~ Hit Index ~ (Late 2015 Onwards)

  • EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU TO ILL-PRAY-FOR-YOU FOR THE OG POST!!


    Disclaimer: This isn't about how you feel a song did, it's about analyzing the data we do have, from a variety of different angles, to an extent that really hasn't been done. It may surprise you, especially if you're coming in expecting your favs to do better than the data shows. Feeling is subjective, and this is trying to be objective.

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    Update and V2 of the chart: November 18th, 2020.

    Update and V3 of the chart: Nov 18, 2021

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    On this forum, many of us are always debating what song is a "hit" or how big of a hit a song really is/was. We all have our go to lines like "But this song lasted longer on the charts!" or "this song was #1 for 4 weeks!" etc. In reality, a hit is about a multitude of things, and arguing one limited point is really just one facet that doesn't make much of an impact on its own. So, I created this system that factors in initial impact, impact (short term) longevity, mid-term longevity, long-term longevity, and a tiny bit of achievements related to beating the competition where bias or opinion can't come in (I didn't include anything related to awards, but I did include CAK and PAK which I would say are achievements). Together, it created an index as to a song's overall performance. Overall this index system gives a chance to songs that have super strong starts and weaker finishes (songs like TT for example) and songs that have weak starts but insane longevity (Spring Day for example) the chance to rack up many points.



    I included songs from 2016 onwards (with a couple 2015 songs that charted well into 2016) as that was roughly when streaming started becoming as big as downloads. Any earlier and the streaming figures would put other groups at a big disadvantage.I am NOT including songs early than 2016 (except those that charted into 2016), and I am not including soloists or project groups like Refund Sisters (as the data is harder to find). If you wish to have a song added, you can comment or message me the name and if this thread isn't banned due to trolling, I will include it with an update in a few months. I plan on updating sporadically Some songs that are on this list that are still charting are gaining a couple points a week due to longevity, too.


    In truth, I doubt this will affect any of you. Most of you will still argue that a song is bigger than it is, or that another song really isn't as big as claims, but this is based completely on more than 10 different data figures, and its honestly as good as it's going to get. Please don't troll the thread. :)

    Thank you to the handful of you that sent me data, some of you quite a bit of it.

    Without further ado, here are the numbers. (Methodology below in a spoiler. Please read before you ask questions).



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  • Methodology:


    Weeks in the Melon 100: 1 point per week.
    Weeks in the Melon top 10: 5 points per week.
    Weeks at #1 on Melon: 15 points per week.
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    Weeks on the Gaon Digital 100(Main chart only, not domestic): 1 point per week.

    Weeks at #1 on the Gaon Digital 100: 15 points per week.

    Gaon Artist of The Year Monthly Award (for 2020 I used the reliable 5-week averages): 50 points.

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    Achieved a CAK? 10 Points if yes.
    Achieved a PAK? 30 Points if yes.

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    Length of time to achieve 100 million streams: 120 points - # of weeks taken. (1 point if it takes 119 weeks or more).
    + 50 points for every additional 100 million streams.

    Length of time to achieve 2.5 million downloads: 150 points - # of weeks taken. (1 point if it takes 149 weeks or more).
    + 100 points for every additional 2.5 million downloads.

    Downloads generally take groups longer than streams, roughly 30 weeks longer on average. Many groups hit the stream figure but not the downloads figure. Thus the discrepancy to correct the difference for the two.

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    Adjustment Bonuses:

    B-sides receive double points for weeks in the top 10, weeks at number 1, and total weeks in the top 100 (Melon and Gaon). B-sides are defined as something like Dolphin or Forever Young.

    Songs that stayed in the top 50 of the Gaon 100 for 35 weeks or more get a +70 point longevity bonus (I averaged the length of time for all of the songs with longer longevity and if you got more than 34 weeks in the top 50, you were above average).

    For every 40 weeks on the Gaon Digital 100, + 20 points longevity bonus (Again I found above 39 weeks was above average).

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    Add them all together for the final score.

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    Notes:

    This is made to have roughly equal weight of streaming and downloads, both Gaon and Melon. CAK/PAK were included to show the songs were able to beat all their competition at the time. The amount of their points is small to consider for songs that are released during extremely competitive times.

    Reaching mega milestones such as platinum level of streaming or downloads is rare, so I weighted it a bit heavier, and the time it takes to reach them was a factor to show the strength or initial impact and to match the overwhelming impact that massive longevity can have.

