Thu Oct 15 — Korean press reported this week that BTS's 'Arirang' topped Olivia Rodrigo's Spotify streaming total. We measured English Wikipedia reads for both acts over the same 44 days. BTS's fell 18%. Rodrigo's rose 28%.
Sat Sep 19 — STARNEWS reported BTS passed 9 billion Spotify streams in a year, first for an Asian act. Wikimedia has no data yet for that day, but the 10 days before it read at 0.70x the 10 days before that.
Fri Sep 18 — Big Hit Music announced the milestone on 17 September — the first fully Korean-language song by a K-pop soloist to cross 1 billion Spotify streams. English Wikipedia reading of Jimin that day sat at 0.89x his 30-day average.
Fri Sep 18 — SM Entertainment announced the milestone on 17 September — the second Riize song to pass 100 million Spotify streams. Riize's own English Wikipedia page drew 301 views that day, the lowest of the 30 days we checked.
Thu Sep 17 — Jin's 'Don't Say You Love Me' crossed 1 billion Spotify streams around 18-19 August; Spotify's Billions Club formally added it on 12 September. English Wikipedia reading of Jin sat at 0.93x and 1.01x of his average on those two dates.
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