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BTS Members Take Four of Five Top Spots in October Rankings
The Korean Business Research Institute placed BTS’s Jimin first in its October rankings of boy group members.
The rankings cover 755 members and use measures of consumer participation, media coverage, communication and community awareness.
The institute based its analysis on big data collected from September 17 to October 17.
Jimin’s index score was 4,822,962, up 23.49 percent from September.
BTS members took four of the top five spots, with Jungkook second, Jin fourth and V fifth; ATEEZ’s San held third place.
These monthly rankings compare the members’ scores across the institute’s measures, and the October list includes 30 names.
BTS members took four of the top five places in the October boy group member brand reputation rankings.
BTS’s Jimin ranked first with an index of 4,822,962.
BTS’s Jungkook placed second, followed by ATEEZ’s San in third.
BTS’s Jin ranked fourth and BTS’s V fifth.
The Korean Business Research Institute based the rankings on data collected from September 17 to October 17.
- Who
- BTS members Jimin, Jungkook, Jin and V took four of the top five places, alongside ATEEZ’s San.
- What
- The Korean Business Research Institute announced its October brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members.
- When
- The rankings were published on October 17, 2026. The data covered September 17 to October 17.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The rankings were based on analysis of consumer participation, media coverage, communication and community awareness.
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The institute collected big data on 755 boy group members for the rankings.
The Korean Business Research Institute announced the October rankings.
- Top-ranked member
- BTS’s Jimin, index of 4,822,962
- Second place
- BTS’s Jungkook, index of 3,454,210
- Third place
- ATEEZ’s San, index of 2,977,493
- Fourth place
- BTS’s Jin, index of 2,343,460
- Fifth place
- BTS’s V, index of 1,875,290
- Data period
- September 17 to October 17