What do these rankings mean? The Korean Business Research Institute analyzes idol groupsŌĆÖ media coverage, consumer participation, online interaction, and more in a span of time. Points in different categories add up to a total, which represents a groupŌĆÖs ŌĆ£rankŌĆØ for the month. For October, BTS topped the ranking once again for the 29th consecutive month, with NCT and SEVENTEEN at #2 and #3, respectively. These are the top 5 boy groups this month: BTS came in #1 with 16,356,302 points; NCT was #2 with 3,553,615 points; SEVENTEEN reached #3 with 2,210,646 points. EXO ranked at #4 with 2,161,554 points; and ASTRO followed closely at #5 with 1,814,052 points. The boy group brand reputation ranking, from 1st place to 30th place, is as follows: Source (1)
