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

May Brand Reputation Rankings For Individual Boy Group Members Revealed

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


The rankings were determined using an analysis of the media coverage, communication, participation, and community awareness indexes of 445 boy group members using data from April 17 to May 18.

Wanna One’s Kang Daniel took first place in the rankings for the 10th consecutive month. The idol scored a brand reputation index of 13,782,369, marking an impressive 69.55 percent increase from his April score.

High-ranking phrases in an analysis of Kang Daniel’s related terms included “cute,” “precious,” and “I like him,” while high-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “survey,” “It’s Dangerous Beyond the Blankets,” and “Please Take Care of My Refrigerator.” Kang Daniel’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 75.56 percent positive reactions.

Wanna One swept the top six spots on this month’s list, with Park Ji Hoon, Ong Sung Woo, Hwang Min Hyun, Ha Sung Woon, and Kim Jae Hwan following their bandmate Kang Daniel at No. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 respectively.


Check out the top 30 below!

Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
Wanna One’s Ong Sung Woo
Wanna One’s Hwang Min Hyun
Wanna One’s Ha Sung Woon
Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
BTS’s Jimin
Wanna One’s Park Woo Jin
EXO’s Kai
BTS’s Jungkook
FTISLAND’s Minhwan
Wanna One’s Lee Dae Hwi
Wanna One’s Yoon Ji Sung

Wanna One’s Bae Jin Young
BTS’s V
EXO’s Suho
Wanna One’s Lai Guan Lin
EXO’s Sehun
The Boyz’s Eric
ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
WINNER’s Song Mino

EXO’s Baekhyun
SHINee’s Taemin
Highlight’s Yong Junhyung
BTS’s Jin

BTS’s Suga
IMFACT’s Leesang
BIGBANG’s Seungri
EXO’s Xiumin
TVXQ’s Yunho