BLACKPINK Regains Top Spot From aespa On August’s Girl Group Brand Reputation Rankings

by Victoria Marian Belmis / Aug 15, 2021 06:12 AM EDT

Netizens and fans recently greeted with a treat as August's K-pop girl group brand reputation rankings are out! Find out if your favorite K-pop girl groups made the top 30 here!

As of writing this article, today on the 15th of August, The Korean Business Research Institute has gone on to drop their most recent research regarding this month's brand reputation rankings for K-pop girl groups!

As always, the brand reputation rankings were found out through rigorous research of data such as the participation of consumers, coverage of media, interaction, and lastly, the community indexes of multiple K-pop girl groups. The data ranges from the dates of the 15th of July up until the 15th of August.

Without further ado, here are the top 30 K-pop girl groups with the highest brand reputation rankings for the month of August:

#30 DIA

#29 CAMILA

#28 f(x)

#27 WJSN

#26 cignature

#25 Weki Meki

#24 Weeekly

#23 EXID

#22 woo!ah!

#21 CLC

#20 fromis_9

#19 (G)I-DLE

#18 MOMOLAND

#17 STAYC

#16 Girl's Day

#15 Apink

#14 APRIL

#13 ITZY

#12 Dreamcatcher

#11 LABOUM

#10 LOONA

#9 Lovelyz

#8 MAMAMOO

#7 Oh My Girl

#6 Girls' Generation

#5 TWICE

#4 Brave Girls

#3 Red Velvet

#2 aespa

#1 BLACKPINK

SM Entertainment's Red Velvet went on to rise to third place for this month, garnering a total brand reputation index of 2,493,441. This marks an 11.99% rise compared to their score in July.

Red Velvet is expected to rise even further for September as they are slated to drop their highly-awaited comeback this month! But will that be enough to overcome the other K-pop girl groups in terms of brand reputation index?

aespa, SM Entertainment's rookie K-pop girl group, fell down a spot, taking second place for this month's rankings with a total brand reputation index of 2,708,017. SM Entertainment's aespa is truly one of the K-pop girl groups to watch out for as their careers move forward.

YG Entertainment's BLACKPINK went on to claim the top spot for August's brand reputation rankings as they have a total brand reputation index of 3,243,108 for this month!

Congratulations to all the K-pop girl groups who made August's brand reputation rankings!