Korean singer and TV personality Lee Sang Min emerged as the No. 1 TV variety show star in September.
Lee Sang Min, who is in the TV show "Mom's Diary: My Ugly Duckling," got a score of 3.57 million in the September brand reputation rankings for variety show stars released by the Korean Institute for Corporate Reputation.
His total score was lower by 8.54 percent than the 4.13 million he got in August but enough to place him first in September.
The institute analyzed 33.38 million pieces of big data from August 1 to September 2 covering 36 TV variety show stars.
TV host Yoo Jae Suk of "Running Man," "Infinite Challenge" and "Happy Together" grabbed second place with 2.94 million, rising by 23.19 percent from his fifth place in August where he got 2.39 million.
Park Myung Soo of "Infinite Challenge" and "Single Wife" received 2.26 million to maintain third place, down 32.79 percent compared to his score of 3.36 million.
Singer Kim Jong Kook of "Running Man" and "I Can See Your Voice" is fourth with 1.9 million, a decrease from his score of 2.6 million last month.
In fifth place is former basketball player Seo Jang Hoon, who stars in "Knowing Bros" and "My Ugly Duckling," with 1.67 million.
Placing sixth to 20th are:
6. Lee Soo Geun - 1.64 million
7. Park Na Rae - 1.45 million
8. Kim Gun Mo - 1.26 million
9. Kim Sook - 1.18 million
10. Kim Joon Ho - 1.09 million
11. Jun Hyun Moo - 1.01 million
12. Lee Kwang Soo - 958,712
13. Lee Young Ja - 941,144
14. Haha - 858,006
15. Kim Byung Man - 837,987
16. Kim Joon Hyun - 745,719
17. Kim Gura - 662,433
18. Cha Tae Hyun - 660,686
19. Yang Se Hyung - 650,394
20. Ji Sang Ryul - 568,773
