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Upon further scrutinization, tallying the total scores, BTS ranked first place with a total of 7,899,583 points, with Highlight coming in second at 6,782,585 points. EXO trailed in third place at 3,453,582 points.

The Korean Reputation Center rounded up data from March 7 through April 8, 2017 in separate categories such as community score, social media score, and participation scores. Compared to last March, the overall cumulative scores decreased by 5.48% to 41,393,643.

The list goes on to naming the top 20 groups and the top 10 featuring SEVENTEEN, BTOB, N'UEST, Big Bang, GOT7, WINNER, and SHINee.

Top 10 chart:

Ranks 11 - 20 (Brand Value points in paranthesis):

#11 NCT (1,254,146)

#12 INFINITE (1,168,173)

#13 Sechskies (1,037,824)

#14 VIXX (1,033,868)

#15 MONSTA X (889,405)

#16 ASTRO (708,916)

#17 Block B (671,282)

#18 Shinhwa (532,349)

#19 B.A.P (506,562)

#20 2PM (466,762)