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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
51 Pandora Hearts 70k 32.6 55.5% Manga
52 Beelzebub (manga) 69k 42.9 46.0% Manga
53 Drifters (manga) 59k 35.1 37.4% Manga
54 Fruits Basket 59k 33.7 68.0% Manga
55 Fullmetal Alchemist 56k 29.2 57.3% Manga
56 Yotsuba&! 55k Manga
57 Urusei Yatsura 55k 29.1 64.3% Manga
58 Chihayafuru 54k 24.5 56.8% Manga
59 Strobe Edge 50k 47.6 0.0% Manga
60 Kimi ni Todoke 48k 26.1 57.8% Manga
61 Zatch Bell! 46k 30.2 60.8% Manga
62 Blue Exorcist 42k 27.5 71.0% Manga
63 Akame ga Kill! 42k 22.2 70.5% Manga
64 Vampire Knight 39k 25.7 62.4% Manga
65 Deadman Wonderland 35k 22.0 41.4% Manga
66 Ranma ½ 35k 24.8 58.2% Manga
67 Nodame Cantabile 31k 29.9 59.7% Manga
68 Rozen Maiden 30k 33.5 67.2% Manga
69 Tokyo Mew Mew 30k 36.4 69.9% Manga
70 Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 30k 31.6 71.9% Manga
71 Shaman King 28k 29.3 60.9% Manga
72 Battle Vixens 28k 35.4 74.6% Manga
73 Yona 27k 24.5 30.1% Manga
74 The Prince of Tennis 26k 41.4 66.6% Manga
75 School Rumble 24k 23.8 61.4% 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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