The Korean Business Research Institute has just announced this month's brand reputation rankings for Kpop boy group members.
The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 730 K-pop boy group members, using big data collected from September 19 to October 19.
Astro's Cha Eun Woo topped this month's list, with a brand reputation index of 4,362,188, up 65.88 percent from September.
High-ranking phrases in Cha Eun Woo's keyword analysis include "advertising model", "sculpture", and "face genius".
While the highest-ranking related terms included “revealed,” “chosen,” and “perfect.” Cha Eun Woo’s positivity-negativity analysis also showed 92.87% positive reactions.
Wanna One's Kang Daniel rose to second place after seeing a 156.08 percent increase in his reputation index, bringing his total score for October to 4,083,183.
BTS's Jin dropped to third place with a brand reputation index of 3,489,228 points, despite an 18.29% increase in score compared to last month.
BTS' Jimin maintained his 4th place with a brand reputation index of 2,809,455 points, up 91.77%.
EXO member Baekhyun rounded out the Top 5 with 1,948,310, marking an impressive 145.89% increase since September.
Top 30 hottest Kpop male idols of October:
1. Cha Eun Woo - Astro
2. Kang Daniel - Wanna One
3. Jin - BTS
4. Jimin - BTS
5. Baekhyun - EXO
6. Jungkook - BTS
7. Park Ji Hoon - Wanna One
8. Jeonghan - Seventeen
9. Doyoung - NCT
10. Wonbin - RIIZE
11. Key - SHINee
12. Yoon Doojoon - HIGHLIGHT
13. V - BTS
14. Kyuhyun - Super Junior
15. Hwang Minhyun - Wanna One
16. Sungchan - RIIZE
17. Jaehyun - NCT
18. Anton - RIIZE
19. Mingyu - Seventeen
20. Minho - SHINee
21. Suga - BTS
22. RM - BTS
23. Kim Heechul - Super Junior
24. Hyunjae - The Boyz
25. Hoshi - Seventeen
26. Wonwoo - Seventeen
27. Juyeon - The Boyz
28. Taeil - Block B
29. Taemin - SHINee
30. Choi Siwon - Super Junior