By the Numbers

Rookie Group Debut Totals 2013-2024

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.

YEARS:

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

Rookie Group Debuts : 2024
	January to June	July to December	Total
Boy Groups	19	12	31
Girl Groups	30	17	47
Co-Ed Groups	3	2	5
Total Groups	52	31	83