Produce 101 Season 2 – Air Dates: April 7, 2017 – June 16, 2017
Wanna One Debut Date: August 7, 2017
2017 Year-End Naver Keyword Rankings:
3rd – Produce 101 Season 2
6th – Kang Daniel
10th – Wanna One
Their debut song entered at No. 1, and during this time, the number of users reached 99,000, marking the highest number of users ever recorded at that time.
The term “veterans” is fitting here as in the 2017 Gallup poll for “artist that shined this year”, despite being a rookie boy group, they ranked 6th on the chart (Wanna One – Energetic, Beautiful, NAYANA)… (In 2018, they moved up to 5th).
(2017 – Most liked idol)
Back then, there was also an individual idol ranking in the Gallup poll, and Wanna One’s Kang Daniel ranked 2nd.
Whenever Wanna One appeared on TV, their popularity metrics soared.
Based on the rankings mentioned above:
1. Happy Together (Guest: Wanna One)
2. Wanna One Go (Wanna One Reality Show)
3. The Return of Superman (Guest: Wanna One)
In addition to that, they filmed 34 commercials and, in just a year and a half, achieved awards like Rookie of the Year and Daesang, accomplishing what would take other boy groups seven years. Their impact and popularity were no joke, despite their short time together…..
1. 2017 and 2018 were such fun years to be a fangirlㅠㅠ I still have one row on my bookshelf dedicated to Wanna One’s albums
2. I still miss them from time to time. I think that they were able to hit that big because their promotions were so brief
3. I collected so many YoHai snacks and SuperCone
4. I’ve never liked any idol group but I had a one pick during Produce… it was no joke
5. Because of my friend who was a fan of Wanna One, I owned shares of YoHai for a momentㅋㅋ
6. Please sell those YoHai snacks againㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
7. EX-Bang-Wan.. these three syllables… I remember it so vividly. Boy groups were so amazing back then
8. Energetic in the summer and DNA in fall… Every time one of them had a comeback, everyone was so nervous. It was so fun
9. Even as someone who didn’t watch Produce, I knew Wanna One
10. EX-Bang-Wan feels so nostalgic~
