As a proud, lifelong stan of One Direction, I have been EXTREMELY lucky to stan one of the greatest boy bands ever created. However, I have always known that their was a possibly that another group could eventually come along in the future and surpass my favs.

With all of the excitement going on about the possibility of One Direction reuniting, there has been a certain fandom who has been very vocal about their displeasure of that idea. Why, you may ask? Jealousy, insecurity about their own group, anger, all of the above? Who knows?

Also, now many of them are suddenly claiming that their group has supposedly "surpassed" One Direction and have had more of an impact than them. They can't explain when, where, how or why but apparently their group both surpassed and out impacted just because they said so.

Well, if that's the case then I would like to explore that idea just to see if those fans are correct. So, here's a thread. Let's see which group TRULY reigns supreme at the end of the day.

#OneDirection VS. #BTS

#OneDirection vs. #BTS

A Thread:

Movies :

bts: Burn the Stage: 20.4 million / Bring the Soul: 24.3 million

1D: Where we Are: 15 million / This is Us: 68.5 million

Music:

Albums :

Debut album sales (only in their home countries):

bts: 350,102
1D: 1,086,434

Highest selling album:

bts: Map Of the Soul Persona: 5.5 million
1D: Take Me Home : 7.6 million

Highest selling album in the U.S. (Pure):

bts: Map Of the Soul Persona: 454,000
1D: Up All Night: 2.5 million

Overall combined album sales:
bts: 21 million (7 years)
1D: 50 million ( 5 years)

Singles:

Debut singles (only in their home countries):

bts: No More Dream: 49,068
1D: What Makes You Beautiful: 1.8 million

Highest selling single:

bts: Boy With Luv : 3.7 million
1D: What Makes You Beautiful: 8.2 million.

Highest selling single in the U.S. :

bts: Idol/Boy With Luv/Mic Drop: 1 million (Platinum)
1D: What Makes You Beautiful: 4 million (4X Platinum)

Overall est. combined singles sold:
bts: 15 million
1D: 40 million

Hot100 Chart:

Hits/Songs:
bts: 3 top 10's / 11 songs
1D: 6 top 10's / 29 songs

Longevity (longest time spent on the chart for a song):
bts: 10 weeks
1D: 34 weeks

Peak Position:
bts: 4
1D: 2

Tours:

Highest grossing tour:
bts: Love Yourself World Tour: 187.52 million
1D: Where We Are Tour: 313.41 million

Highest number of ticket sales:
bts: 2 million
1D: 3.4 million

Highest tour in attendance:
bts: 2 million fans
1D: 3.4 million fans

Second highest tour gross:
bts: 6.6 M
1D: On The Road Again Tour: 224.35 M

Second highest # of ticket sales:
bts: 550,000
1D: 2.3 M

Second highest tour attendance:
bts:550,000 fans
1D: 2.3 M fans

Overall tour gross:
bts:$194,134,021 (7 years)
1D: $662,880,000 (5 years)

Social Media Presence:

Twitter:
bts: 24.9 million
1D: 30.4 million

Instagram:
bts: 24.4 million
1D: 17.3 million

YouTube:
bts: 27.4 million
1D: 30.9 million

Awards:

Overall wins/nominations:
bts: 181/286
1D: 264/395

Highest won award from a single award show:
bts: 24 (MNET)
1D: 28 (Teen Choice)

Caliber of awards the group is nominated for (U.S. awards shows ):

bts: AMA-Top Social Artist,Top Group/AMA-Favorite Social Artist, Favorite Duo Group, Tour of the Year / VMA-Best Group, Best K-Pop, Best Art Direction, Best Collab, Best Choreography.

1D: AMA-Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Favorite Pop/Rock Group, New Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year /BBMA-Billboard 200 Album, Artist of the Year, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Social Artist, Top Duo/Group, New Artist of the Year, Top Pop Artist,Top Pop Billboard 200 Album Pop.

...Top Touring Artist/ VMA-Best Pop Video, Most Share-Worthy Video, Best Song of the Summer

Ok, that should be enough for the moment but if I need to make a Part 2 to this thread I definitely will. Personally, I think I got the gist of most of the main comparable areas with actual facts, data & numbers rather than whiny opinions like certain others.

So, in conclusion, according to the data, it doesn't appear that bts has "surpassed" 1D in any sense of the word. If I missed anything please feel free to correct me with FACTS but please know that if you come trolling you will be blocked immediately. #1DConcertOnlineStayAtHome