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Most Popular Anime in Japan Right Now: Summer 2026, by Japanese Wikipedia Views

Data: Japanese & English Wikipedia page views, Jul 1 – Sep 22, 2026updated Sep 23, 2026

The short answer

The most looked-up Summer 2026 anime on Japanese Wikipedia:

  1. 1.Chainsmoker Catヤニねこ8,914 views a day
  2. 2.Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia天幕のジャードゥーガル8,681 views a day
  3. 3.Smoking Behind the Supermarket with Youスーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり6,018 views a day

Chainsmoker Cat is the most looked-up anime of Summer 2026 on Japanese Wikipedia. From July 1 to September 22, 2026, its Japanese article averaged 8,914 views a day. Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia was right behind at 8,681, and Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You came third at 6,018.

The table ranks 73 anime series that aired new episodes in Japan this summer by that one public number, taken from Wikimedia's pageview data. It tells you how often people looked a title up on Japanese Wikipedia, not how many people watched it, streamed it or bought anything.

Summer 2026 anime ranked by Japanese Wikipedia views

Top 20 of 73 shows, by the daily average views of each show's Japanese Wikipedia article, Jul 1 – Sep 22, 2026.

RankShowJA views/day
1Chainsmoker CatヤニねこEN Wikipedia #1· Japan lean 0.70×Japanese fan reactions →Season guide →8,914
2Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia天幕のジャードゥーガルEN Wikipedia #7· Japan lean 1.85×Japanese fan reactions →8,681
3Smoking Behind the Supermarket with Youスーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたりEN Wikipedia #4· Japan lean 0.98×· All articles #5Japanese fan reactions →6,018
4Daemons of the Shadow Realm黄泉のツガイContinuingEN Wikipedia #5· Japan lean 0.89×· All articles #84,524
5Though I Am an Inept Villainessふつつかな悪女ではございますが ~雛宮蝶鼠とりかえ伝~EN Wikipedia #9· Japan lean 0.93×· All articles #93,598
6The Elusive Samurai Season 2逃げ上手の若君 第二期EN Wikipedia #47· Japan lean 4.19×· All articles #10Japanese fan reactions →3,385
7Iron Wok Jan!鉄鍋のジャン！EN Wikipedia #44· Japan lean 3.48×· All articles #123,118
8Dara-san of the Reiwa Era令和のダラさんEN Wikipedia #20· Japan lean 1.44×· All articles #142,793
9From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman II片田舎のおっさん、剣聖になるIIEN Wikipedia #32· Japan lean 2.02×· All articles #15Japanese fan reactions →2,623
10The Ogre's Bride鬼の花嫁EN Wikipedia #6· Japan lean 0.52×· All articles #162,590
11Let's Go Kaikigumiレッツゴー怪奇組EN Wikipedia #63· Japan lean 6.87×· All articles #172,488
12Red River天は赤い河のほとりEN Wikipedia #38· Japan lean 2.16×· All articles #182,292
13The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System追放された転生重騎士はゲーム知識で無双するEN Wikipedia #10· Japan lean 0.64×· All articles #192,279
14You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2正反対な君と僕 第2期EN Wikipedia #16· Japan lean 1.00×· All articles #20Japanese fan reactions →2,210
15Draw This, Then Die!これ描いて死ねEN Wikipedia #61· Japan lean 3.91×· All articles #21Japanese fan reactions →2,175
16Goodbye, LaraさよならララEN Wikipedia #8· Japan lean 0.43×· All articles #221,905
17Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3無職転生Ⅲ ～異世界行ったら本気だす～EN Wikipedia #27· Japan lean 1.25×· All articles #3Japanese fan reactions →Season guide →1,872
18Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky透明な夜に駆ける君と、目に見えない恋をした。EN Wikipedia #12· Japan lean 0.65×· All articles #231,849
19Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3ぐらんぶる Season 3EN Wikipedia #43· Japan lean 1.89×· All articles #241,722
20Victoria of Many Faces手札が多めのビクトリアEN Wikipedia #49· Japan lean 2.12×· All articles #251,689
Show the rest of the ranking (#21–#73)
RankShowJA views/day
21The World Is Dancingワールド イズ ダンシングEN Wikipedia #56· Japan lean 2.30×· All articles #261,676
22From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage落第賢者の学院無双～二度目の転生、Sランクチート魔術師冒険録～EN Wikipedia #19· Japan lean 0.85×· All articles #271,658
23A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoiresブチ切れ令嬢は報復を誓いました。　～魔導書の力で祖国を叩き潰します～EN Wikipedia #24· Japan lean 1.03×· All articles #281,621
24I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Dayきみが死ぬまで恋をしたいEN Wikipedia #15· Japan lean 0.71×· All articles #291,611
25That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4転生したらスライムだった件 第4期ContinuingEN Wikipedia #29· Japan lean 1.13×· All articles #4Japanese fan reactions →1,579
26The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects領民0人スタートの辺境領主様EN Wikipedia #28· Japan lean 1.08×· All articles #301,565
27Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Season 2乙女ゲー世界はモブに厳しい世界です2EN Wikipedia #30· Japan lean 1.12×· All articles #311,519
28Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games対ありでした。 ～お嬢さまは格闘ゲームなんてしない～EN Wikipedia #25· Japan lean 0.95×· All articles #321,485
