RESCENE ranked first in the August 2026 rising singer brand reputation rankings, with ATEEZ and CORTIS taking the next two spots.

According to the Korean Business Research Institute, the rankings were based on 76,651,931 pieces of brand-related big data collected from July 26 to August 26. The total data volume increased by 21.06% compared with the previous month.

The institute analyzed factors including consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community activity to calculate each artist’s brand reputation index.

RESCENE took No. 1 with a brand reputation index of 6,955,486, marking an 18.71% increase from the previous month’s 5,859,126.

ATEEZ ranked No. 2 with an index of 4,053,749.

CORTIS followed at No. 3 with 3,360,052, down 21.96% from the previous month.

Stray Kids rose to No. 4 with an index of 2,987,268, recording a 63.84% increase, while ENHYPEN placed No. 5 with 2,923,190 after rising 61.55%.

The top 10 for August were:

  1. RESCENE

  2. ATEEZ

  3. CORTIS

  4. Stray Kids

  5. ENHYPEN

  6. KiiiKiii

  7. Hanroro

  8. Park Ji Hyun

  9. NCT

  10. WOODZ

The rankings reflect the Korean Business Research Institute’s brand data analysis for the stated period and should not be interpreted as a direct measure of overall music sales, chart performance, or fandom size.