BTS, EXO, Stray Kids, SEVENTEEN, BIGBANG TWS, and CORTIS occupy the spots in the top ten in the January 2026 boy group brand reputation rankings.
Between December 10, 2025, and January 10, 2026, the Korea Enterprise Reputation Research Institute tracked 54,340,762 data points on boy group brands. This is down 9.95% from the 60,343,246 data points recorded in December.
BTS topped the rankings with a brand reputation index of 7,976,571. This is a 16.84% increase from their December score of 6,827,202.
EXO came in second with a brand reputation index of 5,184,344, up 72.86% from December’s 2,999,184.
Stray Kids ranked third with a brand reputation index of 3,553,553, a 35.13% decrease from their December score of 5,477,864.
SEVENTEEN ranked fourth with a brand reputation index of 3,367,053. This marks a 30.53% drop from their December score of 4,846,859.
BIGBANG came in fifth with a brand reputation index of 2,098,395, showing a 19.82% increase from December’s 1,751,295.
Here are top 50 K-pop boy groups for January 2026
- BTS
- EXO
- Stray Kids
- SEVENTEEN
- BIGBANG
- TWS
- CORTIS
- XLOV
- Super Junior
- NCT
- SHINee
- ENHYPEN
- Wanna One
- BTOB
- ATEEZ
- THE BOYZ
- MONSTA X
- 2PM
- INFINITE
- TREASURE
- TVXQ!
- ASTRO
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- Highlight
- KickFlip
- ZEROBASEONE
- RIIZE
- B1A4
- TXT
- ALPHADRIVEONE
- VIXX
- Verivery
- EVNNE
- Block B
- AHOF
- Cravity
- Pentagon
- SF9
- Winner
- Sechs Kies
- P1Harmony
- IDID
- FTISLAND
- Teen Top
- ONF
- ONEUS
- NEXZ
- 2AM
- NOWZ
- Close Your Eyes

