Are impact, popularity, and success all the same thing in kpop?

Impact is a meaningless word used in fanwars to make one's faves seem relevant. It's usually used in place of actual success metrics like albums sold, #1 hits charted, or most viewed videos - if you cant brag about those tangible things, you usually end up claiming your faves have "impact" when they usually don't.

Popularity and success are a bit different. If you define success by albums sold, there are groups like Idle which might not qualify since they only sell about 200k albums, even though their song is wildly popular.

Depends on how much you like discussing sales, views, etc.

If you love it, the more different words the better.

Success:how well a group is doing

popularity: how known are they

impact:how revelant are they

it does sound the same now that i see

I rarely see impact not backed up by actual data.

Not talking about when fans say the term impact btw like someone else said when it's used in fanwars. But actual impact doesn't need to be stated differently because the numbers will always back it up.

BTS has all 3 that’s all I know

Impact: How a group has impacted the K-pop industry

Popularity: It depends on the person's standard, but is the perception that people know them or have heard about the group

Success: How are you performing by the company's expectations or the industry standard / How much money are you making

No, they are not all the same in any genre. They are not synonyms.