By the Numbers

Rookie Group Debut Totals 2013-2023

Conceived as a companion project to my Periodic Rookie Group Reports series, By the Numbers is a survey of rookie groups through total numbers. In the tables below, the number of debuts for a given year are aggregated by gender, period, and overall totals.

For notes about sources for these numbers, please refer to the Methodology.

Rookie Group Debuts : 2013
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 18 14 32
Girl Groups 12 19 31
Co-Ed Groups 1 0 1
Total Groups 31 33 64
Rookie Group Debuts : 2014
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 25 21 46
Girl Groups 33 22 55
Co-Ed Groups 3 3 6
Total Groups 61 46 107
Rookie Group Debuts : 2015
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 18 21 39
Girl Groups 23 27 50
Co-Ed Groups 1 0 1
Total Groups 42 48 90
Rookie Group Debuts : 2016
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 14 22 36
Girl Groups 29 20 49
Co-Ed Groups 1 0 1
Total Groups 44 42 86
Rookie Group Debuts : 2017
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 26 22 48
Girl Groups 22 25 47
Co-Ed Groups 1 1 2
Total Groups 49 48 97
Rookie Group Debuts : 2018
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 15 9 24
Girl Groups 17 29 46
Co-Ed Groups 0 0 0
Total Groups 32 38 70
Rookie Group Debuts : 2019
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 27 12 39
Girl Groups 23 14 37
Co-Ed Groups 1 1 2
Total Groups 51 27 78
Rookie Group Debuts : 2020
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 22 14 36
Girl Groups 17 21 39
Co-Ed Groups 2 3 5
Total Groups 41 38 79
Rookie Group Debuts : 2021
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 15 7 22
Girl Groups 13 21 34
Co-Ed Groups 2 1 3
Total Groups 31 28 59
Rookie Group Debuts : 2022
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 15 7 22
Girl Groups 24 27 51
Co-Ed Groups 1 2 3
Total Groups 40 36 76
Rookie Group Debuts : 2023
January to June July to December Total
Boy Groups 23 21 44
Girl Groups 25 21 46
Co-Ed Groups 3 1 4
Queer Groups 1 0 1
Total Groups 52 43 95