Lim Young Woong, No.1 in trot brand reputation in August 2026... 68 consecutive months at the top

Lim Young Woong ranked first in the trot singer brand reputation in August 2026. According to the trot singer brand big data analysis results compiled by the Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute from July 23 to August 23, 2026, Lim Young Woong maintained the number one position for 68 consecutive months. The brand reputation index is calculated by summing the consumer participation index, media index, communication index, and community index. Lim Young Woong recorded a participation index of 797,628, a media index of 1,519,473, a communication index of 1,226,413, and a community index of 1,738,560, achieving a total brand reputation index of 5,282,073. This is a 31.56% decrease compared to the 7,717,428 recorded in July. Koo Chang-hwan, director of the Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute, stated that in the link analysis of the Lim Young Woong brand, the terms ″breakthrough,″ ″announce,″ and ″donate″ appeared prominently, and in the keyword analysis, ″Hero Era,″ ″Love Always Runs Away,″ and ″Do or Die″ stood out. The positive-negative ratio analysis showed a positive rate of 92.17%. In August 2026, the second place in trot singer brand reputation was Park Ji-hyun (3,377,164), and third place was Lee Chan-won (2,637,026). Park Ji-hyun rose 48.15% compared to last month, and Lee Chan-won surged 62.58%, entering the top three. Fourth and fifth places were taken by Jang Han-byul (2,477,320) and Seong Ri (2,392,429), respectively. This big data totaled 54,912,529 items, a 6.66% increase compared to July (51,483,401 items). The brand reputation ranking included various trot singers up to 30th place, such as Lim Young Woong, Park Ji-hyun, Lee Chan-won, Jang Han-byul, Seong Ri, Kim Yong Bin, Song Ga-in, Young Tak, Park Seo-jin, and Jeon Yu Jin.