Excellent proton conductivity even under low humidification conditions, excellent mechanical strength and chemical stability, and achieves high output and excellent physical durability when used as a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. Aromatic sulfonic acid derivatives and sulfonic acid group-containing polymers are provided. The aromatic sulfonic acid derivative of the present invention is an aromatic sulfonic acid derivative having a specific structure, and is characterized in that a sulfonic acid group is introduced into more than 50% of the phenyl groups of the total phenyl groups. The sulfonic acid group-containing polymer of the present invention is characterized by being polymerized using such an aromatic sulfonic acid derivative, and having a specific structure.
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