bts vs. one direction : a thread:

one direction- 4 world tours, 2 of them stadium tours
bts- 3 world tours, 1 or 2 stadium tours (correct me if it isn't right)
one direction- over 50 mill. records sold worldwide
bts- 10 mill. records sold worldwide

twitter followers (as of 13 april 2020)

bts- 24.9 million
one direction- 30.4 million

very close in numbers but either way, one direction is bigger on twitter

youtube subscribers (as of 13 april 2020)

bts- 27.4 million
one direction- 30.9 million

again very close but either way, one direction is bigger on youtube

youtube views (as of 13 april 2020)

bts- over 700 million
one direction- over 7.3 BILLION

one direction is bigger on youtube, point blank

singles chart statistics for one direction
- 4 U.K number one singles
- 14 U.K top 10's singles
- 4 weeks at number 1 singles
- 56 weeks in top 10 singles
- 18 weeks in U.K top 40's singles
- 178 weeks in top 40 singles
- 28 U.K top 75s singles
- 329 in top 75s singles

singles chart statistics for bts
- 0 U.K number 1 singles
- 0 weeks as number 1 singles
- 0 U.K top 10's singles
- 0 weeks in top 10s singles
- 3 U.K top 40s singles
- 6 weeks in top 40s singles
- 10 U.K top 75s singles
- 20 weeks in top 75s singles

album chart stats. for one direction (5 albums)
- 4 U.K number 1 albums
- 5 weeks as number 1 albums
- 5 U.K top 10s albums
- 41 weeks as top 10s albums
- 5 U.K top 40s albums
- 193 weeks as top 40s albums
- 5 U.K top 75s albums
- 284 weeks as top 75s albums

album chart stats. for bts (7 albums)
- 2 U.K number 1 albums
- 2 weeks in number 1 albums
- 3 U.K top 10s albums
- 5 weeks in top 10s albums
- 5 U.K top 40s albums
- 22 weeks in top 40s albums
- 6 U.K top 75s albums
- 41 weeks in top 75s albums

one direction awards
- 181 awards won
- 286 award nominations
- they won 63% of the awards they were nominated for
- their most won award was a Teens Choice Award (28 awards)

bts awards
- 264 awards won
- 395 award nominations
- they won 66% of the awards they were nominated for
- their most won award was a Mnet Asian Music Award (24 awards)

one direction endorsements
- 2011 pokemon black and white
- launched nokia 3C and nokia C2-02 phones
- 2012 colgate endorsement (2 toothbrushes and 1 toothpaste)
- 2012 multi mill. $ Pepsi advertising deal
- 2012 hasbro mini figures
- 2013 announced pop up shops around the

world (brisbane, toronto, chicago, new york, tokyo, stockholm) where they sold exclusive merchandise
- 2013 toyota vios endorsement
- 4 perfumes
- 2015 coca-cola endorsement
- 2015 honda civic endorsement
- mattel dolls
- preformed at the olypics

bts endorsements
- 2018 LG endorsement
- 2018 hyundai motors endorsement
- mattel dolls
- funko pop endorsement
- casetify endorsement
- coca-cola korea endorsement
- 2020 samsung endorsement

one direction ticket sales
- up all night tour: $5 million
- take me home tour: $125 million
- where we are tour: $313 million
- on the road again tour: $224 million

bts ticket sales (correct if wrong)
- the red bullet tour: $0
- wake up: open your eyes japan tour: $0
- the most beautiful moment in life on stage tour: $0
- the wings tour: $6 million
- love yourself tour: $71 million
- map of the soul: n/a

in conclusion, one direction has more worldwide achievements while bts has most of their achievements in asia. there are so many more things you can compare both with. keep in mind their demographics. therefore, according to this evidence, one direction is and continues

to be bigger than bts.