    Some of the older songs or less successful songs had data that were more difficult to obtain, so I used seemingly reliable figures, counted weeks myself by hand, or asked someone more knowledgeable and trusted their word. It wouldn't have changed the top half of the chart anyway since it was usually minor and for just a couple songs..

    I'm only human, so a few songs might be off by a point or two. Furthermore, this took weeks, so songs that are still charting might be using data from a week or two ago(so they would have gained like 2 points per week if still charting on both Melon and Gaon).

    I labeled each section, from indisputable hit down to "Not A Flop, But Not A Hit" based on hitting milestone numbers and looking at where the data seemed to change. For example, songs in the bottom category tended to only have 2-3 boxes filled (the rest 0s) and with lower numbers, and songs that had more than 75 points tended to have closer to 3-4 boxes or had higher numbers. Songs in the "hit" category had about half the numbers filled in, songs in huge hits had most to all of them filled in etc. Where the cut-offs actually are is the only thing here that I would say is debatable.

    Here's where I set them:

    Below 25 - Flop
    Below 75 (Not a Hit/Not A Flop)
    75-149 (Minor Hit)
    150-248 (Hit)
    250-399 (Big/Huge Hit)
    400-599 (National Hit)
    600+ (Indisputable National Hit)

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  • Week 1, 2021


    Dingga - 32 (passes Killing Me and Lion)

    Savage Love (Remix) - 63 (passes Bingle Bangle and Toy)

    Life Goes On - 89 (WON Gaon Song of the Year - November [+50] and 5th week in Melon top 10; ties with Time for the Moon Night)

    Lovesick Girls - 143

    Dolphin - 184

    Nonstop - 187

    ON - 237

    How You Like That - 316 (passes Like Ooh-Ahh)

    Dynamite - 555

    Boy with Luv - 618

    Spring Day - 853

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  • The methodology of this is still bad.


    It duplicates stats which are correlated and are reflecting the same underlying features. Important stats like Gallup ranking are missing. It overweights viral hits which die down quickly and downweights longevity too much. And so on. But we already went through this last time.


    (I know this is not your methodology, so nothing personal).

  • The methodology of this is still bad.


    It duplicates stats which are correlated and are reflecting the same underlying features. Important stats like Gallup ranking are missing. It overweights viral hits which die down quickly and downweights longevity too much. And so on. But we already went through this last time.


    (I know this is not your methodology, so nothing personal).

    I think the problem with Gallup is having a methodology which works over the years and seems consistent. They just changed how they display the results and now we can't see what 40+ voted in terms of most idols songs so it's hard to compare with previous years. There is also the recency bias (songs close to the time the polls are taken are advantaged) and the rivality issues (If a song does not have real rivals, it will take a larger percentage than if they would release the song in a bigger year). But I agree that Gallup is important regarding national hits and it's very good to show us the national hits in a small timeframe. National hits isn't just digitals, they are supposed to reach a broader audience than usual and Gallup polls are the best way to show it. For this year, Gallup polls showed us very clearly which are the national hits.


    So yeah I think Gallup should be included as bonuses, and the balance needs to be achieved carefully.

  • Not a comment on whats written, but the font colour used here makes it hard to read lol

  • Could you give me details for Cheer Up and Ddu-du ddu-du.


    Anyway if you ask me, index like this won't work cuz you would need to gather all data like PAK's was it just one or maybe 50, how hard was it to get PAK (number of charts), competition on charts at this time, charting on other charts. Songs released now will have disadvantage in downloads cuz they are dead. What about music shows?


    Going by your methodology Chungha's Bad Boy is bigger hit than KTL and it never charted higher than #36 on Melon real-time chart. Calculations:

    SOTY win = 50 points

    15 weeks in Gaon top100 = 15 points

    16 weeks in Melon top100 = 16 points

    50 + 15 + 16 = 81 points

    and the song will probably get few more weeks in Melon and Gaon top100. Just basing on this one song you can see that SOTY win gives too much points.

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  • I do see your point, I just copied their work so I can continue it, obviously the formula does need work, and up to a certain point, all of the adjustments that need to be made will be mind boggling.

