September Individual Rookie Idol Brand Reputation Rankings Announced
9/9/2025, 10:56:44 PM

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual rookie idols!
The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of various rookie idols, using big data collected from August 4 to September 4.
ILLIT’s Wonhee topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 420,394, marking a 66.55 percent increase in her score since August. High-ranking phrases in her keyword analysis included “Toki Yo Tamare,” “the genre is ILLIT,” and “Japanese single,” while her highest-ranking related terms included “innocent,” “cute,” and “lovely.” Wonhee’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 89.51 percent positive reactions.
Meanwhile, Hearts2Hearts’ Ian took second place for the month with a brand reputation index of 282,289.
KiiiKiii’s Leesol shot to third place after seeing a whopping 430.40 percent increase in her brand reputation index, bringing her total score for September to 233,044.
ILLIT’s Minju came in at a close fourth with a brand reputation index of 215,235, and Hearts2Hearts’ Jiwoo rounded out the top five with a score of 188,553.
Check out the top 30 for this month below!
ILLIT’s Wonhee
Hearts2Hearts’ Ian
KiiiKiii’s Leesol
ILLIT’s Minju
Hearts2Hearts’ Jiwoo
MEOVV’s Anna
KiiiKiii’s Jiyu
izna’s Bang Jeemin
izna’s Choi Jungeun
TWS’s Hanjin
KiiiKiii’s Sui
izna’s Mai
ILLIT’s Yunah
ILLIT’s Moka
MEOVV’s Ella
izna’s Koko
KiiiKiii’s Kya
Hearts2Hearts’ Yuha
Hearts2Hearts’ A-na
TWS’s Dohoon
Hearts2Hearts’ Carmen
TWS’s Shinyu
Hearts2Hearts’ Stella
ILLIT’s Iroha
Hearts2Hearts’ Ye-on
BABYMONSTER’s Ahyeon
izna’s Jeong Saebi
izna’s Ryu Sarang
KiiiKiii’s Haeum
BABYMONSTER’s Rami
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