BLACKPINK, BTS, and Lim Young Woong Top July 2025 Singer Brand Reputation Rankings

The Korean Business Research Institute released its latest Singer Brand Reputation Rankings on July 26.

BLACKPINK, BTS, Lim Young Woong, PSY, IVE, Red Velvet, and Jo Jazz are among the most influential stars this month.

The Korea Enterprise Reputation Research Institute analyzed 115,695,094 pieces of singer brand data from June 26 to July 26, 2025. This marks a 7.87% increase from the 107,258,981 data points collected in June.

BLACKPINK secured first place in the July 2025 Singer Brand Reputation Rankings with a total score of 8,136,444. This marks an 85.83% increase from June’s 4,378,334.

BTS came in second with a brand index of 7,609,655, up 5.33% from the previous month’s 7,224,645.

Lim Young Woong ranked third, earning a brand index of 5,804,110. It represents a 3.04% increase from June’s 5,632,754.

PSY ranked fourth with a brand reputation index of 3,246,644. This represents an increase of 16.69% from June’s 2,782,386.

In fifth place, IVE recorded a brand reputation index of 3,160,707. This marks a 2.78% decrease compared to their June score of 3,251,246.

Here are the top 30 K-pop acts for July

1. BLACKPINK
2. BTS
3. Lim Young Woong
4. PSY
5. IVE
6. Red Velvet
7. Jo Jazz
8. Kim Yong Bin
9. SEVENTEEN
10. ILLIT
11. Lee Chan Won
12. ITZY
13. fromis_9
14. Park Seo Jin
15. Park Jihyun
16. Young Tak
17. TWICE
18. Sung Si Kyung
19. RIIZE
20. TWS
21. Lee Young Ji
22. aespa
23. EXO
24. i-dle
25. Hearts2Hearts
26. Jang Yoon Jung
27. Jung Dong Won
28. Highlight
29. Oh My Girl
30. IU