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Top 61 Comics in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 61 largest comics in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Naruto, Peanuts and Case Closed lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.9M people. Across all 61 entries the average audience size is 140k, and the largest, Naruto, reaches around 4.4M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each comics, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 61, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Mafalda 15k 45.4 79.8% Comics
27 Just Imagine... 15k 29.0 78.4% Comics
28 Werner (comics) 13k 30.7 13.9% Comics
29 Symbiote (comics) 12k 28.0 26.5% Comics
30 Batman: The Killing Joke 11k 27.2 25.7% Comics
31 Dv8 11k 28.0 67.1% Comics
32 The Superior Spider-Man 10k 33.0 36.5% Comics
33 The Walking Dead (comic book) 9.7k 29.3 46.3% Comics
34 What If (comics) 9.3k 28.5 58.0% Comics
35 The Maxx 8.5k 29.2 38.1% Comics
36 Kickers 8.2k 32.5 89.9% Comics
37 Batwing (Marvel Comics) 5.8k 36.0 66.7% Comics
38 Arkham Asylum 5.3k 30.8 36.5% Comics
39 Stephen Hillenburg 5.2k 22.0 36.2% Comics
40 Batman: The Dark Knight 4.6k 35.8 21.0% Comics
41 The Transformers (Marvel Comics) 3.5k 34.7 21.7% Comics
42 Cable & Deadpool 3.2k 34.5 5.1% Comics
43 Brian Lynch (writer) 3k 29.2 70.8% Comics
44 Rasmus Klump 2.9k 41.9 100.0% Comics
45 J. Scott Campbell 2.8k 30.9 18.4% Comics
46 TMNT Movie 2.7k 28.3 32.7% Comics
47 Monica's Gang 1.6k 27.9 56.6% Comics
48 Sugar and Spike 1.4k 35.4 84.9% Comics
49 Blake and Mortimer 1.2k 41.1 100.0% Comics
50 Mort & Phil 633 42.1 9.9% Comics

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 61 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each comics by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest comics in Japan?

Naruto currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.4M people in Japan.

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