2.75

    3. DNA: 2, 6, 3, 4 = 3.75

    4. Fake Love: 5, 5, 5, 5 = 5

    5. IDOL: 6, 7, 4, 6 = 5.75

    6. Butter: 10, 3, 11, 3 = 6.75

    7. Mic Drop: 4, 4, 16, 5 = 7.25

    8. Spring Day (#1 on Korean charts): 11, 12, 1, 10 = 8.5

    9. Blood Sweat & Tears: 8, 10, 7, 10 = 8.75

    10. ON: 12, 9, 8, 8 = 9.25

    11. Life Goes On: 13, 8, 12, 8 = 10.25

    12. Fire: 7, 16, 9, 10 = 10.5

    13. Permission to Dance = 14, 11, 15, 7 = 11.75

    14. Dope: 9, 14, 17, 10 = 12.5

    15. Black Swan: 15, 13, 13, 11 = 13

    16. I NEED U: 16, 15, 14, 10/Savage Love Remix = 17, 17, 10, 11 = 13.75



    BREAKDOWN


    YT views (* = BH Labels + 1theK)

    1. BWL - 1.38B

    2. DNA - 1.36B

    3. Dynamite - 1.29B

    4. Mic Drop – 1.078B

    5. Fake Love – 1.027B

    6. IDOL – 1.029B

    7. Fire - 979M*

    8. BST - 810M

    9. DOPE - 808M*

    10. Butter- 607M

    11. Spring Day - 449M

    12. ON KMF – 419M

    13. Life Goes On – 401M

    14. Permission to Dance – 363M

    15. Black Swan – 337M

    16. I need U - 238M*

    17. Savage Love Remix – 174M



    Spotify streams

    1. Dynamite: 1.15B

    2. BWL: 759M

    3. Butter – 655M

    4. Mic Drop: 533M (original + Desiigner + full length [all 100M+])

    5. FL: 477M

    6. DNA: 433M

    7. IDOL: 422M (both versions > 100m+)

    8. Life Goes On – 410M

    9. ON: 375M (both versions combined)

    10. BS&T: 362M

    11. Permission to Dance: 320M

    12. SD: 288M

    13. Black Swan – 281M

    14. Dope: 232M

    15. INU: 226M

    16. Fire: 214M

    17. Savage Love: 161M



    Korean Stats

    1. Spring Day (2017)

    Genie UL: 3.596M

    Melon UL: 7.4M

    Gaon Certifications: 200M streams & 2.5M DLs


    2. Boy With Luv (2019)

    Genie UL: 3.249M

    Melon UL: 6M

    Gaon Certifications: 200M streams & 2.5M DLs


    3. DNA (2017)

    Genie UL: 2.77M

    Melon: 5.6M

    Gaon Certifications: 100M streams & 2.5M DLs


    4. IDOL (2018)

    Genie UL: 2.665M

    Melon UL: 5.2M

    Gaon Certifications: 100M streams & 2.5M DLs


    5. Fake Love (2018)

    Genie UL: 2.52M

    Melon UL: 5M

    Gaon Certifications: 100M streams & 2.5M DLs


    6. Dynamite (2020)

    Genie UL: 2.57M

    Melon UL: 4.9M

    Gaon Certifications: 200M streams


    7. Blood Sweat and Tears (2016)

    Genie UL: 1.979M

    Melon UL: 4.9M

    Gaon Certifications: 100M streams & 2.5M DLs


    8. ON

    Genie UL: 2.06M

    Melon UL: 3.8M

    Gaon Certifications -


    9. FIRE (2016)

    Genie UL: 1.69M

    Melon UL: 4.5M

    Gaon Certifications: -


    10. Savage Love (BTS Remix)

    Genie UL: 1.96M

    Melon UL: 3.5M

    Gaon Certifications –


    11. Butter

    Genie UL: 1.72M

    Melon UL: 3.4M

    Gaon Certifications –



    12. Life Goes On

    Genie UL: 1.62M

    Melon UL: 3.1M

    Gaon Certifications -


    13. Black Swan

    Genie UL: 1.41M

    Melon UL: 3.1M

    Gaon Certifications –


    14. I NEED U

    Genie UL: 1.32M

    Melon UL: 3.5M

    Gaon Certifications –


    15. Permission to Dance

    Genie UL: 1.4M

    Melon UL: 2.7M

    Gaon Certifications -


    16. Mic Drop (2017)

    Genie UL: 985K

    Melon UL: 3M

    Gaon Certifications: -


    17. DOPE (2015)

    Genie UL: 755K

    Melon UL: 2.3M

    Gaon Certifications: -



    International Certifications


    1. Dynamite (2020)

    USA - 3x Platinum (3M)

    Japan - RIAJ Platinum Streaming (100M)

    Japan – RIAJ Platinum Downloads (250k)

    Australia - Platinum (70k)

    New Zealand - Platinum (30k)

    Italy – 2x Platinum (140k)

    Spain - Platinum (40k)

    Poland - Gold (10k)

    France - Gold (100k)

