All SM groups ranked by peak popularity!
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You're missing a few groups too.
Fly to the Sky, Milk, Shinvi, Blackbeat, Trax, off the top of my head.
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That was an... interesting list, no arguing there, who can argue with a Drew Original ranking
But about popularity, few important things to keep in mind.
Boy groups do better with hardcore K-pop stans, girl groups do better with the general public (=not only K-pop stans but everyone).
Popularity isn't about popularity solely among K-pop fans, but about popularity in general, with the public.
So... since we're talking about every group's peak in popularity and Gallup's still the closest, most objective measure of popularity, the resulting list would be like this:
1. Girls Generation (#1 in Gallup, 29.8%)
3. H.O.T.
4. S.E.S.
5. Red Velvet (#6 in Gallup, 7.8%)
6. Aespa (#6 in Gallup, 6.5%)
7. TVXQ (#9 in Gallup)
8. Super Junior (#10 in Gallup, 4.6%)
9. SHINee (#18 in Gallup)
10. f(x)
11. NCT
12. Shinhwa
14 & 15 Sugar & Milk
Most difficult to place were the 1st gen groups that didn't have a Gallup ranking. They're listed by how popular they were compared with other boy groups and girl groups of their time.
The groups that didn't have a Gallup ranking in the years that Gallup existed, were ranked based who had more top charting songs (in digitals).
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That was an... interesting list, no arguing there, who can argue with a Drew Original ranking
But about popularity, few important things to keep in mind.
Boy groups do better with hardcore K-pop stans, girl groups do better with the general public (=not only K-pop stans but everyone).
Popularity isn't about popularity solely among K-pop fans, but about popularity in general, with the public.
So... since we're talking about every group's peak in popularity and Gallup's still the closest, most objective measure of popularity, the resulting list would be like this:
1. Girls Generation (#1 in Gallup, 29.8%)
3. H.O.T.
4. S.E.S.
5. Red Velvet (#6 in Gallup, 7.8%)
6. Aespa (#6 in Gallup, 6.5%)
7. TVXQ (#9 in Gallup)
8. Super Junior (#10 in Gallup, 4.6%)
9. SHINee (#18 in Gallup)
10. f(x)
11. NCT
12. Shinhwa
14 & 15 Sugar & Milk
Most difficult to place were the 1st gen groups that didn't have a Gallup ranking. They're listed by how popular they were compared with other boy groups and girl groups of their time.
The groups that didn't have a Gallup ranking in the years that Gallup existed, were ranked based who had more top charting songs (in digitals).
If this list was just for Korea I could agree, but I think NCT has already a bigger peak on popularity overall (globally) than F(x) and Shinee
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Oh, but it is about South Korea, since it's the South Korean Gallup surveys and it's the only means where you can measure popularity of K-pop groups among general public cq. non-Kpop fans.
Popularity of groups outside South Korea is more based on K-pop fans and not the general public in all those countries who barely know K-pop and K-pop groups at all - unless you're BTS or Blackpink.
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Oh, but it is about South Korea, since it's the South Korean Gallup surveys and it's the only means where you can measure popularity of K-pop groups among general public cq. non-Kpop fans.
Popularity of groups outside South Korea is more based on K-pop fans and not the general public in all those countries who barely know K-pop and K-pop groups at all - unless you're BTS or Blackpink.
K-Pop fans count too as people though, not being BTS or BP doesn't mean that you have the same popularity than any nugu group overseas. I mean, if it's just Korea yeah I can agree.
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That was an... interesting list, no arguing there, who can argue with a Drew Original ranking
But about popularity, few important things to keep in mind.
Boy groups do better with hardcore K-pop stans, girl groups do better with the general public (=not only K-pop stans but everyone).
Popularity isn't about popularity solely among K-pop fans, but about popularity in general, with the public.
So... since we're talking about every group's peak in popularity and Gallup's still the closest, most objective measure of popularity, the resulting list would be like this:
1. Girls Generation (#1 in Gallup, 29.8%)
3. H.O.T.
4. S.E.S.
5. Red Velvet (#6 in Gallup, 7.8%)
6. Aespa (#6 in Gallup, 6.5%)
7. TVXQ (#9 in Gallup)
8. Super Junior (#10 in Gallup, 4.6%)
9. SHINee (#18 in Gallup)
10. f(x)
11. NCT
12. Shinhwa
14 & 15 Sugar & Milk
Most difficult to place were the 1st gen groups that didn't have a Gallup ranking. They're listed by how popular they were compared with other boy groups and girl groups of their time.
The groups that didn't have a Gallup ranking in the years that Gallup existed, were ranked based who had more top charting songs (in digitals).
As expected SNSD
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