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  • Just realized Spring Day becomes #1 (unless she already was). The Queen is taking her rightful place. :love:

    Lmao at Dynamite, 555 points already. Next week he is gonna be #6, wtf, that's in less than 5 months. :D Insanity. Poor BWL probably gonna be surpassed in a few months.

  • Not a comment on whats written, but the font colour used here makes it hard to read lol

    What color does it look like, because on my screen it's white against a dark gray background.

    It duplicates stats which are correlated and are reflecting the same underlying features. Important stats like Gallup ranking are missing. It overweights viral hits which die down quickly and downweights longevity too much. And so on. But we already went through this last time.

    Which stats are duplicated (besides CAK and PAK)?

    So yeah I think Gallup should be included as bonuses, and the balance needs to be achieved carefully.

    I want this as an addition as well, it makes way more sense than a Gaon SOTY to me.

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  • Week 2, 2021


    Dingga - 34 (ties with BAAM)

    Savage Love (Remix) - 65 (passes More & More)

    Life Goes On - 96 (ties with Black Swan)

    Lovesick Girls - 150

    Dolphin - 188

    Nonstop - 189

    ON - 239

    How You Like That - 318

    Dynamite - 562 (passes TT and DTNA)

    Boy with Luv - 620

    Spring Day - 855

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  • Just realized Spring Day becomes #1 (unless she already was). The Queen is taking her rightful place. :love:

    Lmao at Dynamite, 555 points already. Next week he is gonna be #6, wtf, that's in less than 5 months. :D Insanity. Poor BWL probably gonna be surpassed in a few months.

    You're behind, Spring Day was #1 weeks ago, and I just made this week's update, Dyna is #6 now.

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  • I do see your point, I just copied their work so I can continue it, obviously the formula does need work, and up to a certain post, all of the adjustments that need to be made will be mind boggling.

    It would take you hundreds of hours to get all data, calculate it and make it fair.


    I would say that minor hit or hit from 2nd part of this year(after reform) wouldn't even be not a hit/not a flop in 2019. That's my opinion.

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  • I would say that minor hit or hit from 2nd part of this year(after reform) wouldn't even be not a hit/not a flop in 2019. That's my opinion.

    Do you mean a minor hit from 2020 after chart reform is actually a bigger hit than it lets on?

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  • I think the problem with Gallup is having a methodology which works over the years and seems consistent. They just changed how they display the results and now we can't see what 40+ voted in terms of most idols songs so it's hard to compare with previous years. There is also the recency bias (songs close to the time the polls are taken are advantaged) and the rivality issues (If a song does not have real rivals, it will take a larger percentage than if they would release the song in a bigger year). But I agree that Gallup is important regarding national hits and it's very good to show us the national hits in a small timeframe. National hits isn't just digitals, they are supposed to reach a broader audience than usual and Gallup polls are the best way to show it. For this year, Gallup polls showed us very clearly which are the national hits.


    So yeah I think Gallup should be included as bonuses, and the balance needs to be achieved carefully.

    How have they changed methodology? Ive never heard of this.


    Its not necessary to have top 40 idol songs, its enough to use the top 10 songs overall, a real national hit would rank there and more than one year. The recency bias is not valid in my opinion, since a true huge hit will have enough longevity to overcome it.

  • Which stats are duplicated (besides CAK and PAK)?

    Including both Melon and Gaon stats is unnecessary in my opinion. It would be enough to have only Gaon. The Gaon SOTY is also duplicating Gaon stats and giving even more weight to short term topping of charts (since you cant have several months).


    I think overall it overweighs short term hype, every metrics used is geared towards it. There is basically no metric that gives points for longevity. I think overall ranks on yearly chart or overall streams/downloads # is a better measure than "weeks to some milestone" or heavily weighted weekly stats. Yearly stats also make the songs more comparable, it removes some of the impact of how much competition the song had etc. And the impact of whether song was released early or late in the years doesnt really matter, since a hit song should chart for several years on yearly chart.

  • I think overall it overweighs short term hype, every metrics used is geared towards it. There is basically no metric that gives points for longevity. I think overall ranks on yearly chart or overall streams/downloads # is a better measure than "weeks to some milestone" or heavily weighted weekly stats. Yearly stats also make the songs more comparable, it removes some of the impact of how much competition the song had etc. And the impact of whether song was released early or late in the years doesnt really matter, since a hit song should chart for several years on yearly chart.

    I completely agree with this, and I actually debated this with the original maker of this index. Longevity deserves to be highly rewarded.

