Ricinne Wins 1st, Minami 2nd

Woni, the leader of girl group ReSSeNe, ranked first in the July 2026 rookie idol individual brand reputation survey. Minami from the same group came in second, and Wonhee from ILLIT placed third. The Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute analyzed 11,168,079 big data points for rookie idol individual brands from June 2 to July 2, an increase of 25.80% compared to the previous month. The brand reputation index is an indicator that analyzes the impact of consumers' online habits on brand consumption, measuring participation, media, communication, and community indices, and also includes qualitative evaluations.

ReSSeNe's Woni recorded a total brand reputation index of 1,584,988 points, earning 507,474 points in participation, 316,880 in media, 454,244 in communication, and 306,390 in community. This is a 38.95% increase from June. Minami of ReSSeNe, in second place, showed the highest growth rate with 996,332 points, a 243.83% surge from the previous month. Wonhee of ILLIT, in third place, saw a 30.41% decrease with 867,347 points, and Gunho of XODIAC, in fourth, dropped 29.98% with 658,251 points. Zena of ReSSeNe, in fifth place, recorded a notable increase of 536.04%, reaching 599,945 points.

From 6th to 30th place were ReSSeNe's Liv, ReSSeNe's May, ILLIT's Moka, Miyawaki Anna, XODIAC's Juun, XODIAC's Seonghyun, ILLIT's Minju, ILLIT's Yunah, XODIAC's James, ILLIT's Iroha, XODIAC's Martin, HATSUTOHATS' Ian, HATSUTOHATS' Jiwoo, TWS' Dohoon, HATSUTOHATS' Stella, HATSUTOHATS' Yuha, IZNA's Bang Jimin, HATSUTOHATS' Carmen, HATSUTOHATS' Eina, HATSUTOHATS' Yeon, TWS' Shinyu, KIKI's Haeum, Miyawaki Ella, HATSUTOHATS' June, and Miyawaki Suin, in that order.

Gu Chang-hwan, the director of the Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute, explained that for ReSSeNe's Woni's brand, "hot," "attractive," and "active" appeared highly in link analysis, and "Geoje City," "YouTube," and "Freeter Girl" occupied a high proportion in keyword analysis. He also added that in the positive-negative ratio analysis, the positive ratio was 93.95%.

The subjects of this survey included Woni of ReSSeNe, Minami of ReSSeNe, Wonhee of ILLIT, Gunho of XODIAC, Zena of ReSSeNe, Liv of ReSSeNe, May of ReSSeNe, Moka of ILLIT, Miyawaki Anna, Juun of XODIAC, Seonghyun of XODIAC, Minju of ILLIT, Yunah of ILLIT, James of XODIAC, Iroha of ILLIT, Martin of XODIAC, Ian of HATSUTOHATS, Jiwoo of HATSUTOHATS, Dohoon of TWS, Stella of HATSUTOHATS, Yuha of HATSUTOHATS, Bang Jimin of IZNA, Carmen of HATSUTOHATS, Eina of HATSUTOHATS, Yeon of HATSUTOHATS, Shinyu of TWS, Haeum of KIKI, Ella of Miyawaki, June of HATSUTOHATS, Suin of Miyawaki, as well as Ahyeon of BABYMONSTER, Gawon of Miyawaki, Manon of CAT'S EYE, Mai of IZNA, Youngjae of TWS, Jihoon of TWS, Asa of BABYMONSTER, Choi Jeong-eun of IZNA, Rami of BABYMONSTER, Yu Sarang of IZNA, Coco of IZNA, Donghyun of Kickflip, Yoonchae of CAT'S EYE, Kiya of KIKI, Luca of BABYMONSTER, Rora of BABYMONSTER, Jeong Sebi of IZNA, Jiyu of KIKI, Kyungmin of TWS, Isul of KIKI, Daniela of CAT'S EYE, Hanjin of TWS, Lara of CAT'S EYE, Yoon Jiyun of IZNA, Narin of Miyawaki, Nahyun of ATHEART, Sophia of CAT'S EYE, Steven of AHOP, Gyehun of Kickflip, Megan of CAT'S EYE, Cassia of IF I, Sui of KIKI, Kim Min-jae of IDIT, Im Seo-won of UNIS, Arin of ATHEART, Cha Woong-gi of AHOP, Seo Jeong-woo of AHOP, Park Han of AHOP, Donghwa of Kickflip, and Zyun of AHOP.