BTS’s Jimin topped this month’s boy group idol brand reputation rankings for the 22nd month in a row!
What do these rankings mean? The Korean Business Research Institute analyzes idols’ media coverage, consumer participation, online interaction, and more in a span of time. Points in different categories add up to a total, which represents an idol’s “rank” for the month.
For October, BTS’s Jimin topped the ranking once again, with EXO’s Baekhyun and Pentagon’s Hui at #2 and #3, respectively.
These were the top 5 idols: Jimin came in #1 with 5,511,794 points; Baekhyun ranked #2 with 4,368,575 points; Pentagon’s Hui finished up the top three with 3,862,218 points, making an astounding 700.47% increase from last month! BTS’s Jungkook ranked at #4 with 3,815,400 points; and BTS’s V followed closely at #5 with 3,814,321 points.
The boy group member brand reputation ranking, from 1st place to 30th place, is as follows:
- BTS Jimin
- EXO Baekhyun
- Pentagon Hui
- BTS Jungkook
- BTS V
- NCT Taeyong
- BTS Suga
- BTS Jin
- EXO Kai
- NCT Jaehyun
- Pentagon Wooseok
- ASTRO Cha Eunwoo
- Pentagon Yanan
- BTS RM
- Super Junior Heechul
- BTS J-Hope
- The Boyz Sunwoo
- The Boyz Juyeon
- BIGBANG G-Dragon
- NCT Jungwoo
- NCT Ten
- BTOB Eunkwang
- NU’EST Minhyun
- The Boyz Hyunjae
- NCT Mark
- TXT Soobin
- TXT Yeonjun
- NCT Johnny
- BTOB Changsub
- NCT Doyoung

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