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Top 100 Mangas in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest mangas in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 116 mangas tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Reborn!, D.Gray-man and Akira (manga) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 215k, and the largest, Reborn!, reaches around 1.9M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each manga, 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 100, 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
1 Reborn! 1.9M 23.8 62.1% Manga
2 D.Gray-man 1.7M 27.9 61.3% Manga
3 Akira (manga) 1.5M 26.2 52.4% Manga
4 Gantz 1.5M 30.9 62.3% Manga
5 Doraemon 961k 34.7 64.8% Manga
6 Slam Dunk (manga) 784k 30.8 54.4% Manga
7 Beck (manga) 746k 23.3 52.4% Manga
8 Berserk (manga) 712k 25.2 60.3% Manga
9 Weekly Shōnen Jump 669k 29.7 64.0% Manga
10 Hunter × Hunter 501k 29.8 56.9% Manga
11 Fairy Tail 471k 28.6 53.7% Manga
12 Highschool of the Dead 463k 30.2 32.3% Manga
13 Fist of the North Star 448k 32.0 51.8% Manga
14 Elfen Lied 433k 24.3 58.8% Manga
15 Inuyasha 410k 27.9 53.4% Manga
16 My Hero Academia 401k 28.6 55.6% Manga
17 Vagabond (manga) 383k 31.1 74.2% Manga
18 Saint Seiya 379k 28.7 52.5% Manga
19 Toriko 358k 39.6 63.0% Manga
20 Freezing (manga) 348k 23.3 62.5% Manga
21 Hellsing 345k 30.8 67.7% Manga
22 Attack on Titan 335k 26.4 52.3% Manga
23 Claymore (manga) 322k 22.9 64.1% Manga
24 Gin Tama 260k 28.4 53.5% Manga
25 Black Lagoon 227k 21.1 62.6% Manga

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each manga 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 manga in Japan?

Reborn! currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.9M people in Japan.

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