The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for male idol groups!
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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 March 9 to April 9.
BTS topped the list for the 47th consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 13,032,735, marking an 11.35 percent increase in their score since March. High-ranking phrases in BTS’s keyword analysis included “Time magazine,” “cover model,” and “Grammy award,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “selected,” “influential,” and “misfire.” The group’s positivity-negativity analysis revealed a score of 85.46 percent positive reactions.
BIGBANG shot up to second place in the rankings after seeing a staggering 847.13 percent increase in their brand reputation index since last month. The group’s total score for April came out to 7,655,526.
Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN took third place for the month with a brand reputation index of 3,264,715.
EXO held onto their spot at fourth place with a brand reputation index of 2,718,934, and NCT rounded out the top five for April with a total index of 2,694,839.
Check out the top 50 for this month below!
1. BTS
2. BIGBANG
3. SEVENTEEN
4. Super Junior
5. EXO
6. NCT
7. Stray Kids
8. BTOB
9. THE BOYZ
10. MONSTA X
11. SHINee
12. TREASURE
13. ASTRO
14. WANNA ONE
15. NU'EST
16. 2PM
17. ENHYPEN
18. TXT
19. INFINITE
20. WINNER
21. SF9
22. ATEEZ
23. PENTAGON
24. TAN
25. VIXX
26. TVXQ!
27. WEi
28. Highlight
29. CRAVITY
30. Block B
31. GOT7
32. VERIVERY
33. Golden Child
34. NINE.i
35. MIRAE
36. VICTON
37. Shinhwa
38. KNK
39. TEMPEST
40. B1A4
41. FTISLAND
42. Withus
43. 2AM
44. P NATION
45. TEENTOP
46. JYJ
47. ONF
48. ONEUS
49. UP10TION
50. BAE173
Source: Soompi