Jimin, Park Jihoon, and Jungkook Lead May 2026 Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings

BTS’s Jimin, Wanna One’s Park Jihoon, BTS’s Jungkook, BTS’s Jin, and BTS’s V occupy the top five of the May 2026 boy group member brand reputation rankings.

Between April 16 and May 16, 2026, the Korea Brand Reputation Institute analyzed 73,323,673 pieces of brand big data from 755 boy group members. This month’s data volume marks a 36.57% decline from April’s 115,591,013 pieces.

Jimin of BTS claimed the top spot this month with a brand reputation index of 6,447,417. Compared to his April index of 11,644,101, the figure fell by 44.63%.

Coming in at No. 2, Park Jihoon from Wanna One recorded a brand reputation index of 5,510,360. This marks a 60.65% decrease from April’s 14,004,945.

Jungkook ranked 3rd with a brand reputation index of 5,494,822, a 39.96% drop from April’s score of 9,151,873.

Jin of BTS placed 4th with a brand reputation index of 3,782,172. Compared to his April brand reputation index of 8,766,472, this marks a 56.86% decrease.

In 5th place, V from BTS recorded a brand reputation index of 3,673,361. His brand reputation index dropped by 47.86% from April’s score of 7,044,749.

Here are the top 50 male K-pop boy group members for May 2026

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. Wanna One’s Park Jihoon
3. BTS’s Jungkook
4. BTS’s Jin
5. BTS’s V
6. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
7. BTS’s RM
8. TVXQ’s Yunho
9. BTS’s j-hope
10. BTS’s Suga
11. Wanna One’s Kim Jaehwan
12. Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
13. EXO’s Baekhyun
14. CORTIS’s Keonho
15. Super Junior’s Heechul
16. Wanna One’s Lai Kuanlin
17. Highlight’s Yoon Doojun
18. Wanna One’s Ong Seongwu
19. Wanna One’s Bae Jinyoung
20. Super Junior’s Siwon
21. Winner’s Lee Seunghoon
22. SHINee’s Minho
23. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
24. RIIZE’s Wonbin
25. TWS’s Dohun
26. CORTIS’s Seonghyeon
27. SHINee’s Key
28. BIGBANG’s Daesung
29. Wanna One’s Yoon Jisung
30. EXO’s Kai
31. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
32. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
33. GOT7’s Jinyoung
34. Highlight’s Yang Yoseob
35. Shinhwa’s Lee Minwoo
36. Wanna One’s Ha Sungwoon
37. NCT’s Haechan
38. SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu
39. ENHYPEN’s Sunghoon
40. EXO’s Suho
41. TVXQ’s Changmin
42. Wanna One’s Lee Daehwi
43. NCT’s Sion
44. NCT’s Jaehyun
45. TWS’s Shinyu
46. SHINee’s Taemin
47. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
48. RIIZE’s Sohee
49. CORTIS’s Juhoon
50. THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae