Korean netizens’ reactions to the gender that purchased the most tickets for BTS’s comeback concert

 [Theqoo] “Age and gender statistics of BTS Goyang concert ticket purchasers.”

 

 

 

 

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Ticket purchaser statistics

 

Male: 7%

Female: 93%

 

10s: 4.9%

20s: 26.2%

30s: 27.2%

40s: 26.7%

50s: 12.7%

 

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Number of attendees by age group

 

— 10s (4.9%): 7,350 people

— 20s (26.2%): 39.300 people

— 30s (27.2%): 40,800 people

— 40s (26.7%): 40,050 people

— 50s (12.7%): 19,050 people

— Others/unknown (2.3%): 3,450 people  

 

 

All 150,000 seats for the three-day concerts sold out during the pre-sale. 

Netizens' comments:

1. BTS used to be mocked as 'elementary school kids' presidents,' and now that feels so long ago. They've been well over 10 years into their career, and if the balance look like that now, it's actually great—it's nicely spread across age groups.

2. Wow, that balance is insane ㅋㅋㅋ BTS always ranks on Gallup's teens list too ㅋㅋㅋ Having fans across so many age groups is great. And selling out 150,000 seats just through pre-sales alone is seriously wild.

 

3. At that point, for a group this far into their career, it's basically perfect balance. The fact that people in their 20s still make up that much is already amazing. Who cares about teens anyway ㅋㅋㅋㅋ What's so important about that ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The youngest is 20 at the concert, come on.

 

4. I came down thinking, "Wow, the balance looks great," and then saw people freaking out over there being "no teens" ㅋㅋㅋㅋ But from the start, didn't they have like a three-year miliary hiatus? During that time, they couldn't really show their faces to the teens who currently have spending power, so this result feels totally natural, And the teens from back then have grown into their 20s now, which is why they show up in that age bracket.

 

5. The balance looks insanely good though? I thought, "This is ideal," and then saw the comments packed because of age-obsessed nonsense? ㅋㅋㅋ That's hilarious. Looking at the numbers, if people in their 20s and 30s alone are around 25,000, isn't that already way more than most idols? Other groups don't even hit half of that ㅋㅋㅋ

 

6. How is the age distribution really that evenly spread? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It's kind of fascinating. The fact that the age groups for a singer who's called an "idol" can look like that... I guess it just means they're not just an idol anymore.

 

7. That just shows other groups lack mainstream appeal. Once they went world-class, age groups that normally aren't interested in idols started paying attention—that's all it is.

 

8. I was in my 20s when I first became a fan... So am I not allowed to keep liking them? (I'm in my 40s.) I waited through a queue of 100,000 just to barely get tickets... I'm paying with my own money to watch—do I really deserve to be insulted over my age?

 

9. The age distribution looks good. When they held the concert in Goyang, I live nearby so I saw it myself—there were quite a few young people. Everyone was saying "They're all old" and stuff, but there were lots of people in their 20s too.

 

10. Excuse me, BTS debuted in 2013... That makes them 14 years into their career now. Isn't it ridiculous to be going on about teen fans at this point—especially coming from here?

 

11. When you capture both a fandom and the general public, this kind of ratio comes out. Considering BTS's career length and their hiatus, it makes sense that there are fewer teens, and the balance is actually better then I expected. 

12. Aside from teens, the age distribution is really well balanced. Seems like even people in their 50s go to idol concerts—they must be living young at heart.

13. The babies who were born when BTS debuted are becoming middle schoolers this year ㅋㅋㅋ The fact that there's still that percentage of teen fans after the military hiatus is amazing... If you're a female-dominated fan community, don't spit age-based hate.

14. Even if the teen percentage is low, the actual headcount isn't small at all ㅋㅋㅋ The fandom is just so big that teens look small in comparison. I've also been a fan since I was a student, and now I'm in my 30sㅜ

 

15. Isn't it about the time for th teens who were called 'elementary school presidents' back then to have grown into their 20s? For the current middle and high school generation, there hasn't really been much recent activity anyway, so it all seems pretty natural.

 

16. Honestly, what's always so funny whenever posts like this come up is—are we not allowed to be fans once we get older? Why do people feel the need to police others? We're all aging, yet there are people on a 'fan site' mocking and giving attitude to anyone who goes to concerts of the artists they like because of their age. That's seriously hilarious.

 

17. If the total is 150,000 people, even 5% teens means 7,500 people—that's still a pretty divers and well-balanced crowd.

 

18. It's weird to try to drag them over this. You can only feel that their popularity is well spread across ages. And there's no reason to complain about age anyway—the concert tickets are epensive too.

 

19. I actually think eben 5% teens is a lot ㅋㅋ Just the teen alone would be enough to fill a concert, and now there are like 50,000 people showing up per day. Considering their career length and that all the fans are aging together, it's totally natural I don't think it would be much different for other groups with a similar number of years. BTS just looks like they have so many older fans because the older age groups are the absolute majority.

 

20. Isn't it a lot of teens for a group whose youngest member is 30...? They've been debuting for 12 years, and 5% of 150,000 seats is 7,500 people—that still looks like a lot to me ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

 

21. The people mocking the age distribution here—BTS had 150,000 attendees ㅋㅋ Even if you count teens and 20-somethings, that's about 45,000 people. Isn't that insanely high?

 

22. I'm not a BTS fan, but what's with everyone making such a fuss over the fans' ages ㅋㅋ. If you said something about their age, they'd probably throw a fit saying you're outdated with the timesㅋㅋ

 

23. You can see that the fans have been sticking with BTS all this time~

Debuted in 2013, a solid 12 full years, so it's their 13th year by count, right?

Both the fans and BTS are amazing.

 

24. If over 70% are in their 30s and older, then it's clearly not a young fandom. Honestly, all the school-age fans got wiped out. I mean, it was about 10 years ago that they were called 'elementary school presidents.' There's no problem with that—it's just that when people started saying they're young, I pushed back.

25. At that point, it's fair to just say the age distribution is well balanced, right? (I'm not a BTS fan). They've been around for a long time after all.