Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Animes in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest animes in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 226 animes tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball (anime) and Spirited Away lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 18M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 561k, and the largest, Dragon Ball Z, reaches around 11M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each anime, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States 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 United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United States. 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 United States, 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 United States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 The Cat Returns 458k 32.6 44.9% Anime
27 Blood-C 437k Anime
28 Porco Rosso 424k 36.5 40.6% Anime
29 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 407k Anime
30 Noragami 386k 24.6 29.3% Anime
31 Sonic X 381k 41.4 65.4% Anime
32 Superbook 378k 40.6 74.4% Anime
33 Arrietty 329k 26.1 56.5% Anime
34 5 Centimeters Per Second 328k 33.9 35.6% Anime
35 Welcome to the N.H.K. 327k Anime
36 Ninja Scroll 318k 20.3 21.8% Anime
37 Legendz 305k 21.8 16.7% Anime
38 Angel Beats! 294k 31.8 28.1% Anime
39 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 257k Anime
40 Candy Candy 247k 31.0 63.0% Anime
41 All You Need Is Kill 236k Anime
42 Darker than Black 223k 40.4 55.4% Anime
43 Ragnarok the Animation 222k 26.7 61.9% Anime
44 Psycho-Pass 218k 23.8 53.4% Anime
45 Puella Magi Madoka Magica 217k 27.9 37.2% Anime
46 Digimon Frontier 217k 27.3 26.0% Anime
47 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 208k 30.0 31.9% Anime
48 Ronin Warriors 201k Anime
49 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 196k 34.3 27.4% Anime
50 Boruto: Naruto the Movie 196k 22.4 34.1% Anime

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular animes compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each anime 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 anime in United States?

Dragon Ball Z currently leads with an estimated audience of 11M people in United States.

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