"Yuri!!! On Ice" Tops New Anime Ranking In New Tumblr Measurement

You may have noticed that anime is kind of popular. Seriously! Tumblr Fandometrics, which measures popularity on the microblogging/social networking site, noticed and responded by putting together a new anime ranking in its weekly lists. Its getting a lot of notice internationally, with Japanese blogs chiming in with their thoughts. 

 

As Tumblr Fandometrics puts it

"(Anime & Manga) Wow! People love anime! So we made the new Anime & Manga list! Yuri!!! On Ice debuts at No. 1 list after the Yuri!!! On Stage premiere! Haikyuu!! debuts at No. 4! Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters makes an earnest effort, coming in at No. 18!" 

 

Anime & Manga

Week Ending May 1st, 2017

1. 1. Yuri!!! on Ice
2. 2. Attack on Titan
3. 3. Killing Stalking
4. 4. Haikyuu!!
5. 5. Fairy Tail
6. 6. Boku No Hero Academia
7. 7. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
8. 8. Tokyo Ghoul
9. 9. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
10. 10. Danganronpa
11. 11. Little Witch Academia
12. 12. Sailor Moon
13. 13. Bungou Stray Dogs
14. 14. Black Butler
15. 15. One Piece
16. 16. Free!
17. 17. Mob Psycho 100
18. 18. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
19. 19. Hetalia
20. 20. Fullmetal Alchemist

 

Other lists this week included...

K-Pop

Week Ending May 1st, 2017

1. 1. Bangtan Boys
2. 2. EXO
3. 3. GOT7
4. 4. Monsta X
5. 5. SEVENTEEN
6. 6. SHINee
7. 7. B.A.P.
8. 8. K.A.R.D.
9. 9. Big Bang
10. 10. BLACKPINK
11. 11. Twice
12. 12. NCT 127
13. 13. VIXX
14. 14. Red Velvet
15. 15. Girls’ Generation
16. 16. Mamamoo
17. 17. DAY6
18. 18. NCT Dream
19. 19. Infinite
20. 20. iKon

 

 

Ships

Week Ending May 1st, 2017

1. 1. Klance
   Keith & Lance, Voltron: Legendary Defender
2. 2. Supercorp
   Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor, Supergirl
3. 3. Victuuri
   Victor Nikiforov & Yuri Katsuki, Yuri!!! on Ice
4. 4. Dan and Phil
   Dan Howell & Phil Lester, YouTubers
5. 5. Destiel
   Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural
6. 6. Sanvers
   Maggie Sawyer & Alex Danvers, Supergirl
7. 7. McHanzo
   Jesse McCree & Hanzo Shimada, Overwatch
8. 8. Bughead
   Betty Cooper & Jughead Jones, Riverdale
9. 9. Otayuri
   Otabek Altin & Yuri Plisetsky, Yuri!!! on Ice
10. 10. Malec
    Magnus Bane & Alec Lightwood, Shadowhunters
11. 11. Captain Swan
    Captain Hook & Emma Swan, Once Upon a Time
12. 12. Jikook
    Park Jimin & Jeon Jungkook, Bangtan Boys
13. 13. Evak
    Even Bech Næsheim & Isak Valtersen, Skam
14. 14. SasuSaku
    Sasuke Uchiha & Sakura Haruno, Naruto
15. 15. Bellarke
    Bellamy Blake & Clarke Griffin, The 100
16. 16. Korrasami
    Korra & Asami Sato, The Legend of Korra
17. 17. Nygmobblepot
    Edward Nygma & Oswald Cobblepot, Gotham
18. 18. Reaper76
    Reaper & Soldier: 76, Overwatch
19. 19. Reylo
    Rey & Kylo Ren, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
20. 20. Olicity
    Oliver Queen & Felicity Smoak, Arrow

 

 

Fandometrics did previously put together a yearly list. For 2016, it included

2016’s Top Anime and Manga

We made a dubbed version of this list, but it was way worse than the original.

1. Haikyuu!! 
2. Fairy Tail +12
3. Attack on Titan −1
4. Yuri!!! On Ice 

Originally posted by dazaiosamu-s

5. Osomatsu-san 
6. One Punch Man 
7. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure −1
8. Tokyo Ghoul −5
9. Naruto −4
10. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School 
11. Free! −7
12. Sailor Moon −4
13. One Piece +6
14. Boku No Hero Academia 

Originally posted by myakihito

15. Hetalia −6
16. Owari No Seraph 
17. Black Butler −2 
18. Love Live!
19. Mob Psycho 100
20. Hunter x Hunter −8

 

As they explain their methods...

About Fandometrics

Fandometrics is the result of our efforts to compile a database of Tumblr’s favorite entertainers and entertainments, and track the shifts in our users’ collective affection. Every week, our Content team puts together a list of the most frequently used tags on the platform, accounting for the following criteria:

• • How many posts were created that contain the tag

  • How many times that tag was searched for

• How many times a post using that tag was reblogged

  • How many times a post using that tag was liked
    
    

Our system sorts each tag into one of the nine Fandometrics categories. If the tag is unknown, we assign a category to it. Related tags are grouped—for example, the show Supernatural is referenced by both the “supernatural” and “spn” tags. This allows as much of the conversation as possible to be captured.  

Within those categories, each fandom (that is, each group of related tags) is ranked based on the weighted mean of the four actions listed. The factors by which we weight them are a secret, but basically we’re accounting for the fact that, for example:

• • Some of these actions are performed more frequently than others. For example, searches are performed more often than original posts are created.

  • Some of these actions are more visible than others, and more likely to produce additional actions. Posts and reblogs, for example, will be seen by many people across the blog network. Searches, conversely, are between you and your computer.
    
    

To make a long story short: We weight and normalize the number of actions to create a more accurate picture of each fandom’s influence across Tumblr.

Fresh rankings are posted every Monday between 2:30 and 4 PM EST.

 

via Gigazine

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.