apparently bunjang global purchases now count toward this new hanteo trend chart (https://exhibition.bunjang.co.kr/viewer/hanteo-trend-chart), mixed in with pcs and merch authentication data. Kinda a neat idea tbh, actual marketplace activity instead of just album sales and streaming like the old charts.
From what I read in their faq the chart pulls from five things, transaction data, authentication data, photo data, social mentions and social inflow. Buying more stuff also bumps the score apparently and they said theres some kind of abuse filter for sketchy activity.
But the part that got me is the authentication. Every time you scan the QR code to verify your album or merch, that also sends your country, city, gender and age into the chart in real time. I genuinely never thought about what happens when i scan that stuff to authenticate….
Does anyone actually know how much weight each of those five categories gets? I honestly don’t buy merch that much myself so I wouldn’t really know but for those who buy or trade a lot have you noticed certain groups jumping up weirdly fast lately?
Not saying anything is sus, just think its quite an interesting system and wanna know what other collectors think about whether it actually reflects real fandom size or just who’s buying the most.
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