Have you ever been curious to know which countries watch anime the most in the world? In this article we will share different curious data involving the popularity of anime on our globe.
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Countries where anime is popular
If we determine the total amount of people watching anime in each country, China, India and other high population countries will come out on top. It's not a fair comparison, so we should see the values proportional to the population of each country. Let's see the percentage of the population of each country that watches anime.
If we analyze the percentage of the population that watches anime, we will see that countries like China and India do not even appear in the Ranking, so we cannot say that anime is popular in these countries.
In Japan around 75% of the population watches anime, whether casually or not. In the United States around 71% also claims to watch Japanese animations.
In Brazil, only 55% of the population claims to have watched anime, while in neighboring South Korea, 50% of the population watches anime.
See a table with the ranking of the 10 countries that watch anime the most and the percentage of viewers:
| Rank | Country | Population | % from people watching | Number of people watching |
| 10 | Taiwan | 23,269,616 | 32.50% | 11,634,808 |
| 9 | Canada | 36,874,296 | 34.67% | 18,437,148 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 33,477,720 | 42.70% | 16,738,860 |
| 7 | Mexico | 131,860,138 | 45.58% | 65,930,069 |
| 6 | South Korea | 49,403,216 | 50.70% | 24,701,608 |
| 5 | Brazil | 215,756,327 | 55.78% | 107,878,164 |
| 4 | 67,929,576 | 62.50% | 33,964,788 | |
| 3 | Philippines | 112,390,104 | 70.58% | 56,195,052 |
| 2 | US | 335,124,941 | 71.86% | 167,562,471 |
| 1 | Japan | 126,362,853 | 75.87% | 63,181,427 |
Countries with the highest number of anime dubs
One way to check the popularity of an anime in each country is to see how much the country invests in the broadcasting of anime dublados, which allows reaching a less restricted audience.
Of course, the English language is predominant in the dubs, so countries like the US and the UK have a good amount of dubbed anime. Followed by Spanish-speaking European and Latin American countries receive a good amount of dubbing.
After the arrival of streaming platforms like Funimation and Crunchyroll, there began to be more and more dubbed animes, making it very difficult to create a ranking list of dubbed anime from each country.
The most popular anime in each country
As per data provided by Google, Wikipedia and MAL, the most popular countries in each country are:
- United Kingdom – Pokémon
- United States – Pokémon
- Egypt – Hunter × Hunter
- – Attack On Titan
- Australia – Pokémon
- Brazil – Naruto
- Canada – Pokémon
- Colombia – Naruto
- Alemanha – Lenda dos Heróis Galácticos
- China – Pokémon
- Georgia – Gintama
- India – Dragon Ball Z
- Iran – Clannad
- Italy – One Piece
- Indonesia – Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
- Jamaica – Naruto
- Japan – One Piece
- Malaysia – Gintama
- Mexico – Naruto
- Nigeria – Naruto
- Pakistan – Doraemon
- Filipinas – Slam Dunk
Of course, this is not the only and most accurate ranking. We noticed that many anime at the top are famous perhaps because they aired on Televisão Aberta. Below we have data on the 3 most popular anime from each country according to "My Anime List":
- Australia - Fullmetal Alchemist B / A Silent Voice / Hunter x Hunter
- Bangladesh - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Death Note / Attack on Titan
- Brazil - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Hunter x Hunter / Steins Gate
- Canada - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Your Name / Attack on Titan
- China - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Spirited Away / Ghost In The Shell
- Colombia - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Legend of the Galactic Heroes / Hunter x Hunter
- Egypt - Hunter x Hunter / Attack on Titan Season 3 / Gintama
- - Attack on Titan / Gintama / Your Name
- - Legend of the Galactic Heroes / A Silent Voice / Your Name
- Georgia - Gintama
- India - Attack on Titan / Your Name / Death Note
- Iran - Clannad: After Story / Howl’s Moving Castle / Spirited Away
- Italy - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Hunter x Hunter / Stein’s Gate
- Indonesia - Fullmetal Alchemist B / A Silent Voice / Hunter x Hunter
- Jamaica - Ishuzoku Reviewers / A Silent Voice / Madoka Magica Movie 3
- Japan - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Stein’s Gate / Clannad: After Story
- Malaysia - Gintama / Fullmetal Alchemist B / Steins Gate
- Mexico - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Steins Gate / The Tatami Galaxy
- Nigeria - Ishuzoku Reviewers / Attack on Titan Season 3 / Gintama
- Pakistan - Attack on Titan / Gintama / Gintama
- Filipinas - Fullmetal Alchemist B / Gintama / Steins Gate
- United Kingdom - Fullmetal Alchemist B / A Silent Voice / Hunter x Hunter /
- United States - Code Geass / Stein; Gate / Gurren Lagann
