Nearly 200,000 members leave EXO's fan cafe; drops down from #3 to #9 ranking

[rikayla.livejournal.com]

Earlier today, INSTIZ released their updated chart for ”2014 Male Idol Fan Cafe Rankings”. EXO had the largest loss in member count, far greater than any other group on the list.

EXO’s fan cafe member count dropped a total of 189,419 since the last update, leading to a total of 118,552 members. More than half of the total remaining fandom left the group since news that EXO’s Baekhyun and Girls Generation’s Taeyeon are in a 4 month relationship.

Before the drop, EXO ranked at #3 for male Idol fan cafes below TVXQ (608,975) who lost 7,552 members, and BIGBANG (293,706) who lost 3,227 members. With the drop in membership counts, BEAST (273,578) with a less of 3,778 members moves up to the #3 slot.

EXO now ranks at #9, having dropped down five points in the standings so quickly, fans were left confused but optimistic, “No one really falls from scandals like this. Fans will soon get over it and continue to support EXO”.

Currently there is not much information on Girls Generations’ fandoms, or specifically Taeyeon’s. However, one of her bigger fansites – Expecto Patronum – has left a heartwarming message that floated around online amidst talks about the two’s relationship.

The message reads, “The only one thing I want to say is that while lots of things happened, I still love taeyeon unnie, love her performance, and love any moment she sincerely treats SONE. Whether it’s yesterday, today, or tomorrow, I support her forever. I love TY everyday.”


Source: Koreaboo, Instiz, Expecto Patronum

Comments

[sheisagentleman.livejournal.com]

o m g

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Lmao rip EXO

[obscurajae.livejournal.com]

i'm confused - that is a HUGE drop. i would have assumed more would leave after something BIG like yifan's departure than just some stupid dating scandal. Like really, over half the fandom is so crazy about baekhyun's purity?? idgi...

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

do fancafes only consist of Korean fans? Bc if thats the case, then i'm not surprised this caused more of a drop than Kris leaving. Baekhyun is wayyyy more popular in Korea than Kris is (or so I have heard)

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

lmao this mess. kpop fans are so fickle. they'll come running back when exo has a new hit song.

[springsky.livejournal.com]

MTE

they are being so immature about this

[soft-taozi.livejournal.com]

I wonder if that rumour about the guy replacing Kris is floating around the k-fandom.

[prettyminstrel.livejournal.com]

o u c h.

but well can't say i didn't expect this after kris and now taeyeon thing happened. things are too much for fans to handle rn a lot of them are taking a break from the fandom

[girltragedy.livejournal.com]

Now it's serious.

Really important question: Why is the name of a Taeyeon fansite a Harry Potter reference?

[mikilove13.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Maybe it's because the strength behind the Patronum is happy thoughts and Taeyeon makes them happy. Idk, I'm just an HP nerd, so...

[ultraflyy23.livejournal.com]

I think this confirms that this whole thing wasn't a cover up for Kris' leaving. Unless SM didn't anticipate how devastating this would be. Fans are so fucking fickle though, leaving because a member is dating? Really?

[hyemint.livejournal.com]

why would it be a cover up for kris leaving...?

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

god bless krisus and taeyeon for all this entertainment

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

(http://nl.tinypic.com?ref=25it8v5)

Good riddance. I can't with some of these fans.

[prettyminstrel.livejournal.com]

"good riddance"

MTE

[love-allure.livejournal.com]

damn but not surprising i guess? i mean, most of their fans have to be younger/around their age so dealing with this kind of stuff early on would be pretty ~~*shocking*~~ for them compared to veteran idol group fans.

[ainsleys.livejournal.com]

ouch :| didn't think it'd have that much of an impact, they'll probably be back eventually once they promote again.

i'm more interested in the (admittedly not very solid) rumour of kris being replaced by a (qt) chinese trainee http://kpoptimeout.tumblr.com/post/89410682819/rumor-exo-to-have-a-new-member

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

it would be such a dumb move of sm to add a new member rn imo.

[redgreendress.livejournal.com]

Geez what a mess.

[mad-nux.livejournal.com]

expecto patronum tho lol why

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

Ngl I did the hugest laugh just now. Then my friends asked what and I ended up explaining not only the situation, but the kpop fandom craziness in general. So all in all I'm just amused. We'll see how this plays out.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

I'm always surprised and really proud to see how high B1A4 is on fancafe ranking lists :3

[adlyeith.livejournal.com]

Thiiiiiiiiiiis.

[prettyminstrel.livejournal.com]

great to see tvxq still going on strong :') if they can still thrive after the fall from the legendary 800k then exo will do fine after another break and a comeback.

also, i think i'm the only one who see this as kinda a good thing for exo, cuz everything is moving wayy too fast for them so i hope in a way this would ground them a bit? idk

[jeje-bts.livejournal.com]

I heard it was 20k not 200k.

This is turning pretty messy. I'm enjoying it silently.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

20k would make more sense comparing it to May's fancafe chart tbh

[confuqued.livejournal.com]

So all the immature fans left, good.

[greasetree.livejournal.com]

Well the majority of Baekhyun's fansites seem supportive, so at least that's a plus.

Bye, fickle fans



EDIT: the numbers in this article are old (http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.com/2014/01/instiz-updated-2014-male-group-fancafe.html?m=1), from before Kris and Baekyeon messes. gj Koreaboo.

[shocko-o.livejournal.com]

lmao i love chenkris troll gifs

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

you need new gifs sis

[kamoku-ayame.livejournal.com]

I'm just hoping the crazies that left aren't going to switch to the fandoms I like

[engraved-16.livejournal.com]

jesus o.o dramatic much k-fans??

[chansnug.livejournal.com]

how is this possible when there were never even 200,000 fans in the exo fancafe to begin with

[22-taken.livejournal.com]

this.

i remember a rumor saying that '200.000 exo fans left the fancafe because they became got7 fans' what wasn't true either. i was told that they've never had more than 200K members in their fancafe.

[yumi99.livejournal.com]

I can't seem to open instiz on mobile, but to what is this comparison, those who can read the source?
Because this translation seems to confuse things with the January news of EXO's fancafe losing members (which it actually didn't because it wasn't originally an EXO fancafe but when it became one, people migrated away and around 180k people stayed in the cafe when it originally had had around 300k members.).
I think it was posted on omona as well, if someone kindhearted wants to find a link.

edit. this (http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/13471139.html?thread=1204834723#t1204834723).