"IT BOY": Fans proud as BTS Jimin ranks #1 on December 2025 Boy Group Member Brand Reputation, making history with top spot for 35 consecutive months

On Saturday, December 20, BTS's Jimin ranked first on the December 2025 Boy Group Member Brand Reputation chart. The chart is created and released by the Korean Business Research Institute every month following an analysis of the K-pop idols and their reputation amongst fans and netizens, specifically concerning the consumers.

The factors taken into account include consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes, and these factors are analyzed for over 755 boy group members in the industry. The current ranking's data was collected between November 20 and December 20, and BTS's Jimin ranked first on the chart for December 2025.

However, this achievement is not new for the idol since he's dominated the chart for over 35 consecutive months, making history as the first and only idol to do so. Despite the idol's absence in the industry due to his mandatory military enlistment, the idol's influence in the industry failed to decrease, and he bagged the top spot for multiple consecutive months throughout his enlistment.

Following his discharge, the idol's impact in the industry increased drastically, cementing his top position on the charts. Apart from the 35 consecutive months he's dominated the chart, he also holds a total record of 55 consecutive months on the same chart. For this month's performance, the idol garnered a brand reputation index of 3,120,523, and the keywords related to the index include ARMY, Billboard, and Are You Sure?!.

Therefore, the idol's brand reputation comes from interactions and comments from fans, along with his solo achievements on Billboard, and his ongoing travel reality show with BTS' Jungkook, Are You Sure?!. Moreover, his positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a delightful score of 93.51% of positive reactions from fans and netizens this month.

Following the chart's release, fans and netizens have been beyond impressed with the idol's ability to influence and maintain his impact in the industry for long terms. They also praised the idol for his recent history-making achievement and grandly celebrated the same. Here are a few fan reactions regarding this topic:

"KOREA IS JI MINLAND KOREA IT BOY JI MIN JI MIN NO.1 BR DECEMBER Congratulations Ji min 👏🤩 Lets improve our streams" said a fan

More fans and netizens expressed their reactions to BTS's Jimin topping the December 2025 Boy Group Member Brand Reputation chart.

Others also shared their thoughts and opinions on this topic.

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December 2025 Boy Group Member Brand Reputation's Complete List as BTS's Jimin grabs #1 for 55 overall months

Here's the complete list of December 2025 Boy Group Member Brand Reputation:

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
3. BTS’s Jin
4. BTS’s Jungkook
5. 2PM’s Lee Junho
6. BTS’s V
7. TWS’s Dohoon
8. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
9. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
10. RIIZE’s Wonbin
11. EXO’s Baekhyun
12. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
13. TVXQ’s Yunho
14. BTS’s RM
15. HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Doojoon
16. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
17. NCT’s Doyoung
18. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
19. Stray Kids’ Hyunjin
20. CORTIS’s Keonho
21. SHINee’s Minho
22. BTS’s j-hope
23. Wanna One’s Yoon Ji Sung
24. Stray Kids’ Felix
25. ENHYPEN’s Sunghoon
26. CORTIS’s James
27. EXO’s Kai
28. BTS’ Suga
29. BIGBANG’s Daesung
30. SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu

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Therefore, fans and netizens congratulated and celebrated the recent win of BTS's Jimin.

Edited by Aishwarya Sai