Oh My Girl’s Arin, Red Velvet’s Irene, BLACKPINK’s Jennie Top Individual Female Idol Brand Reputation Ranking For May

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual girl group me...

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The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual girl group members!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 510 girl group members, using big data collected from April 16 to May 16.

Oh My Girl’s Arin shot to the top of this month’s list after seeing a staggering 238.62 percent increase in her brand reputation index since last month. The idol scored a total index of 2,569,500 for May.

High-ranking phrases in Arin’s keyword analysis included “Nonstop,” “The World of My 17,” and “Oh Na Ri,” while her highest-ranking related terms included “cute,” “lovable,” and “heart-fluttering.” Arin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 82.51 percent positive reactions.

Red Velvet’s Irene took second place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 2,477,099, marking an 86.76 percent rise in her score since April.

Meanwhile, BLACKPINK’s Jennie came in at a close third with a total index of 2,461,179 for May.

Oh My Girl swept the next three spots on the list, with Hyojung, YooA, and Jiho claiming fourth, fifth, and sixth places respectively.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. Oh My Girl’s Arin
2. Red Velvet’s Irene
3. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
4. Oh My Girl’s Hyojung
5. Oh My Girl’s YooA
6. Oh My Girl’s Jiho
7. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
8. Red Velvet’s Joy
9. Oh My Girl’s Seunghee
10. Apink’s Son Naeun
11. BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
12. APRIL’s Naeun
13. Oh My Girl’s Binnie
14. GFRIEND’s Sowon
15. MAMAMOO’s Solar
16. Oh My Girl’s Mimi
17. GFRIEND’s SinB
18. IZ*ONE’s Jang Won Young
19. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
20. Girls’ Generation’s YoonA
21. GFRIEND’s Umji
22. AOA’s Seolhyun
23. Red Velvet’s Seulgi
24. LOONA’s Chuu
25. TWICE’s Nayeon
26. BLACKPINK’s Lisa
27. MAMAMOO’s Wheein
28. TWICE’s Sana
29. (G)I-DLE’s Jeon Soyeon
30. Girls’ Generation’s Yuri