Anime series often captivate their audience with gripping plots, complex characters and moments that remain in the memory. But which titles have been the most popular in the last ten years? Our ranking provides the answer!
The most popular series
For today’s ranking, we took a look at AniList’s data. There, users can, among other things, enter which series and films they have seen, are currently watching or would like to see at some point in the future.
In order to determine the most popular series of the past decade, we evaluated the user numbers of all titles that were broadcast between 2016 and 2025. If there are several seasons, the season with the most users was included in the rating as a representative of the entire series.
You can find the complete ranking as of March 1, 2026 below. Please let us know if your favorites appear on the list!
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Ranking:
100. Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie (187,808 users)
99. Heavenly Delusion (187,890 users)
98. Kiznaiver (188,484 users)
97. The Case Study of Vanitas (188,791 users)
96. Lycoris Recoil (189,717 users)
95. Delicious in Dungeon (190,671 users)
94. Cells at Work! (191,918 users)
93. Given (197,969 users)
92. Summer Time Rendering (198,697 users)
91. March Comes In Like a Lion (200,069 users)
90. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax! (203,058 users)
89. Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest (203,168 users)
88. Angels of Death (203,170 users)
87. Ranking of Kings (204,010 users)
86. Domestic Girlfriend (204,577 users)
85. Steins;Gate 0 (205,520 users)
84. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (210,181 users)
83. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (210,335 users)
82. Grand Blue Dreaming (210,781 users)
81. Great Pretender (214,470 users)
80. Yuri!!! on ICE (218,229 users)
79. Orange (218,668 users)
78. SK8 the Infinity (220,342 users)
77. TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You (221,141 users)
76. Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (222,431 users)
75. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (from season 2) (223,429 users)
74. The Ancient Magus’ Bride (226,473 users)
73. Bocchi the Rock! (230,491 users)
72. ReLIFE (235,244 users)
71. Kaiju No. 8 (238,538 users)
70. Call of the Night (238,896 users)
69. The Misfit of Demon King Academy (239,576 users)
68. Saga of Tanya the Evil (241,266 users)
67. Beastars (241,955 users)
66. Overlord (from season 2) (242,760 users)
65. Food Wars! (from season 2) (244,863 users)
64. Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (245,251 users)
63. Mashle: Magic and Muscles (246,998 users)
62. The Apothecary Diaries (261,389 users)
61. The Eminence in Shadow (262,911 users)
60. Sword Art Online (from season 3) (265,943 users)
59. The Seven Deadly Sins (from season 2) (267,058 users)
58. Wonder Egg Priority (267,312 users)
57. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (273,326 users)
56. The God of High School (277,387 users)
55. Goblin Slayer (277,471 users)
54. 86 EIGHTY-SIX (279,778 users)
53. The Quintessential Quintuplets (282,611 users)
52. Blue Lock (283,119 users)
51. Tokyo Ghoul (from season 3) (284,244 users)
50. Rent a Girlfriend (284,815 users)
49. Fruits Basket (285,942 users)
48. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (287,501 users)
47. Oshi No Ko (287,406 users)
46. ​​Komi Can’t Communicate (288,266 users)
45. To Your Eternity (289,209 users)
44. Banana Fish (289,435 users)
43. Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (300,896 users)
42. Hell’s Paradise (303,349 users)
41. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (307,951 users)
40. Tower of God (309,025 users)
39. DAN DA DAN (320,203 users)
38. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (320,713 users)
37. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K (323,852 users)
36. Devilman Crybaby (325,512 users)
35. Haikyu!! (From season 3) (338,418 users)
34. Assassination Classroom (from season 2) (341,298 users)
33. Dororo (343,076 users)
32. My Dress Up Darling (364,436 users)
31. Made in Abyss (372,085 users)
30. Solo Leveling (373,606 users)
29. Bungo Stray Dogs (388,659 users)
28. Freeze: Beyond Journey’s End (390,239 users)
27. Classroom of the Elite (394,262 users)
26. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (396,260 users)
25. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (406,828 users)
24. Tokyo Revengers (410,793 users)
23. The Rising of the Shield Hero (418,304 users)
22. Kakegurui (425,616 users)
21. One Punch Man (from season 2) (431,386 users)
20. Fireforce (435,525 users)
19. DARLING in the FRANXX (455,880 users)
18. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World! (471,202 users)
17. Horimiya (474,461 users)
16. Vinland Saga (483,140 users)
15. Violet Evergarden (500,975 users)
14. Dr. STONE (503,443 users)
13. Kaguya-sama: Love is War (507,942 users)
12. Spy x Family (508,108 users)
11. Black Clover (522,342 users)
10. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (523,814 users)
9. Chainsaw Man (547,456 users)
8. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (553,372 users)
7. ERASED (558,374 users)
6. Mob Psycho 100 (570,749 users)
5. The Promised Neverland (590,222 users)
4. Attack on Titan (from season 2) (672,368 users)
3. My Hero Academia (802,346 users)
2. Jujutsu Kaisen (867,315 users)
1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (906,932 users)
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