October 2025 Singer Brand Rankings: BTS Leads, IVE and BLACKPINK Follow

BTS, Lim Young Woong, IVE, BLACKPINK, Kim Yong Bin, Park Ji Hyun, SEVENTEEN, and more occupy spots in the top 10 of October 2025 singer brand reputation rankings.

From September 25 to October 25, 2025, the Korea Enterprise Reputation Research Institute conducted an analysis of 109,252,107 data points on singer brand reputation. This marked a 6.73% decline compared to the 117,140,823 data points collected in September.

BTS topped the list with a brand reputation index of 7,806,991, an 8.85% increase from September’s 7,172,156.

In second place, Lim Young Woong recorded a brand reputation index of 7,140,672. This reflected a 13.71% drop compared to his September score of 8,275,105.

IVE ranked third with a brand reputation index of 4,037,409, marking a 46.37% decline from September’s 7,528,740.

BLACKPINK ranked fourth with a brand reputation index of 3,590,606. This represents a 6.50% drop from the previous month’s score of 3,840,068.

Meanwhile, in fifth place, Kim Yong Bin earned a brand reputation index of 3,574,941, a 2.53% decline compared to September’s 3,667,615.

Here are the top 30 K-pop acts for October 2025

1. BTS
2. Lim Young Woong
3. IVE
4. BLACKPINK
5. Kim Yong Bin
6. Park Ji Hyun
7. SEVENTEEN
8. Cho Yong Pil
9. Lee Chan Won
10. BIGBANG
11. Park Seo Jin
12. DAY6
13. WOODZ
14. Red Velvet
15. BABYMONSTER
16. EXO
17. Park Jinyoung
18. TWICE
19. CORTIS
20. TWS
21. Na Hoon-a
22. Young Tak
23. OH MY GIRL
24. i-dle
25. Sung Si Kyung
26. Car, the Garden
27. NCT
28. fromis_9
29. Jannabi
30. Hearts2Hearts