Released in 2016 and her first single in two years, Rise was released as one of the promotional songs for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Here are some of its stats:

 

#1 in Australia

Top 10 in 6 other countries

#11 in the US, #13 in Canada and #25 in the UK

 

Certified platinum in the US and has gotten a certification in 6 other countries.

 

Youtube: 222M.

Spotify: 185M.

 

Overall the song has moved 3.5M units.

 

With all of this said, do you consider it a hit?

 

Yes

No

Yes, a moderate hit.

Sure, a hit for her standards. 

Maybe to my eardrums 

Nope, especially coming off Prism/the superbowl. 

3 minutes ago, BerlinBaddy said:

Nope, especially coming off Prism/the superbowl. 

The last 2 singles of Prism (Birthday and This is How We Do) flopped.

 

Roar and Dark Horse pretty much carried the Prism era.

Edited November 12, 2025Nov 12 by pride4jc1222

1 minute ago, pride4jc1222 said:

Roar and Dark Horse pretty much carried the Prism era.

I mean those songs alone outsold some pop girls entire careers  thats like 37M units in the US alone and 8B streams on YT just from two songs 

 

2013-2014 was really katy perry's world omg

it's a katy perry song, so no 

Not a hit but a cute song. I liked it. 

Given it's not a hit, no, I don't consider it a hit.

 

moderate hit I guess 

13 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

 

2013-2014 was really katy perry's world omg

Not really even at her peak she couldn't have a sold out tour 

Just now, ugo said:

Not really even at her peak she couldn't have a sold out tour 

mind you PRISMATIC world tour was sold out and did over $220M in box office. back in 2014 that was insanely huge. 

As much of a hit as Hillary's 2016 campaign.

It's wild how the goal post moves depending onon if you like them or not. If a certain pop star did theses same stats yall would be screaming smash hit 

it's a moderate hit but very forgotten now

Based on these stats, yes. As other have already said, it's a moderate hit.

oh absolutely that song is AMAZING 

No.

It was the beginning of her floppage

22 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

mind you PRISMATIC world tour was sold out 

It wasn't 

2 minutes ago, ugo said:

It wasn't 

girl it was like 99% sold out according to official numbers be so fr.

Thank you Olympics