Cha Eun Woo and G-Dragon continue to compete for popularity

The Korean Business Research Institute has just announced the February 2025 brand reputation rankings of Kpop boy group members.

The rankings are determined through an analysis of consumer participation, media coverage, and community awareness indexes of 745 Kpop boy group members, using data from January 15 to February 15, 2025.

Astro's Cha Eun Woo has been No. 1 for the second consecutive month, with a brand reputation index of 6,031,598 points. His top-ranking phrases in the keyword analysis included Loc Trang in Finland, advertising model and facial genius.

The highest-ranking related terms included incentive, handsome and advertising. Cha Eun Woo's positivity-negativity analysis showed 93.86% positive reactions.

Big Bang's G-Dragon also maintained his 2nd place with a brand reputation index of 5,656,160 points, up 13.41% from January.

Since last November, when he returned with solo songs, the leader of Big Bang has always been in the Top 3 of the hottest male Kpop idols of the month.

On February 25, G-Dragon will release his 3rd studio album in his career called Ubermensch, and will organize a global tour.

In addition, the entertainment show "Good Day" hosted by G-Dragon, in collaboration with famous producer Kim Tae Ho, will air from February 16.

NU'EST' Hwang Minhyun rose to 3rd place on the February reputation rankings, seeing a staggering increase in his score of 299.52%, bringing his total score to 3,178,329.

BTS' Jimin came in 4th place for the month, with a brand reputation index of 2,735,387 points. BTS' Jin took 5th place with 2,667,714 points.