May Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

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 755 boy group members, using big data collected from April 17 to May 17.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon topped the list for the third consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 4,679,825 for May. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “Tokyo concert,” “world tour,” and “Übermensch,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “perform,” “sold out,” and “release.” G-Dragon’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 92.08 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jin rose to second place after seeing a 46.89 percent increase in his brand reputation index since April, bringing his total score to 4,419,595 for May.

ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo came in at a close third with a brand reputation index of 4,343,362, while BTS’s Jimin took fourth place with a score of 3,569,824.

Finally, BTS’s Jungkook rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 2,780,897.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
  2. BTS’s Jin
  3. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
  4. BTS’s Jimin
  5. BTS’s Jungkook
  6. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
  7. BTS’s V
  8. BTS’ Suga
  9. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
  10. HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Doojoon
  11. BTS’s j-hope
  12. RIIZE’s Wonbin
  13. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
  14. ZEROBASEONE’s Sung Han Bin
  15. HIGHLIGHT’s Yang Yoseob
  16. BTS’s RM
  17. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
  18. EXO’s Baekhyun
  19. SHINee’s Key
  20. HIGHLIGHT’s Lee Gikwang
  21. RIIZE’s Sohee
  22. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
  23. THE BOYZ’s Juyeon
  24. SEVENTEEN’s Jun
  25. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
  26. RIIZE’s Sungchan
  27. EXO’s Kai
  28. BIGBANG’s Daesung
  29. ATEEZ’s San
  30. SHINee’s Taemin

Watch Jin on the variety show “Half-Star Hotel in Lost Island” with subtitles on Viki below:

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And watch Cha Eun Woo on “Rented in Finland” below!

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