Top K-Pop Boy Groups in October 2025: Brand Reputation Insights

BTS, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, BIGBANG, EXO, SHINee, THE BOYZ, and BOYNEXTDOOR have occupied spots in the top 10 for the October 2025 boy group brand reputation rankings.

From September 11 to October 11, 2025, the Korea Enterprise Reputation Research Institute conducted an analysis of 64,775,848 data points related to boy group brands. This month’s data volume showed a 0.51% increase compared to the 64,448,201 entries recorded in September.

BTS topped the list with a brand reputation index of 7,663,180. However, this represents a 14.14% drop compared to their September score of 8,924,807.

In second place, SEVENTEEN achieved a brand reputation index of 5,500,082, up 10.68% from their September figure of 4,969,494.

Stray Kids secured third place with a brand reputation index of 3,484,943. This is an increase of 4.72% compared to September’s 3,327,973, this is an increase of 4.72%.

BIGBANG came in fourth, posting a brand reputation index of 2,503,119. This shows a slight decrease of 0.91% from September’s score of 2,526,088. 

Fifth place went to EXO with a brand reputation index of 2,459,139, a 14.74% increase from September’s score of 2,143,257.

Here are the top 50 K-pop groups for October 2025

1. BTS
2. SEVENTEEN
3. Stray Kids
4. BIGBANG
5. EXO
6. SHINee
7. THE BOYZ
8. BOYNEXTDOOR
9. NCT
10. CORTIS
11. Alpha Drive One
12. Super Junior
13. TWS
14. ENHYPEN
15. ZEROBASEONE
16. INFINITE
17. ATEEZ
18. MONSTA X
19. RIIZE
20. BTOB
21. Wanna One
22. TREASURE
23. ASTRO
24. VERIVERY
25. Highlight
26. TVXQ!
27. VIXX
28. ONF
29. AHOF
30. EVNNE
31. WINNER
32. IDID
33. 2PM
34. TXT
35. CRAVITY
36. KickFlip
37. FTISLAND
38. Teen Top
39. Block B
40. SF9
41. GOT7
42. WEi
43. B1A4
44. Sechs Kies
45. Close Your Eyes
46. DKB
47. Xdinary Heroes
48. NOWZ
49. Ampers&One
50. In a Minute

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