Cha Eun Woo of ASTRO has secured the top position in the boy group member brand reputation rankings for January 2025. Following him are BIGBANG’s G-Dragon in second place and BTS’ Jin in third.
Brand Reputation Rankings Breakdown
The Korean Corporate Reputation Research Institute announced the January 2025 brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members on January 17, 2025. Cha Eun Woo topped the list with a total score of 6,101,873 points. His recent activities, including an ongoing variety show with Lee Je Hoon, Lee Dong Hwi, and Kwak Dong Yeon, his appearance in the K-drama Wonderful World alongside Kim Nam Joo, and the release of his debut solo album, Entity, in 2024, have contributed to his high ranking.
G-Dragon of BIGBANG claimed the second spot with 4,987,489 points. His comeback in 2024 with the single Power and the release of the song HOME SWEET HOME with Taeyang and Daesung boosted his reputation.
BTS’ Jin secured third place with 3,572,639 points. The release of his solo album Happy contributed to his ranking. Other BTS members also featured in the top five: Jungkook took fourth place with 3,317,509 points, and Jimin rounded out the top five with 3,041,320 points.
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How the Rankings Are Determined
The rankings are calculated by the Korean Brand Reputation Research Institute using big data collected on 745 boy group members from December 18, 2024, to January 18, 2025. The institute considers several factors in determining the rankings, including:
- Consumer consumption
- Media coverage
- Communication with the public
- Community perception
Top 30 Boy Group Members in January 2025
The complete list of the top 30 boy group members for January 2025 is as follows:
- ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
- BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
- BTS’s Jin
- BTS’s Jungkook
- BTS’s Jimin
- RIIZE’s Wonbin
- SHINee’s Key
- NCT’s Doyoung
- EXO’s Baekhyun
- Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
- BTS’s V
- BIGBANG’s Taeyang
- NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
- RIIZE’s Sungchan
- BIGBANG’s Daesung
- Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
- Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
- Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
- BTS’s j-hope
- BTS’s RM
- SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu
- THE BOYZ’s Juyeon
- ENHYPEN’s Sunghoon
- SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
- SEVENTEEN’s Jun
- ATEEZ’s Hongjoong
- THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae
- SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo
- Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
- SHINee’s Minho
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