BLACKPINK’s Jennie Proves That She’s The It-Girl Of South Korea As She Tops Brand Reputation Rankings

BLACKPINK’s Jennie reclaimed her #1 spot on this month’s girl group idol brand reputation rankings.

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, BLACKPINK’s Jennie topped the ranking once again, with Oh My Girl’s Arin and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo at #2 and #3, respectively.

These were the top 5 idols: Jennie came in at #1 with 3,919,492 points; Baekhyun ranked #2 with 3,322,064 points, marking a surprising 94.99% increase since September; Jisoo finished up the top three with 3,293,081 �points.

The boy group member brand reputation ranking, from 1st place to 30th place, is as follows:

1. BLACKPINK Jennie
2. Oh My Girl Arin
3. BLACKPINK Jisoo
4. T-ARA Jiyeon
5. Oh My Girl Yooa
6. MAMAMOO Hwasa
7. BLACKPINK Rosé
8. BLACKPINK Lisa
9. Oh My Girl Seunghee
10. WJSN Bona
11. Red Velvet Joy
12. Girls’ Generation Seohyun
13. Oh My Girl Hyojung
14. APRIL Naeun
15. (G)I-DLE Yuqi
16. Oh My Girl Binnie
17. Red Velvet Irene
18. IZ*ONE Wonyoung
19. Oh My Girl Jiho
20. Red Velvet Seulgi
21. LOONA Choerry
22. GFRIEND Sowon
23. Oh My Girl Mimi
24. Girls’ Generation Taeyeon
25. WJSN Soobin
26. WJSN Luda
27. GFRIEND SinB
28. TWICE Nayeon
29. WJSN Yeoreum
30. Red Velvet Yeri

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