Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Shōjo manga Audience in United States

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Shōjo manga in United States — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Shōjo manga has an estimated audience of 5,194,426 people in United States.

Shōjo manga has an estimated audience of 5,194,426 people in United States. 57.2% are female, 42.8% are male, average age 26.8. Top brand affinities: International education, Pokémon, Anime and manga fandom, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo.

Top brand affinities include International education, Pokémon, Anime and manga fandom, with strongest over-indexing on International education (53.68× the country average).

Demographically, the Shōjo manga audience skews more female with an average age of 26.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Pet Ownership.

The typical Shōjo manga fan in United States is more female, around 26.8 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for International education.

Category: Literature · Type: Topic · Subtype: Literary genre

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Shōjo manga profile in United States.

Audience size
5.2M
in United States
Gender
57.2%
42.8% male
Age
26.8
average years
Country rank
#6450
Topic in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-25%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Shōjo manga fans

57.2% are female, 42.8% are male, average age 26.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.2%
Female
42.8%
Male
Demographic split for Shōjo manga audience in United States
MetricValue
Female57.2%
Male42.8%
Average age26.8
Estimated audience size5,194,426
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 26.8
average years
Age distribution of the Shōjo manga audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-1957%
20-2923%
30-3910%
40-496%
50+4%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

12.0%

of the worldwide Shōjo manga audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Shōjo manga
CountryShare
Japan53.1%
United States12.0%
South Korea5.4%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Shōjo manga audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Shōjo manga audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01International educationBusiness & Career53.68×
02FuturamaMovies & TV25.43×
03Concept artArts & Culture24.00×
04Disneyland ParisTravel & Leisure18.37×
05Dragon BallMovies & TV16.12×
06Scarface (1983 film)Movies & TV15.48×
07RakutenShopping14.79×
08TokyoTravel & Leisure14.71×
09PokémonGames14.20×
10Portrait paintingArts & Culture13.84×
11Anime and manga fandomLiterature13.65×
12Graphic novelLiterature13.41×
13My Hero AcademiaLiterature10.65×
14Digital artArts & Culture9.03×
15Watercolor paintingArts & Culture8.61×
16CrunchyrollGames8.53×
17Collectible card gameGames8.34×
18Broadway theatreTravel & Leisure8.31×
19Oil paintingArts & Culture7.77×
20Abstract artArts & Culture7.48×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Shōjo manga audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Shōjo manga audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN2.17×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.99×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.93×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Shōjo manga audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.64×
Career OrientationPOWER0.72×
IndulgenceJOY0.76×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United States who actively search for Shōjo manga. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across United States. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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