The Korean Business Research Institute has just announced the January 2025 brand reputation rankings of Kpop boy group members.
The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 745 K-pop boy group members, using data from December 18, 2024 to January 18, 2025.
Astro's Cha Eun Woo rose to the top of this month's list, with a brand reputation index of 6,101,873, marking a 14.36 percent increase in his score since December.
High-ranking phrases in Cha Eun Woo's keyword analysis include "genius face", "Rented in Finland", "look into his eyes". The highest-ranking related terms include "power", "handsome", and "advertisement".
Cha Eun Woo's positive-negative analysis found 92.04% positive reactions.
Big Bang's G-Dragon took second place in January with a brand reputation index of 4,987,489. BTS' Jin took third place with a brand reputation index of 3,572,639.
BTS' Jungkook rose to fourth place with a score of 3,317,509, up 41.20 percent from last month.
Finally, BTS' Jimin entered the Top 5 with a brand reputation index of 3,041,320, a slight increase of 8.55% compared to December.
Top 30 hottest Kpop male idols in January 2025:
1. Cha Eun Woo - ASTRO
2. G-Dragon - Big Bang
3. Jin - BTS
4. Jungkook - BTS
5. Jimin - BTS
6. Wonbin - RIIZE
7. Key - SHINee
8. Doyoung - NCT
9. Baekhyun - EXO
10. Kang Daniel - Wanna One
11. V - BTS
12. Taeyang - Big Bang
13. Hwang Min Hyun - Wanna One
14. Sungchan - RIIZE
15. Daesung - Big Bang
16. Kyuhyun - Super Junior
17. Park Ji Hoon - Wanna One
18. Heechul - Super Junior
19. j-hope - BTS
20. RM- BTS
21. Mingyu - Seventeen
22. Juyeon - The Boyz
23. Sunghoon - ENHYPEN
24. Hoshi - Seventeen
25. Jun - Seventeen
26. Hongjoong - ATEEZ
27. Hyunjae - The Boyz
28. Wonwoo - Seventeen
29. Ong Seong Wu - Wanna One
30. Minho - SHINee