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 16 to May 16.

BTS’s Jimin topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 6,447,417. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “ARMY,” “world tour,” and “Mexico,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “flawless,” “get excited for,” and “surpass.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 92.97 percent positive reactions.

Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon took second place with a brand reputation index of 5,510,360, while BTS’s Jungkook came in at a close third with a score of 5,494,822.

BTS’s Jin held onto his spot at fourth place with a brand reputation index of 3,782,172, and his bandmate V rounded out the top five for May with a score of 3,673,361.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
3. BTS’s Jungkook
4. BTS’s Jin
5. BTS’s V
6. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
7. BTS’s RM
8. TVXQ’s Yunho
9. BTS’s j-hope
10. BTS’ Suga
11. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
12. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
13. EXO’s Baekhyun
14. CORTIS’s Keonho
15. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
16. Wanna One’s Lai Kuanlin
17. HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Doojoon
18. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
19. Wanna One’s Bae Jin Young
20. Super Junior’s Choi Siwon
21. WINNER’s Lee Seung Hoon
22. SHINee’s Minho
23. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
24. RIIZE’s Wonbin
25. TWS’s Dohoon
26. CORTIS’s Seonghyeon
27. SHINee’s Key
28. BIGBANG’s Daesung
29. Wanna One’s Yoon Ji Sung
30. EXO’s Kai

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