G-Dragon Leads, Jin and Cha Eunwoo Follow: May 2025 Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings

The latest big data analysis on individual brand reputation among K-pop boy group members has revealed the top solo stars of May 2025. According to the rankings, BIGBANG’s G-Dragon, BTS’ Jin, ASTRO’s Cha Eunwoo, BTS’ Jimin, BTS’ Jungkook, and Wanna One’s Park Jihoon secure spots in the Top 10. 

The Korea Enterprise Reputation Research Institute analyzed 72,429,761 pieces of brand big data from 755 boy group members (April 17 – May 17, 2025).

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon topped this month’s ranking with a brand index of 4,679,825, a 28.77% decline from April’s Score of 6,570,472.

BTS member Jin came in second with a brand reputation index of 4,419,595. This represents a staggering 46.89% compared to his April score of 3,008,681. 

ASTRO’s Cha Eunwoo secured the third spot with a brand index of 1,108,563. However, his index saw a significant 23.38% decline from April’s score of 5,668,853.

BTS’ Jimin ranked fourth with a brand reputation index of 3,569,824, a considerable 24.43% decline from April’s score of 4,723,660.

BTS’ Jungkook claimed the fifth spot brand reputation index of 2,780,897. This represents a 36.84% decline from April score of 4,402,770.

Here are the top 50 K-pop male idols for the month of May

Here is the list in bullet points without groups:

1. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
2. BTS’ Jin
3. ASTRO’s Cha Eunwoo
4. BTS’ Jimin
5. BTS’ Jungkook
6. Wanna One’s Park Jihoon
7. BTS’ V
8. BTS’ Suga
9. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
10. HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Dujun
11. BTS’ j-hope
12. RIIZE’s Wonbin
13. Super Junior’s Heechul
14. ZEROBASEONE’s Sung Hanbin
15. HIGHLIGHT’s Yang Yoseop
16. BTS’ RM
17. Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
18. EXO’s Baekhyun
19. SHINee’s Key
20. HIGHLIGHT’s Lee Gikwang
21. RIIZE’s Sohee
22. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
23. THE BOYZ’s Juyeon
24. SEVENTEEN’s Jun
25. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
26. RIIZE’s Sungchan
27. EXO’s Kai
28. BIGBANG’s Daesung
29. ATEEZ’s San
30. SHINee’s Taemin
31. SHINee’s Minho
32. Super Junior’s Siwan
33. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
34. NCT’s Doyoung
35. NCT’s Mark
36. SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu
37. SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo
38. NCT’s Jaehyun
39. TVXQ’s Yunho
40. THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae
41. NCT’s Sion
42. SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan
43. Wanna One’s Ong Seongwoo
44. SEVENTEEN’s Seungkwan
45. SEVENTEEN’s Woozi
46. TWS’ Shinyu
47. NCT’s Yushi
48. EXO’s Suho
49. MONSTA X’s Minhyuk
50. SEVENTEEN’s DK