April Individual Idol Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 1,730 idols, using big data collected from March 23 to April 23.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 6,688,388 for April. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “Iris,”; “,”; and “KAIST professor,”; while his highest-ranking related terms included “curate,”; “collaborate,”; and “transmit.”; G-Dragon’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 90.53 percent positive reactions.

Meanwhile, IVE’s Jang Won Young took second place for the month with a brand reputation index of 5,800,150.

BTS’s Jin ranked third with a brand reputation index of 4,925,947, marking a 33.53 percent rise in his score since last month.

BLACKPINK’s Jennie came in at a close fourth with a brand reputation index of 4,794,202, while her bandmate Rosé rounded out the top five with a score of 4,524,182 for April.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
2. IVE’s Jang Won Young
3. BTS’s Jin
4. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
5. BLACKPINK’s Rosé
6. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
7. aespa’s Karina
8. BTS’s Jimin
9. BTS’s Jungkook
10. BTS’s V
11. BTS’s j-hope
12. IVE’s An Yu Jin
13. BTS’s RM
14. BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
15. IVE’s Rei
16. aespa’s Winter
17. SHINee’s Key
18. Red Velvet’s Irene
19. BTS’ Suga
20. IVE’s Gaeul
21. THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae
22. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
23. MONSTA X’s Minhyuk
24. EXO’s Baekhyun
25. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
26. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
27. OH MY GIRL’s Mimi
28. Red Velvet’s Joy
29. SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo
30. Red Velvet’s Seulgi

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