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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
76 Love Lab 24k 35.8 62.3% Manga
77 Monster (manga) 24k 23.4 72.6% Manga
78 Princess Jellyfish 23k 27.7 58.9% Manga
79 Blue Spring Ride 21k 26.1 56.3% Manga
80 Sugar Sugar Rune 19k 40.4 100.0% Manga
81 Afro Samurai 18k 30.0 58.4% Manga
82 Blade of the Immortal 16k 30.7 58.9% Manga
83 Battle Angel Alita 14k 35.7 37.7% Manga
84 Rosario + Vampire 13k 36.2 63.7% Manga
85 Georgie! 13k 33.6 100.0% Manga
86 Medabots 13k 23.6 33.8% Manga
87 Jutsu (Naruto) 12k 40.3 69.0% Manga
88 Inu x Boku SS 12k 26.7 62.8% Manga
89 Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken 11k 34.6 21.5% Manga
90 Air Master 7.7k 47.4 38.2% Manga
91 Lone Wolf and Cub 7.7k 30.9 54.6% Manga
92 Heaven's Lost Property 7.4k 25.5 85.9% Manga
93 Karneval (manga) 6.9k 28.3 63.9% Manga
94 Chrono Crusade 6.8k 35.6 0.0% Manga
95 Blood Lad 6.8k 20.7 77.4% Manga
96 Pokémon Adventures 5.3k 38.0 73.3% Manga
97 Rave Master 5.1k 28.9 53.0% Manga
98 Absolute Boyfriend 5k 28.8 63.8% Manga
99 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin 4.2k 38.6 0.0% Manga
100 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray 3.6k 38.6 22.0% 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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