Lim Young-woong ranks 1st in September Trot Singer K-Brand Index... Lee Chan-won 2nd
Lim Young-woong took first place in the Trot singer category of the September 2026 K-Brand Index, according to the Asia Brand Research Institute. The rankings were determined by analyzing over 1 billion pieces of online big data based on portal site search volumes.
The Asia Brand Research Institute announced on the 13th that Lim Young-woong ranked 1st in the Trot singer category of the September 2026 K-Brand Index. This survey analyzed 1,079,368,734 pieces of online big data targeting the top 30 individuals by portal site search volume from September 1 to September 30.
The rankings were Lim Young-woong, Lee Chan-won, Seongri, Park Ji-hyun, YOUNGTAK, Park Seo-jin, Kim Yong-bin, Jang Han-byul, Kim Da-hyun, and Jang Yoon-jeong. Kim Da-hyun newly entered the top 10, while Jeon Yoo Jin fell out of the rankings.
Compared to the previous rankings, Seongri rose from 4th to 3rd, and YOUNGTAK rose from 7th to 5th. Park Ji-hyun fell from 3rd to 4th, Park Seo-jin from 5th to 6th, and Kim Yong-bin from 6th to 7th. Jang Yoon-jeong also dropped from 9th to 10th. Ryu Won-seon, head of the research center at the Asia Brand Research Institute, explained, "Not only existing recognition, but how much topicality and public touchpoints are expanded during each period affects the brand index."
The K-Brand Index is calculated by summing trend, media, social, positive, negative, activation, community, and AI indices, and offline figures were not reflected in this result. Therefore, the rankings should be interpreted as an indicator showing online reactions during the period and cannot be viewed as data that directly represents the overall activity performance of the singers.
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