Cha Eun Woo, G-Dragon, and Hwang Min Hyun topped the brand reputation rankings of individual male Kpop idols for February. Who else made it to the top 100 this month? Check out the list of the top 100 Kpop boy group member brand reputation rankings for February 2025 here.
February 2025 Individual Kpop Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings
From January 15 to February 16, the Korean Business Research Institute extracted 76,000,131 brand big data points from 745 boy group members. This marked a 6.64 percent compared to 71,265,079 Kpop boy group brand big data points in January.
The institute conducted the consumer behavior analysis and used the latest brand big data points. They measured the participation, media, communication, and community indexes to calculate the members’ brand reputation index and determine the rankings accordingly.
On February 15, the Korean Business Research Institute revealed Cha Eun Woo, G-Dragon, Hwang Min Hyun, Jimin, and Jin dominated the top five Kpop boy group brand reputation rankings for February 2025.
You can find the top 30 male Kpop idols from December 2024 to February 2025 below.
TOP 5
1. ASTRO Cha Eun Woo
Cha Eun Woo, who captivated fans with his cover of “After a Long Time” by Shin Seung Hoon on late Moonbin’s birthday, continued to top the boy group member brand reputation rankings for the second consecutive month. However, his brand reputation index slightly decreased by 1.15 percent, declining from 6,101,873 in January to 6,031,598 in February. Here’s the breakdown:
- Participation Index: 1,516,614
- Media Index: 1,398,239
- Communication Index: 1,275,828
- Community Index: 1,840,916
In the link analysis, the institute found “sensual,” “handsome,” and “advertise” as the most related terms to the idol, while “Rented in Finland,” “advertisement model,” and “face genius,” were identified as the idol’s top keywords. Additionally, Cha Eun Woo achieved a positive score of 93.86 percent in the positivity-negativity analysis, showing positive reactions by the public toward the idol.
2. BIGBANG G-Dragon
G-Dragon BIGBANG, who will release his third studio album “Übermensch” on February 25, remained strong in second place this month. The idol’s brand reputation index rose by 13.41 percent, from 4,987,489 in January to 5,656,160 in February, with the following breakdown:
- Participation Index: 1,330,188
- Media Index: 1,212,602
- Communication Index: 1,145,691
- Community Index: 1,967,679
3 Wanna One/NU’EST Hwang Min Hyun
Hwang Min Hyun from Wanna One/NU’EST, who trained in various martial arts for 8 months to deliver an outstanding performance in “Study Group,” skyrocketed to third place this month. The idol-actor achieved an impressive 299.52 percent increase, rising from 795,537 in January to 3,178,329 in February. Here is the breakdown:
- Participation Index: 433,869
- Media Index: 650,350
- Communication Index: 892,124
- Community Index: 1,201,986
4. BTS Jimin
Jimin from BTS, who set a record as the second Korean soloist to receive an official BRIT gold certification for his hit “Who” after PSY’s iconic 2012 hit “Gangnam Style,” rose to fourth place. However, his brand reputation index saw a 10.06 percent decrease, falling from 3,041,320 in January to 2,735,387 in February, as detailed in the following breakdown:
- Participation Index: 192,988
- Media Index: 194,484
- Communication Index: 1,063,924
- Community Index: 1,283,990
5. BTS Jin
Jin from BTS, who recently released a new song, “Close to You,” for the OST of “When the Stars Gossip,” rounded out the top five Kpop boy group members this month. However, his brand reputation index experienced a 25.33 percent decrease, dropping from 3,572,639 in January to 2,667,714 in February, with the following breakdown:
- Participation Index: 149,445
- Media Index: 152,472
- Communication Index: 851,951
- Community Index: 1,513,846
TOP 100
- ASTRO Cha Eun Woo
- BIGBANG G-Dragon
- Wanna One / NU’EST Hwang Minhyun
- BTS Jimin
- BTS Jin
- BTS Jungkook
- RIIZE Wonbin
- SHINee Key
- BTS V
- Wanna One Kang Daniel
- EXO Baekhyun
- Super Junior Kyuhyun
- BIGBANG Taeyang
- Super Junior Heechul
- BIGBANG Daesung
- SEVENTEEN Hoshi
- SEVENTEEN Woozi
- SEVENTEEN Mingyu
- Super Junior Choi Siwon
- SHINee Taemin
- NCT Doyoung
- RIIZE Sungchan
- THE BOYZ Juyeon
- BTS RM
- SEVENTEEN Jeonghan
- SEVENTEEN Seungkwan
- SEVENTEEN DK
- SEVENTEEN Wonwoo
- Wanna One Ong Seong Wu
- SHINee Minho
- ATEEZ San
- Highlight Yoon Doojoon
- RIIZE Eunseok
- Wanna One Park Ji Hoon
- THE BOYZ Sunwoo
- TVXQ Yunho
- NCT Jaehyun
- THE BOYZ Hyunjae
- RIIZE Anton
- RIIZE Sohee
- Wanna One Kim Jae Hwan
- ATEEZ Hong Joong
- NCT Mark
- Super Junior Donghae
- SEVENTEEN Joshua
- ENHYPEN Sunghoon
- SEVENTEEN Jun
- ATEEZ Choi Jong Ho
- SHINee Onew
- BTS J-Hope
- TWS Shinyu
- TVXQ Changmin
- SEVENTEEN S.Coups
- GOT7 Jinyoung
- NCT Sion
- ENHYPEN Sunno
- ENHYPEN Jungwon
- EXO D.O
- EXO Suho
- Wanna One Bae Jin Young
- Super Junior Sung Min
- NCT Riku
- TWS Dohoon
- RIIZE Shotaro
- Highlight Yang Yoseob
- NCT Yushi
- WINNER Kang Seung Yoon
- THE BOYZ Younghoon
- WINNER Kim Jinwoo
- BTOB Im Hyunsik
- TXT Subin
- BTOB Lee Min Hyuk
- TXT Yeonjun
- NCT Ryo
- NCT Jaehee
- ENHYPEN Jay
- MONSTA X Minhyuk
- SEVENTEEN Dino
- NCT Jungwoo
- WINNER Lee Seung Hoon
- Stray Kids Felix
- NCT Haechan
- ZEROBASEONE Sung Han Bin
- SEVENTEEN Vernon
- THE BOYZ Q
- Stray Kids Hyunjin
- Wanna One / AB6IX Lee Dae Hwi
- TXT Beomgyu
- NCT Sakuya
- ATEEZ Wooyoung
- ENHYPEN Heeseung
- Highlight Lee Gikwang
- NCT Jaemin
- NCT Taeyong
- SEVENTEEN THE8
- MONSTA X Joohoney
- Wei Kim Yohan
- BTS Suga
- BTOB Lee Changsub
- P1Harmony Keeho
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