    Belgium - Gold (10k)

    Mexico - Gold (30k)

    Britain – Gold (400k)

    Greece – Gold (1M streams)

    UK – Platinum (600k)

    Portugal – Platinum (10k)

    Germany – Gold (200k)

    Denmark – Gold (45k)


    2. Boy With Luv (2019)

    Australia - Platinum (70k)

    Canada - GOLD (40k)

    Colombia - GOLD (10k)

    México - 2x Platinum + GOLD (150k)

    UK - Silver (200,000)

    US - Platinum (1M)

    Italy – Gold (35k)

    Japan - RIAJ Platinum streaming (100M)

    BWL Japanese version – RIAJ Silver Streaming (30m)

    Poland – 2x Diamond (200k)


    3. Butter

    Japan – Platinum Streaming (100m)

    Japan – Gold Downloads (100k)

    Spain - Gold (20k)

    UK – Silver (200k)

    Portugal – Gold (5k downloads + 1.25M streams)

    New Zealand – Gold (15k)

    US – 2x Platinum (2M)

    Italy – Gold (35k)


    4. DNA (2017)

    Australia - GOLD (35k)

    US - GOLD (500k)

    Japan - Gold Streaming (100M)

    UK – Silver (200k)


    5. @@@88b6af4f-aa3e-4bd5-bada-fa2deb270f03@@@ (2018)/ Mic Drop (2017)

    Australia - GOLD (35k)

    US - GOLD (500k)

    Japan - Gold Streaming (50M)

    UK – Silver (200k)

    Australia - GOLD (35k)

    US - Platinum (1M)

    UK – Silver (200k)

    Japan – Silver Streaming (30M)


    6. IDOL (2018)

    Australia - GOLD (35k)

    US - Platinum (1M)

    Japan - Gold Streaming (50M)


    7. Permission to Dance

    Japan – Gold Streaming (100M)

    Japan – Gold Downloads (100k)


    8. ON/ Life Goes On

    Japan – Gold Streaming (50M)

    Korea – Platinum Streaming (100M)

    Japan - Gold Streaming (50M)

    US – Gold (500k)


    9. Your Eyes Tell/Film out/Lights

    Japan - Gold Streaming (50M)


    10. Blood Sweat & Tears/Spring Day/Dope/I NEED U/Mikrokosmos/Answer: Love Myself/Anpanman/Euphoria/Let Go/FIRE/Crystal Snow/Don’t Leave Me/Magic Shop/I’m Fine/Make It Right/Save Me/Friends

    Japan - Silver Streaming (30M)


    11. Black Swan/Savage Love Remix (none)




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    Is he.....you know?

    투모로우바이투게더 방탄
    레드벨벳엑소샤이니에이티즈

    Edited 4 times, last by MassiveKpopFan ().

  • A fake fan like you can keep bangtan out of their mouth, get ride of that bts badge since we all know the truth - fucking pathetic like the rest of the so called armyblonks

    If you have a problem with me you can dm me, don’t ruin someone else’s thread.


    Also, I’m free to talk about whatever/whoever I want without giving anyone justification.

  • many active armys are taking a break after today's mess

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    where is black swan? :zipr: #tasteless


    i think the list is expected, it more or less fits youtube views


    how is my least fave bts single first : / i heard bwl a million times and it's still a skip to me

  • If you have a problem with me you can dm me, don’t ruin someone else’s thread.


    Also, I’m free to talk about whatever/whoever I want without giving anyone justification.

    why would I dm you when most armys know the fake fan you are and those who dont should? You are free, just like im free to remind that fake people like you are an eyesore & are unwanted, why dont you go praise rose cracked out voice

    • Official Post

    I feel like Black Swan would be like...right below INU for people wondering. Maybe even above some of the songs on the lower end of the list.

    It has like 272M views(official MV and dance mv thing combined)

    Lasted 278 days on Melon

    Just hit 200M streams on Spotify

    3M ULs on Melon

    Certified Gold in Mexico,

    1.3M ULs on Genie

    31M streams on Genie



    I JUST want to know why BWL hasn't gotten a DL certification and that Jannabi song has eye- This will be the biggest mystery in all of KPOP.


    Anyway thank you for your informative post, as always.

    :lover3:

  • Oh wow, this definitely took a long time to compile.


    I just wanted to ask what was the criteria for combining versions? From what I see, you combined the remixes for some songs, but not for others. I think counting Fake Love remix might push it above Mic Drop on Spotify.


    I'm kind of surprised Make It Right's not here, since it has over 300M on Spotify and I think even a few (eligible) certifications.

  • Idol bigger than FL ? FL sound so much better

  • I can add Black Swan later.

    Is he.....you know?

    투모로우바이투게더 방탄
    레드벨벳엑소샤이니에이티즈

  • why would I dm you when most armys know the fake fan you are and those who dont should? You are free, just like im free to remind that fake people like you are an eyesore & are unwanted, why dont you go praise rose cracked out voice

    lmfaoo taking a look at some of your badges you shouldnt even have the nerve to talk about vocals

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