Most Popular Anime Characters (2004 - 2024)

[@meswil]

goku and naruto be like "even when I'm out I'm always in"

[@SilkSonic-c9z]

That's coz there was no internet in early mid 2000s in many countries apart from Japan and US Plus they came on TV so there was hardly any competition If naruto and dbz were released say in 2020 forget Aot or vinland they wouldn't stand a chance against mha or ds. They are shonnen garbage who are being carried by cheap nostalgia bait by ppl in their 30s....

[@ADbroke01]

​​@@SilkSonic-c9zPeople will say the same thing about mha and ds after 10 years😂. If they release now they wouldn't be same because their animation, designs,music etc would be changed too.

[@SilkSonic-c9z]

@@ADbroke01 10 years are not required I will say this today mha ds are at best mediocre shonnen including jjk which was going very well until they decided to bring back gojo nobara megumi But during 90s and 2000s animes were hardly made Only animax was the source for ppl outside Japan...

[@UmarBaig-g7v]

@@SilkSonic-c9z It doesn't matter if Naruto and Dragon ball was released in the early 2000s cuz they were at top 5 in 2 decades

[@SilkSonic-c9z]

@@UmarBaig-g7v there was hardly any audience for anime The demographic for anime ranged from 10 to 20 After 2010 it has become 10 to 40 U can win the race in which only 2 or 3 ppl are running.

[@thewizardninja]

Knowing all these shows and knowing which events probably caused all the spikes makes these kinds of videos really entertaining. That Ace spike was wild.

[@TheBoltMaster456]

The craziest spikes were the random Ash spike in 2016, the random Toru Hagakure spike in 2021 and the insane Broly spike in 2019.

[@keremcantarhan]

@@TheBoltMaster456Tohru spike made sense because of her face reveal. What I'm curious about is why did HxH spike in 2020 even though the show ended in 2014.

[@heisenberg368]

@@keremcantarhanlol popularity can still arise even after a series ends

[@Brightsonp]

​@@TheBoltMaster456the 1 second rem is hilarious

[@TheBoltMaster456]

@@keremcantarhan I know that it's cause of the face reveal, but the way it just went from not existing to straight at the top in like one milisecond is so funny to me 😭

[@FangLeng-lh4gn]

Goku and Naruto: We will gatekeep top 3 spot as much as we can

[@AnemoSupremacyXD]

true af

[@LydiaCrossir]

Those two always hits different

[@yogi30303]

Naruto is also the name of the show, I don't think it'd be as popular otherwise.

[@alppc7576]

@@yogi30303 It is very popular. It would still be popular if it weren't for these hater incidents that are scorching the world. Even the grandfather where I live watched Naruto and loved the main character :)

[@rahulmenon9530]

Lol other characters from Naruto were in the top 3 as well it's not just cause of the name being the name of the show he's legit one of the most iconic characters in anime history ​@@yogi30303

[@TheBoltMaster456]

The Naruto domination is so real during the 2000's - mid 2010's

[@caiquenakandakare6046]

Naruto was in the top 5 even years after the anime ended

[@yaheia8485]

HEY that thumbnail wasn't in the stream 💀💀

[@Darur1308]

Hehehehheeh

[@AniMangHwa_]

How dare he try to fool us

[@skelebro9999]

the clickbait is important

[@user-zq5dh6jr8n]

she was most popular but not on that video x_x

[@nuclearnadal281]

My disappointment is Immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@tomfoolery9182]

absolutely exploding the graph is such a Broly thing to do

[@dbzayan]

Born with 10k, surpassed 10mil

[@IgnorantKingRaven]

I think it has something to do with the case against the voice actor... He voiced Edward Eleric too..

[@tuber420]

@@IgnorantKingRaven no, it doesn't. nobody cares about english dub voice actors

[@hrsnotfound]

Goku just being in the picture for the whole video

[@TheVenom-y6m]

Lelouch made so many comebacks that I couldn’t count.

[@zekron1718]

In these last 6 years no lelouch searches 😢

[@TotoBean-mh4xg]

all hail lelouch

[@ArunaUtd]

Dragonball is so many 1v1's so with its massive popularity they're bound to be the most searched names. Not like they wouldn't be top without that, but it helps. That Broly spike was INSANE!

[@ashersanjan125]

Yeah when the Broly movie and speculations dropped, his stocks increased and stayed on top for nearly 5 months.

