BTS’s Jimin has claimed first place in the July 2026 boy group member brand reputation rankings.
The Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute announced the results after analyzing 58,514,143 pieces of data involving 755 boy group members from June 18 to July 18.
Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon ranked No. 2, while BTS’s Jungkook took No. 3.
Jimin earned a total brand reputation score of 3,893,749. His score included a participation index of 204,504, a media index of 307,742, a communication index of 1,668,050, and a community index of 1,713,454.
Although Jimin remained at the top, his total score decreased by 30.42% compared with the previous month.
The institute explained that Jimin ranked highly for the terms “communicate,” “break through,” and “remain strong” in link analysis. His leading keywords included “ARMY,” “Munich,” and “blond hair.”
Jimin also recorded a positive reaction rate of 93.40%.
Park Ji Hoon followed in second place with a brand reputation score of 3,687,282, a decrease of 12.81% from the previous month.
Jungkook ranked third with a score of 3,359,098, down 32.97%.
ATEEZ’s San rose to fourth place with 1,919,276 points, marking a major increase of 815.27%. CORTIS’s Gunho completed the top five with 1,902,631 points, an increase of 5.77%.
BTS placed five members in the top 14. In addition to Jimin and Jungkook, Jin ranked No. 6, V placed No. 7, RM ranked No. 12, J Hope came in at No. 13, and Suga placed No. 14.
The top 10 boy group member brand reputation rankings for July 2026 are:
- BTS’s Jimin
- Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
- BTS’s Jungkook
- ATEEZ’s San
- CORTIS’s Gunho
- BTS’s Jin
- BTS’s V
- BIGBANG’s G Dragon
- CORTIS’s Juhun
- Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
The brand reputation rankings are calculated using participation, media coverage, communication, community activity, public interest, and online consumer responses.