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  • I completely agree with this, and I actually debated this with the original maker of this index. Longevity deserves to be highly rewarded.

    Yeah. I remember I blocked them after they refused to see sense and ended up throwing around some bizarre insults.


    Thats why I didnt even see this thread on AKP, I might have argued about this more if I knew it was still ongoing.

  • Week 3, 2021


    Dingga - 36 (passes ICY)

    Savage Love (Remix) - 67

    Life Goes On - 103 (passes Peek-a-Boo)

    Lovesick Girls - 157 (passes Signal and Bad Boy)

    Dolphin - 192 (passes Nonstop)

    Nonstop - 191

    ON - 241 (ties Dalla Dalla and Why So Lonely)

    How You Like That - 320

    Dynamite - 569

    Boy with Luv - 622

    Spring Day - 857

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  • Yeah. I remember I blocked them after they refused to see sense and ended up throwing around some bizarre insults.


    Thats why I didnt even see this thread on AKP, I might have argued about this more if I knew it was still ongoing.


    The chart was heavily modified form the time you had a fit to appease the BTS stans that wanted longevity to be weighted more heavily than impact. There are a lot more points related to longevity at this point.

    It's not my fault you're clouded with bias that you don't see sense. Don't project that on to me.

  • Thank you for continuing this Massive, but I still haven't really decided if I'm going to be actively joining the new forum since I rather dislike the new design and site. I logged in only when I saw this.

  • How does Cheer Up losing vs D4 in Korea?


    I was surprised too.

    D4 spent more time in the upper half of the charts during its run. Cheer Up fell down quite fast to the bottom portion of the charts after it fell out of the top 10/20. Despite D4 lasting about 15 weeks less on the top 100 of charts than Cheer Up, D4 spent almost 10 weeks more in the upper half (top 50) of the same charts. For that reason it was also able to reach milestones a lot faster.

    Those things gave it just enough push. Almost all of the other metrics D4 and Cheer Up are identical or near identical (likes weeks at #1, Gaon SOTY etc.)

  • Thank you for continuing this Massive, but I still haven't really decided if I'm going to be actively joining the new forum since I rather dislike the new design and site. I logged in only when I saw this.

    You can consider moving it to the other place. (If you want more info, DM me please). I can update it in peace there.

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  • Your hardwork is amazing.


    Btw, BTS is literally owning Korea. And i didn't expect D4 to be that high. D4 is truly Blackpink's major turning point. Lovesick Girls deserves more point for its longevity, me thinks 😌

    This is fun for me, so it's no problem.


    D4 I expected to be this high, it's debatably in the top 5 idol hits of 3rd gen.

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  • Week 4, 2021


    Dingga - 38

    Savage Love (Remix) - 69 (ties with Millions)

    Life Goes On - 110 (passes Egotistic and FANCY)

    Lovesick Girls - 164

    Nonstop - 193

    Dolphin - 196

    ON - 243 (passes Dalla Dalla and Why So Lonely)

    How You Like That - 322

    Dynamite - 576

    Boy with Luv - 624

    Spring Day - 859

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  • Damn look at ON.

    Also dynamite BWL spring day = Royalty

  • Week 5, 2021


    Dingga - 40

    Savage Love (Remix) - 71 (ties with EVERY DAY)

    Life Goes On - 112

    Lovesick Girls - 171

    Nonstop - 195

    Dolphin - 200

    ON - 245 (passes LIKEY)

    How You Like That - 324 (ties with FXXK IT)

    Dynamite - 583

    Boy with Luv - 626

    Spring Day - 861

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  • Week 5, 2021


    Dingga - 42 (passes Where You At)

    Savage Love (Remix) - 73 (passes EVERY DAY)

    Life Goes On - 114

    Lovesick Girls - 178 (passes You're The Best)

    Nonstop - 197

    Dolphin - 204 (passes Only One for Me & Power Up)

    ON - 246

    How You Like That - 326 (passes FXXK IT)

    YES OR YES - 326 + 32 = 358 (passes Me Gustas Tu & Flower Road)

    Boy with Luv - 628

    Dynamite - 590 + 95 = 685 (passes Boy with Luv & Cheer Up)

    Spring Day - 863

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  • lovesick girl is catching up to nonstop and dolphin. And people still say it is not National hit (it will continue to rack up points)

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