Has Pink Floyd became bigger than Led Zeppelin?

In the popularity department, PF became a most successful band than LZ?

 

Did they? If they did, i think the never ending chart success of the Dark Side of the Moon had something to do with it.

 

I think LZ was lightly bigger in 70's but PF remained growing in 80's and in 90's , especially after The Wall release. Nowadays I see Floyd's material, concept and mistic been more cosumed for young people than Led Zeppelin

 

I think you maybe right
I see a lot more Floyd shirts out there on young people than I see Zeppelin.

It would stand to reason I guess as in the last 20 years Gilmour/Waters have been out there flying the flag more than the Zeppelin guys.

 

Yep. Looking to Facebook likes and Youtube views the difference is considerably large. On Spotfy too
But how abot at 70's? There was a consensus about which of them was the biggest band or it was very hard to say?

 

Has 'Pink Floyd' became bigger than Led Zeppelin?

No. Both 'bands' are the same now.

In the early 70's: LZ were 'Gods' - Folks loved PF.

 

In the other hand PF was more longevous

 

Always were.

(At least in the last 45 years)

 

Zeppelin has a million more monthly listeners than Floyd on Spotify.

 

Absolutely, it seems to me.

 

I think Pink Floyd are very universal in the themes they deal with, and their music-at least the most popular songs-or a little bit more easy listening. Cinematic aspect of their albums, the concepts, sound effects, the artwork, and The sense of societal loneliness and alienation of albums like the wall will always appeal to every new generation of teenagers coming up.Their catalog is deep enough that if you are a fan who has worn out say Darkside of the moon, as you get older there are always things to discover like the early Syd Barrett and post Barrett pre Darkside era. I love, love Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd has a little bit more to keep you interested over the years and generations

 

Not really according this site: Spotify reveal 'top 20 rock bands in the world' - NME
Top 20 Rock Acts Globally on Spotify:

1. Coldplay
2. Twenty One Pilots
3. The Beatles
4. Linkin Park
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Panic! A The Disco
7. Metallica
8. Arctic Monkeys
9. Queen
10. Fall Out Boy
11. Green Day
12. AC/DC
13. Pink Floyd
14. Blink-182
15. Paramore
16. Guns N’ Roses
17. Nirvana
18. The Rolling Stones
19. The 1975
20. Kings of Leon

 

I got my stats off Spotify ten minutes ago.

 

Could be.

Is Michael Jackson bigger than the Beatles?

 

Facebook likes (last update 2016)

1 Linkin Park - 62.211.850 curtidas
2 The Beatles - 42.328.705
3 Metallica - 37.661.863
4 Green Day - 31.776.657
5 Guns N’ Roses - 30.615.789
6 AC/DC - 30.296.171
7 Pink Floyd - 29.484.396
8 Queen - 29.080.526
9 Red Hot Chili Peppers - 28.445.599
10 Nirvana - 27.915.649
11 Bon Jovi - 26.031.669
12 Evanescence - 22.753.451
13 System of a Down - 20.194.826
14 The Rolling Stones - 20.138.930
15 Nickelback - 18.622.635
16 Slipknot - 18.213.608
17 U2 - 17.517.139
18 Avenged Sevenfold - 17.230.717
19 Muse - 17.198.467
20 The Doors - 17.022.390
21 Aerosmith - 16.699.581
22 John Lennon - 15.749.470
23 Iron Maiden - 13.922.148
24 Led Zeppelin - 13.657.030
25 KoRn - 13.036.260
26 Kiss - 12.859.914
27 Ozzy Osbourne - 12.449.842
28 Black Sabbath - 12.165.422
29 Foo Fighters - 11.972.387
30 Radiohead - 11.929.426

Youtube views since 2014 (only bandas above 20 years)

Metallica - 5,215,175,898
Pink Floyd - 4,589,094,545
Guns N' Roses - 3,892,273,200
AC/DC - 3,840,391,301
Red Hot Chili Peppers - 3,605,810,838
Bon Jovi - 2,022,973,512 - 2,258,418,577
Nirvana - 1,905,379,018 - 2,125,026,787
Green Day - 1,841,291,022 - 2,046,506,141
Queen - 1,607,281,219 - 1,786,004,135
The Beatles - 1,674,361,649 - 2,417,441,268
The Doors - 1,280,106,440 - 1,668,059,223
Scorpions - 1,204,258,916 - 1,653,159,695
The Rolling Stones - 1,504,573,446 - 1,625,382,366
Aerosmith - 1,322,495,417 - 1,522,716,634
Iron Maiden - 1,165,501,691 - 1,514,650,383
U2 - 1,154,849,605 - 1,305,632,114
Creedence Clearwater Revival - 953,569,540
Foo Fighters - 765,235,012
Oasis - 747,993,018
Pearl Jam - 734,036,928
Dire Straits - 772,759,981
Led Zeppelin - 626,230,913

 

It's possible. Personally, most of the people I know are more familiar with Pink Floyd than Led Zeppelin and most of those who know both bands prefer Floyd. They also seem to be more familiar with DSotM and The Wall, many couldn't even mention their favorite Zep album. Many even answered "the one with Stairway to Heaven". I bet this isn't the case in the USA and Europe though.

 

Don't forget that Led Zeppelin's supremacy was largely a U.S.-based phenomenon - and in the U.S. I think they were well nigh untouchable.

In the UK, my understanding is that Zep was a top-tier band to be sure, but nowhere near number-one and perhaps not even in the top three or five.

As for now, I have no idea what it would look like if one compared the two bands' popularity only using U.S.-based users/listeners. All I know is that Floyd and Zep seem to be two of the most cross-generationally popular '60s/'70s bands of them all.

 

They are both universally successful bands, and have both withstood the test of time. Does it really matter who was bigger?

 

Bands with more activity are going to receive more likes. There’s no real argument to be made for most of those bands being bigger than Zepppelin. Check back in a year if Zep is as active as they could be for he 50th.

 

Pink Floyd shirts fit the fashion "aesthetic" of the millennial, generation Z and iGen age groups more than Zeppelin does. The Dark Side of the Moon t-shirt seems to be in everyone's wardrobe, nowadays.

 

they’re both bands I appreciate, rather than love, but I’d always thought of Pink Floyd as the bigger of the two. I was born in ‘77 and Another Brick... was all over the radio when I was growing up whereas I didn't knowingly hear anything by LZ till I was 15.

 

At this point, I like both about the same, as far as "regard". But when I want to rock, I get the Led out.

 

Of course it doesn’t matter. But the question was posed and people are giving their opinions either based on perception or data backing up their claims. This is a music board; people are discussing music. It certainly doesn’t seem to be a band (X) is better than band (Y) thread.

 

In my universe, they're about even.

 

It's gotta be a pretty close call.