Actor Byeon Woo-seok's performance propelled Hangout With Yoo to surpass I Live Alone.
The Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute analyzed 92,227,444 pieces of brand big data from 50 popular variety programs loved by the public from Apr. 3, 2026, to May 3, 2026, and released the May big data analysis results.
The May 2026 variety program brand reputation top 30 ranking was analyzed in the following order: Hangout With Yoo, I Live Alone, Myeongseong Legend, You Quiz on the Block, Running Man, 2 Days & 1 Night, My Ugly Duckling, Radio Star, National Singing Contest, Mr. House Husband, Men on a Mission, I'm SOLO, Immortal Songs, Gukgidong Friends, Friday with Geumta, Ga-yo Stage, Wait, really!, Same Bed, Different Dreams, Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant, Divorce Reflection Camp, Top Ones, Gag Concert, Omniscient Interfering View, Animal Farm, Amazing Saturday, The Manager Has Donkey Ears, Chef & My Fridge, The Return of SUPERMAN, Hidden Singer, Open Concert.
Koo Chang-hwan, director of the Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute, explained, "In the link analysis of the Hangout With Yoo brand, which ranked first in the May 2026 variety program brand reputation, 'thankful, fun, active' were highly analyzed, and in the keyword analysis 'Yu Jae-seok, Yang Sang-guk, Byeon Woo-seok' were highly analyzed. In the positive-negative ratio analysis, the positive ratio was analyzed at 92.30%."
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