YOASOBI’s ‘Idol’ Breaks Oricon Weekly Streaming Record

YOASOBI’s “Idol,” which serves as the opening for Oshi no Ko, is the first song in Oricon history to have over 20 million weekly YouTube views for six weeks in a row. In slightly simpler , this means that people watched the video over 20 million times every week for six weeks. It and the English version also topped multiple other Oricon rankings. [Thanks, Oricon!]

For the fourth time since its release, “Idol” topped the earlier this week but it’s already the eighth most ed song with 6080 s.

As of the time of writing, the music video for the Japanese version of “Idol” has over 133 million views. Meanwhile, the English version has 9.3 million. At the rate that “Idol” is going, it will likely sur “Kaibutsu,” “Racing Into the Night,” and “Gunjo” as YOASOBI’s most popular music video. For reference, right now, “Kaibutsu” is the most-watched video on YOASOBI’s channel. Since it came out two years ago, it’s accumulated over 280 million views.

Oshi no Ko is available on streaming services such as best-selling manga in the first half of 2023.