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Angerme member Instagram like counts became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hello!Project board. Numbers from posts for events like ASIA CULTURE FESTIVAL 2026 and CDJ2526 were compared, drawing attention to how strong Hashisako’s like counts were following her graduation announcement, and to Goto breaking into the upper ranks. Meanwhile, Shimoiya avoided last place this time around, with Tamenaga instead sinking into the bottom-spot battle. The discussion also touched on how the rankings shift depending on the metric used, and how Instagram numbers don’t always line up with individual handshake-event sales figures.
What people said
Hashisako 4,028
Goto 3,854
though actually, Mocchi's been climbing lately
If she's got a hole, I'd like to fill it. (crude pun on "weak spot" = ana, literally "hole")
The "Wolf" numbers get tallied per event, so they shift around a bit (unclear slang, possibly a specific event/format)
ASIA CULTURE FESTIVAL 2026 Instagram post like counts
Hirayama 3,789
Hashisako 3,451
Matsumoto 3,371
Goto 3,011
Ise 2,921
Kawana 2,714
Nagano 2,458
Shimoiya 2,080
Tamenaga 1,951
CDJ2526 Instagram post like counts
Hashisako 3,696
Kawana 2,974
Ise 2,859
Matsumoto 2,803
Hirayama 2,791
Goto 3,120
Nagano 2,876
Tamenaga 2,062
Shimoiya 2,017
Sounds like this worked out favorably for Goto, so someone triumphantly started a thread about it
The order's all messed up
CDJ2526 Instagram post like counts
Hashisako 3,696
Goto 3,120
Kawana 2,974
Nagano 2,876
Ise 2,859
Matsumoto 2,803
Hirayama 2,791
Tamenaga 2,062
Shimoiya 2,017
Hashisako's always been strong on Instagram metrics
but she's unpopular on metrics that pull in outside votes like this one
Not as much as people say
Goto's fine just doing variety shows
Give that spot to Shimoiya instead
Or if it's about betting everything on one member, Nagano works too
Were you really that happy about beating Tamenaga on just one single metric?
Being cheerful doesn't automatically make someone a good person though
She'd have every reason to be jealous of Goto's popularity and skill,
but she never once acts cold or distant about it (maybe she feels it inside, who knows) — that's what makes her seem like a genuinely good person
She does well with female fans
Antis wouldn't know anything about that!
They won't flow to Tamenaga — Hashisako fans probably don't even like her
If anywhere, they'd go to her close friend Kero
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GVgS4WkXAAApeKy.jpg:orig#.jpg
and she's been close with Kawashima and Uemura ever since trainee days
Yuppyon really is blessed under some special star
That's actually pretty impressive when you think about it
She's got to be well aware she's about as unpopular as it gets
Always smiling, always seems at ease
Then why don't her individual sales sell?
Background and Talking Points
Angerme is a Hello!Project idol group, and members’ Instagram like counts are, alongside individual CD handshake-event sales, one of the popularity metrics fans often compare. The two don’t always match, though — since Instagram reflects reactions from casual fans as well as core ones, it tends to get discussed as a rough gauge of “non-paying popularity.” What split opinion in the thread was whether to read the strength of graduating member Hashisako’s like counts as genuine popularity, or as a temporary “graduation bump.” There was also cautious pushback against ranking members off a single metric, since the order shifts from festival to festival. The article doesn’t get into this, but it’s worth keeping in mind that Instagram likes are also shaped by post content and posting timing, which makes them a different kind of measure from on-the-ground indicators like individual handshake events.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello!Project board) thread “Angerme’s Latest Popularity Ranking Revealed: Goto Effectively Tops the Chart, Shimoiya Escapes Last Place.”
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