The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 703 boy group members, using big data collected from August 17 to September 17.

BTS’s Jimin held onto his spot at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 5,365,458 marking his 44th non-consecutive month at No. 1.

High-ranking phrases in Jimin’s keyword analysis included “With You,” “ARMY,” and “hanbok,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “congratulate,” “approve of,” and “record.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 87.69 percent positive reactions.

Meanwhile, ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo similarly maintained his position at second place with a brand reputation index of 4,539,716 for September.

Wanna One’s Kang Daniel rose to third place with a brand reputation index of 4,097,956, marking an impressive 126.13 percent rise in his score since last month.

Finally, BTS’s Jungkook and Jin rounded out the top five at fourth and fifth places respectively.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
3. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
4. BTS’s Jungkook
5. BTS’s Jin
6. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
7. BTS’s V
8. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
9. WINNER’s Kang Seung Yoon
10. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
11. WINNER’s Song Mino
12. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Minhyun
13. BTS’ Suga
14. Wanna One’s Ha Sung Woon
15. SHINee’s Key
16. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
17. BTS’s RM
18. BTS’s J-Hope
19. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
20. SHINee’s Minho
21. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
22. WINNER’s Kim Jin Woo
23. THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae
24. SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu
25. Wanna One’s Yoon Ji Sung
26. NCT’s Jaehyun
27. MONSTA X’s Hyungwon
28. SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo
29. 2PM’s Lee Junho
30. SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan

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The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for male idol groups!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes of various boy groups, using big data collected from August 10 to September 10.

BTS topped the list for the 52nd consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 9,734,185, marking a 21.83 percent rise in their score since August. High-ranking phrases in BTS’s keyword analysis included “expo,” “Busan concert,” and “military service exemption,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “perform,” “suspicious,” and “hold.” The group’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 67.09 percent positive reactions.

SEVENTEEN held onto their spot at second place with a brand reputation index of 4,745,420, marking a slight increase of 2.90 percent in their score since last month.

THE BOYZ rose to third place after seeing an impressive 98.63 percent increase in their brand reputation index since August, bringing their total score to 4,297,527 for September.

NCT took fourth place with a brand reputation index of 3,036,566, marking a 17.94 percent rise in their score since last month.

Finally, MONSTA X rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 2,848,823, marking a whopping 94.26 percent increase in their score since August.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS
2. SEVENTEEN
3. THE BOYZ
4. NCT
5. MONSTA X
6. Super Junior
7. EXO
8. WINNER
9. ASTRO
10. TXT
11. SHINee
12. BIGBANG
13. ENHYPEN
14. BTOB
15. INFINITE
16. Stray Kids
17. Highlight
18. 2PM
19. ATEEZ
20. Shinhwa
21. Wanna One
22. ONF
23. Golden Child
24. TVXQ
25. VERIVERY
26. TREASURE
27. VIXX
28. GOT7
29. SF9
30. PENTAGON

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