[@gamer-yn4uq]

I love how he ignored Obito and pretend he didn't see him😂

[@LeonNeon20]

Pain*

[@crocoboi7936]

Shhh 🤫

[@kiragamer7520]

LMAO, YEAH

[@joshbrosh6626]

Shush

[@気のいいローさん]

The popularity of the Haruhi Suzumiya anime is one of the reasons why anime became popular in Japan. In particular, Haruhi Dance has become a social phenomenon, and God Knows has been viewed over 100 million times on KZbin.

[@sabr.aix2]

kakashi appearing out of nowhere and disappearing and appearing again for almost the entire video is hilarious.

[@cmrobbins88]

Ah yes the mid 2000s. Naruto and Death Note were the only anime I would hear about those days.

[@heisenberg368]

“crunchyroll is the house that naruto built” -crunchyroll staff

[@cmrobbins88]

@@heisenberg368 believe it

[@apples8836]

and haruhi

[@JxFTW]

I didn't know what Naruto was at that time, but I remember 1 kid always doing the Naruto run tho lmao... the only anime I knew about was DBZ, Pokemon & YuGiOh

[@cmrobbins88]

@@JxFTW that’s pretty much the anime starter kit right there because those were all my firsts. I was OBSESSED with Yugioh. Just started the manga again.

[@delanireid]

2.29 I assume that's the Kazekage retrieval arc. They made hella games for that arc which introduced me to Naruto. Sakura was at her most popular during that time, it also explains why Itachi and Kakashi had such high searches

[@crocoboi7936]

Honestly Sakura and chiyo vs sasori is super underrated

[@lfc08adam]

​@crocoboi7936 one of the best fights in naruto for sure. Super memorable

[@Sawa1698]

My fav fight

[@Kai-ln9zp]

​@@lfc08adambut little streched

[@frostbraus9527]

@@Kai-ln9zp the anime stretched it but the fight in the manga and Sakura's character in manga is just way better

[@hitsu3071]

goku and naruto goats

[@SilkSonic-c9z]

Aot>>>

[@SilkSonic-c9z]

Aot's the real goat

[@hitsu3071]

@@SilkSonic-c9z no

[@SilkSonic-c9z]

@@hitsu3071 that's why 70 to 80%:has it in their top 3 top 5

[@hitsu3071]

@@SilkSonic-c9z naruto has more

[@kamilpalka7837]

that Invisible Girl spike was hilarious

[@TheBoltMaster456]

That shit was legit like 1 nanosecond for her to go from non-existent to straight at the top 💀

[@kiragamer7520]

i'm not gonna lie, this reaction video was my first time hearing she got a face reveal 😭. which is shocking to me because i used to be such a huge my hero academia fan and even have a lot of mha manga irl from that time i was obsessed

[@Leafcane]

Naruto characters held the majority of the top 10 throughout the entirety of the chunin exams And that Broly takeover was insane

[@Ichirukibetter]

Ace and broly spike made this chart fun 😂

[@chronics23]

def should do more of these, knowing what happened in a show for a character to pop off is awesome

[@edouardatangana4195]

Dbs broly was fire

[@D3L3T3]

Best character in the show

[@aidenkarma3844]

Real ❤❤❤

[@Multiversedestroyer2.01]

Man broly broke both reality and internet together

[@hatakekakashi7678]

''THIS IS NOT POWER OF YOUR CREATION!''

[@tracykuo3882]

I love how Pain keeps showing up on the leaderboard.

[@lpesic1159]

Lmao Dragon ball was on or near the top for most of the time competing with new shows whilst for the most part it wasn’t getting a show and then there was whatever Broly did 😭🤣.

[@syedfaheemshah9629]

Dragon ball is truly the undisputed Goat of animanga its simple as that 🤷

[@UNKNOWNL3G3ND]

I think the Naruto manga ended in something like 2014 and the anime in 2017, which is why it would mostly stay at the top-mid...

[@tuber420]

because boruto is still a thing, naruto is not going to survive 18 years without content like dragon ball did in the 2000s

[@UNKNOWNL3G3ND]

@tuber420 Most people do not care much about Boruto as a sequel. It took all those years and the anime running for the people to switch up on the manga and gain some heat on Twitter. Most popular content regarding the franchise comes from older topics and if you go to "anime websites", the old Naruto and Shippuden anime are still the top3-top10 most streamed ones on these websites alongside popular ongoing ones.

