Whats more popular jpop or kpop?

Question:

I'm pretty sure jpop is way more globally popular. like in Europe,North America, and South America. and kpop is popular in Asia but jpop is also pretty popular. I'm not too sure though what do you think?

Answer:

J-Pop is more popular by far. It has been around longer and there are still fans all over the world to this day, even old fans. K-Pop is mostly popular with only the younger demographics globally.... while J-Pop has fans that can range from different age groups..... a lot of them are even in their 40's or 30's, but, there are also a lot teenage fans too, just like K-Pop.

K-Pop has only been popular lately, but, the top of music in Asia has always been Japan..... who knows it may change in the future, but, I doubt it. The Korean music industry is also centered on groups more than artists, and is mostly focused only on Pop or Hip-Hop. While the Japanese music industry has a wide range of genres: Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock, Metal, Jazz, Enka, Techno, and a hell of a lot more.... so it has more to offer to people since there is a larger spectrum of musical genres.

Also, Japan has the world's 2nd largest music industry behind the U.S., even though the Korean music industry is growing.... I don't expect it to catch up to Japan soon.

This is a chart of the largest music industries in the world! Try looking for Japan here and then look for South Korea:



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Also, Japan has won many awards for it's musical creativity and because of the Legendary Artists.... even though some of them are old now. Japan has also received many other awards that no South Korean artists/ groups have ever received!

The only reason why you hear more about K-Pop nowadays, is because K-Pop fits the younger demographic well, and that's the kind of music that teens like to listen to, while J-Pop is more for matured people. Another thing, K-Pop is advertised much better than J-Pop because Korean music companies such as SM Entertainment, have their own YouTube channels.... and they get more attention when it is on YouTube...... while Japanese music companies don't have their own channel on YouTube, with an exception of a few..... or only channels for certain artists.... not the entire company. Also, Japanese music companies are very strict when it comes to people uploading music from their company..... like putting up a song from one of their contracted artists/ groups. So the video usually gets taken down from YouTube within a few days of it being uploaded (PERSONAL EXPERIENCE).
Additionally, most YouTubers are teens that just listen to songs on YouTube, that's why K-Pop has more attention on YouTube than J-Pop does (BECAUSE THE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT USE YOUTUBE ARE TEENS, AND AS I ALREADY SID PREVIOUSLY, K-POP IS MOSTLY FOR THE YOUNGER TEEN DEMOGRAPHICS)

But, regardless of all that, the Korean music industry still has a LONG LONG way to go before it gets as globally influential and known as the Japanese music industry...........