Korean boy bands' brand reputation rankings for August released

EXO, BTS and NU'EST garnered the first three places. EXO had a total score of 17.18 million followed by BTS with 11.15 million.

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(From the top) EXO, BTS and NU'EST Twitter

The latest brand reputation rankings for Korean boy bands have been revealed.

For the month of August, the Korean Institute for Corporate Reputation said it analyzed 106.09 million pieces of big data from July 11 to August 12 based on communication, media, participation and community indices.

EXO, BTS and NU'EST garnered the first three places. EXO had a total score of 17.18 million followed by BTS with 11.15 million.

Fans were surprised when NU'EST jumped from 16th place in July to third place in August. The boy band had a total score of 9.87 million in the latest results, up by 289.19 percent from last month.

"According to the statistics, EXO has come in at first place for boy group brand reputation rankings. EXO released their fourth studio album 'The War' in July and sold approximately 960,000 copies," the institute said,Soompi reported. "Some of their other achievements include topping iTunes charts in 42 countries, topping Billboard's World Album Charts for two weeks, topping the Apple Music album charts in 19 countries, topping the United World Charts, and topping Xiami Music's K-pop charts. They also came in at first place 11 times on various music shows."

Those who placed from fourth to 30th are:

4. Seventeen - 5.12 million

5. Big Bang - 4.95 million

6. Shinhwa - 4.17 million

7. BTOB - 3.5 million

8. VIXX - 3.33 million

9. WINNER - 3.25 million

10. NCT - 3.09 million

11. Highlight - 3.08 million

12. Infinite - 3.05 million

13. B1A4 - 2.85 million

14. Sechs Kies - 2.77 million

15. BEAST - 2.57 million

16. ASTRO - 2.22 million

17. SHINee - 2.2 million

18. Super Junior - 2 million

19. Monsta X - 1.91 million

20. GOT7 - 1.81 million

21. 2PM - 1.79 million

22. Block B - 1.77 million

23. JYJ - 1.68 million

24. Snuper - 1.59 million

25. FT Island - 1.53 million

26. VROMANCE - 1.42 million

27. Golden Child - 1.35 million

28. HALO - 1.31 million

29. TVXQ - 1.02 million

30. Voisper - 823,636

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