[@ans5516]

Naruto is very popular like Dragon Ball, it has 5 different characters who are in the top 5 rankings

[@sorryhehetmonidroppedallmy5686]

I was responsible for googling Gaara in 2006😂

[@afiffathann5493]

Naruto and Goku so much carry anime tho we can’t deny that HATERS

[@2amCryptid]

the whole Ace spike was probably around the MarineFord arc. That Broly spike though! Damn!

[@laurainathunderstorm]

The Inuyasha + Sesshomaru numbers at the beginning were such nostalgia! I remember Inuyasha being such a hit when I was younger.

[@Nagidan651]

Power of thumbnail

[@justsomeguywithoutagirl4956]

One Punch man characters coming in the list because the manga peaked so hard is crazy and super hype lol.

[@JohanPijn]

The manga attracted more people than season 2 O.o

[@Multiversedestroyer2.01]

OPM does have some 300 million followers but it's nowhere in league of Naruto or dragon Ball where fans are in billions😂😂

[@shaxplosion]

Do you recommend the manga? Bc I didn't really like S2 of the anime.

[@justsomeguywithoutagirl4956]

@@shaxplosion Manga is fcking peak. I would be lying if i said that OPM doesn't have the cleanest and maybe the best artwork in all of manga genre. After season 2, the story just gets better and better and never stops. You can imagine how peak it was that a manga's popularity was competing with recent shounen anime's popularity.

[@the_kranthikajol]

Sakura was constantly there for quite sometime, I think she also reached top, as a first female character😍 and mikasa reaching the top right away as the show begun that made me so happy 😍 Eren Levi too 💥

[@luis1pro]

zoro was so lost he couldnt find the leaderboard until early 2023

[@batuhan6887]

As a Sasuke glazer, Naruto definitely had juiced up numbers because his name is literally the show's title.

[@skinnymelo]

Nah, the vid is made using google trends. You can specify characters in search terms so it's not just looking to see what word was used the most or else "Ace" would stay at the top the entire time. Obviously it can't filter everything out but just off the fact that Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura and whoever the main highlight of the arc were were also top 10 throughout the whole vid should be enough to validate Naruto's stats cause he is the mc after all so he's bound to be the most popular and discussed character in the series.

[@batuhan6887]

@@skinnymelo that’s interesting, thanks

[@otto3944]

Ace was like one of the only one piece characters I knew at the time without even knowing the show, now it makes sense though...

[@rezaseed4337]

love your vids , didnt expect this video to be so fun to watch!

[@denobiskenechi1682]

Naruto and dbz where boxing

[@SilkSonic-c9z]

My left ear enjoyed the video very much

[@Renatus_prime]

ace ate the donut fruit that's why

[@UNKNOWNL3G3ND]

I guess they also watched "the death of gaara"

[@DW9427]

10:53 What is bro doin 💀😭

[@DracoSafarius]

The ability of Lelouch and Slam Dunk to come in out of absolutely nowhere consecutively is incredible

[@deadmanThorTempest]

My naruto

[@cry9438]

I feel like Nick knows why Ace was popular. Whether it be accidental or not, he knows.

[@callmeaj3077]

i am more impressed by Nick telling anime characters name correctly finally!!

[@plum8503]

Deedara

[@hakem7047]

inwasha

[@PinoHolly04]

Didnt imagine kakashi kept his spot for that long, nice

[@AnemoSupremacyXD]

i mean naruto is the face of anime , u can't even deny the fact because it one of the most profitable franchise almost every year including 2022 ( 2023 data is yet to come out) , it makes the most profit that makes it stand in top 10 so, it's natural it would be on top for so many fuckin years , besides now that boruto's anime is on hiatus now the manga can pull more ppl in and when the anime comes back as stated it would be seasonal and as we know naruto / boruto fights with good animation ought to be peak take momo vs naruto and sasuke for example it is by far the 3nd back anime fight( for me ) as no 1 is naruto vs sasuke , number 2 is ui goku, besides the ne seasonal animation if would be like bleach then it's all over for our so called modern anime as by 2027 or 2028 they be over and these shows like demon slayer and jjk aren't capable enough to create such a impact that it would effect ppl life style or way of thinking they are only hype for the time they are hype .

[@KekaRoy-rh1os]

🐐

[@kevinb5417]

"What are y'all googling for Tatsumaki?" ONE Hurricane.

[@in_ravel]

A man of culture and knowledge i see

[@tigercomet23]

Ok now you HAVE to watch the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya! It was the biggest anime on the internet in 2006.

[@alienspecies6872]

damn i was expecting ultra instinct to be the biggest chart blower. never expected broly to keep them in the dust.

[@FR4MPT]

My right ear enjoyed it

[@denif609]

My right ear enjoyed this video

[@AnemoSupremacyXD]

naruto and dragon ball ere just some of the goats as seen in this video even ithout content goku and other dbz character were placed in top 10 and naruto's characters were just on top even when the show ended be it the part 1 or part 2 note the era hen they came out the internet was not a big thing they came before a decade especially dragon ball akira sensei rest in peace , kishimoto sensei keep up the good work with boruto: 2 blue vortex and take good care that's all i care about

[@tuber420]

The fact that Goku is still on the chart when Super has had no new content for months in the manga and years since 2018 is crazy. Just shows his longevity fr

[@Uchiha652]

Даже после того как нету тайтла по Наруто, Он держался достойно и поетому входит в тройку и не испоряется как жалкие аниме которые появляются только из за новых сезонов.

[@omerahmed5225]

The thing with One piece is that nobody was giving af about the show back in the days it was Dragon ball and Naruto, One piece is popular now cuz all the old animes have ended and One piece is the only one left still airing

[@y0RahIm]

These data are based of western countries if u see worldwide onepiece will be no1

[@arrexu01]

daddy and big bro finished their time. Now lil bro who just turned 50 can finally step out of the shadows lmao

[@ShauryaTomar-u4j]

​@@arrexu01You are wrong , at those times one piece didn't had much of reveals but now it's full of suspense and reveal

[@mustysmells817]

Yeah oda spent the first ten decades building suspense and payoffs. Ace's scene was the first of the big shift in dramatic direction. (Also Sabaody)

[@APEX-SS]

the bottom right spoiler from💀💀💀　8:51

[@shadowfiend1247]

Dragon Ball Og's shounen hits diff

[@rettenetesarny6938]

My right ear really enjoyed this video

[@aidinexmachina4232]

The best part about Dragon Ball characters being on here is that from 2005 (with the exception of 1 OVA) to 2013 there was no new Dragon Ball Media. There was DBZ Kai, but that's just a retelling of Z with no filler & a worse soundtrack, so it doesn't count. So for 8 straight years, Goku & Vegeta stayed high up without any new media.

[@ans5516]

Rock Lee is probably from the 100+ ranks after activating 5 gates and immediately becomes rank 1😂

[@hiiamahumanok]

The video didnt even end but he ended after looking at the channel logo

[@ztsbo]

my right ear enjoyed this

[@Ginto_O]

bro really just said "who is Haruhi Sudzumia" 💀💀

[@Zeft]

That lelouch theme was crazy tho

[@Brimmy21]

broly was prolly being searched for because of Vic Mignogna and his court nonsense

[@Amunny]

True, that and the broly movie coming out around the world during that time, becoming pretty popular since it's the best DBS movie.

[@MateusSoar]

vic who? definitely because of the movie@@Amunny

[@Amunny]

@@MateusSoar The Vic Mignogna controversy was massive, I'm surprised you haven't heard about it if you were in the community 5-6 years ago. Although it is not the main contribution of course. The Broly movie being the best DBS movie definitely had a much bigger impact on the searches.

[@colestokes8380]

Lmao seeing this after you've released the 30 episodes of shippuden had me dying Nic-"I'm not even sure who madara is but now I know he's and uchiha"

[@arlenm1472]

Naruto chars permanently in the list, and some people keep sayin title is mid

[@jayfujiwara9740]

So you just gonna ignore Goku?😂

[@heisenberg368]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@jayfujiwara9740bro his point is that people always stay hating on naruto but are speechless when they see the actual statistics both goku and dragon ball as a whole do not get that much hate lol at least not even close to the hate that naruto gets yes theres a few kids here and there that hate on dragon ball/goku, but everyone knows and acknowledges that dragon ball is the forefather of shounen.

[@micahclark9208]

@@heisenberg368I have never seen much Naruto hate aside from Baruto and all the flashbacks during the final few arcs in shippuden watching that week to week felt excruciating

[@sxd9573]

​@@micahclark9208lol, there is so much unwarranted Naruto hate it's not even funny. It's just from cringe jealous kids tho

[@angrybirb756]

Rock lee climbed as fast as he came down

[@raimundoortins1038]

Imagine if Broly had more screen time, he has the potential to be the most popular anime character of all time.

[@PaokIsHere]

The gaara spike must be due to that episode that is a freakin spoiler with the title 😂😂😂

[@Sirgloomy2]

nick i would gladly help with your audio its a pain hearing one side audio in this video main audio is right side and sounds bad since left side is so quiet

[@raphanguille]

I just rewatched this video and it's only now that I realize he put Zoro in blue instead of the orange used for OP character refering him as lost in Dragon Ball lmao

[@cyruss9455]

I think why Goku take Early 2000s it's because the Game "Dragon Ball Budokai & Budokai Tenkaichi Games" is so popular at that time, And this is one of the reason why they hooked to the show and it's also popular in TV Shows..

[@AGHRAJITBISWAS]

i guess 2024 will be all about sung jin woo and gojo

[@papergavity6789]

Broly out here spawning in with 11 mill search 😂

[@vedantwagh3172]

17:38 The chart shows how many times the name was searched I am assuming because the name of the movie was also broly That must have affected heavily I mean yea the movie was next level and broly's character was pretty good too But the movies name search must have given this strong as heck boost

[@AlexFromPhoenix]

That Dragonball reaction is inevitable lol

[@kawakiuzumaki3623]

10:18 naruto said sike 😭

[@Nobody32114]

Lelouch be like: wait I gotta go pee ..... I'm back

[@yuvex3781]

My right ear said it loved the video

[@panda986]

*March 2023 finished with: 1. Aot 2. Mha 3. One Piece 4. Chainsaw Man 5. One Punch Man 6. Naruto 7. Dragon Ball 8. Demon Slayer 9. Spy x Family Down the chart: Jujutsu Kaisen Bocchi the Rock and more

[@IDKKK1207]

damn csm really took over with the anime , s2 will do even better because of how peak it is

[@shauryasuri3653]

Rem touched number 1 once. I'm happy. Best isekai fr fr

[@Oussama.DJ1]

22:06 his face killed me 🤣🤣

[@tuber420]

Goku staying there for the whole video is crazy, forever the #1 anime character

[@galileo058]

Ohhh man... My Prince of Saiyans was doing amazing!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@muhammadfauziaprianto]

When the character comes up to the top, means when (month /year) that character is about do something good ~ incredibly impact with the series

[@joshbrosh6626]

Goku, vegeta, frieza were doing that for years then 😅

[@TheBleent]

The sudden rise for Pokémon was not when Ash almost won or something. That was the release of pokémon GO.

[@ashersanjan125]

Invest in Chainsaw Man stocks. In the next 5 years or so, you are going to witness a SWEEP in the anime industry. An actual revelation in the space.

[@heisenberg368]

i haven’t read the manga bc i didn’t wanna spoil myself for the anime but after already getting spoiled about makima and a bit of denji im now considering reading it bc i heard a lot of good things about it

[@Random-xyz433]

@@heisenberg368Ohh damn bro u'll love it for sureee its soo damn good

[@cry9438]

Truest statement. Y'all ain't ready.

[@DXDragon38]

Wet T-Shirt Mitsuri is a Cultured Thumbnail 😅

[@dgkdx107]

why cant i hear with my left ear

[@goncalosilva3680]

Bro is cooked 💀

[@Jinfwjump]

How would we know

[@dgkdx107]

@@Jinfwjump i mean in this video the sound only in the right ear. any other video is fine

[@Jinfwjump]

@@dgkdx107 oh that’s what you mean

[@NOMlIl]

7:53 how can we tell him

[@cry9438]

Based on his reaction trying to calm himself down, he probably got spoiled already.

[@NOMlIl]

@@cry9438 maybe , cuz ace's dead is so fking popular dude

[@scd2009]

My goat midoriya second at the end

[@austinkennedy3798]

Lol i can see the spoilers of the shows just watching this graph lol

[@roses_are_rosies-g4h]

searching Eren for educational purposes

[@BoruGOAT_15]

When they name Obito Uchiha in Tobi face = 💀

[@csummernights]

I just know mid-to-late 2023 Luffy was CRUSHING it lol

[@georgplatzer8213]

my heart hurts that the Boruto bar is green as well