29The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3君のことが大大大大大好きな100人の彼女 第3期EN Wikipedia #17· Japan lean 0.69×· All articles #33Japanese fan reactions →1,458
30Black TorchBLACK TORCHEN Wikipedia #14· Japan lean 0.57×· All articles #341,457
31MaoMAOContinuingEN Wikipedia #54· Japan lean 1.92×· All articles #351,412
32My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wickedいびってこない義母と義姉EN Wikipedia #45· Japan lean 1.62×· All articles #361,398
33Rich Girl Caretaker: I'm Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School才女のお世話 高嶺の花だらけな名門校で、学院一のお嬢様(生活能力皆無)を陰ながらお世話することになりましたEN Wikipedia #31· Japan lean 1.00×· All articles #371,326
34Sparks of Tomorrow二十世紀電氣目録-ユーレカ・エヴリカ-EN Wikipedia #48· Japan lean 1.63×· All articles #38Japanese fan reactions →1,313
35Kaiju Girl Caramelise乙女怪獣キャラメリゼEN Wikipedia #22· Japan lean 0.77×· All articles #391,306
36Liar GameLIAR GAMEContinuingEN Wikipedia #46· Japan lean 1.57×· All articles #401,299
37Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4魔入りました！入間くん 第4シリーズContinuingEN Wikipedia #37· Japan lean 1.20×· All articles #411,296
38Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2幼女戦記ⅡEN Wikipedia #13· Japan lean 0.47×· All articles #7Japanese fan reactions →1,255
39The Ghost in the Shell (2026)攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELLEN Wikipedia #3· Japan lean 0.18×· All articles #42Japanese fan reactions →1,247
40BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The CalamityBLEACH 千年血戦篇-禍進譚-EN Wikipedia #2· Japan lean 0.16×· All articles #6Japanese fan reactions →1,235
41The Villager of Level 999LV999の村人EN Wikipedia #34· Japan lean 0.98×· All articles #43Japanese fan reactions →1,225
42Grow Up Showグロウアップショウ ～ひまわりのサーカス団～EN Wikipedia #60· Japan lean 2.07×· All articles #441,198
43I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Standここは俺に任せて先に行けと言ってから１０年がたったら伝説になっていた。EN Wikipedia #35· Japan lean 0.99×· All articles #451,175
44Clevatess Season 2クレバテスⅡ-魔獣の王と偽りの勇者伝承-EN Wikipedia #26· Japan lean 0.77×· All articles #461,173
45Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing Season 2ヘルモード ～やり込み好きのゲーマーは廃設定の異世界で無双する～ 2nd SeasonEN Wikipedia #52· Japan lean 1.49×· All articles #47Japanese fan reactions →1,138
46The Cat and the Dragon猫と竜EN Wikipedia #21· Japan lean 0.62×· All articles #481,117
47Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance魔法少女リリカルなのは EXCEEDS Gun Blaze VengeanceEN Wikipedia #59· Japan lean 1.80×· All articles #491,101
48Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her転校先の清楚可憐な美少女が、昔男子と思って一緒に遊んだ幼馴染だった件EN Wikipedia #18· Japan lean 0.53×· All articles #501,035
49Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 4th seasonContinuingEN Wikipedia #40· Japan lean 1.01×· All articles #11Japanese fan reactions →Season guide →1,029
50Flaming Dodgeball Girl Danko炎の闘球女 ドッジ弾子No English article· All articles #511,018
51Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2骸骨騎士様、只今異世界へお出掛け中ⅡEN Wikipedia #39· Japan lean 0.94×· All articles #52998
52Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke本好きの下剋上 領主の養女ContinuingEN Wikipedia #42· Japan lean 0.97×· All articles #13978
53The World's Strongest Rearguard世界最強の後衛 ～迷宮国の新人探索者～EN Wikipedia #41· Japan lean 0.96×975
54Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!ヒロイン？聖女？いいえ、オールワークスメイドです（誇）！EN Wikipedia #57· Japan lean 1.39×972
55Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life花織さんは転生しても喧嘩がしたいEN Wikipedia #36· Japan lean 0.84×961
56Kamui: He's Behind Youうしろの正面カムイさんEN Wikipedia #11· Japan lean 0.28×937
57Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2株式会社マジルミエ 第2期EN Wikipedia #65· Japan lean 2.73×888
58The Classroom of the Black Cat and a Witch黒猫と魔女の教室ContinuingEN Wikipedia #62· Japan lean 2.12×888
59Thunder 3サンダー３EN Wikipedia #64· Japan lean 2.50×878
60The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for the Throne最強出涸らし皇子の暗躍帝位争い 無能を演じるSSランク皇子は皇位継承戦を影から支配するEN Wikipedia #50· Japan lean 1.02×815
61The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power無自覚聖女は今日も無意識に力を垂れ流すEN Wikipedia #33· Japan lean 0.60×776
62Tomb Raider King盗掘王EN Wikipedia #23· Japan lean 0.47×757
63Hana-Kimi Season 2花ざかりの君たちへ 第2期EN Wikipedia #53· Japan lean 1.00×754
64BanG Dream! Yume∞Mitaバンドリ！ ゆめ∞みたNo English article738
65The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World捨てられ聖女の異世界ごはん旅 隠れスキルでキャンピングカーを召喚しましたEN Wikipedia #58· Japan lean 1.14×730
66Please Excuse My Younger Brothersうちの弟どもがすみませんEN Wikipedia #51· Japan lean 0.92×724
67The Drops of God神の雫ContinuingEN Wikipedia #67· Japan lean 2.09×661
68Recommendations from Iwamoto-Senpai岩元先輩ノ推薦EN Wikipedia #66· Japan lean 2.03×654
69The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration「きみを愛する気はない」と言った次期公爵様がなぜか溺愛してきますEN Wikipedia #55· Japan lean 0.73×537
70Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers (Cour 2)鎧真伝サムライトルーパー 第2クールEN Wikipedia #68· Japan lean 1.39×435
71Mebius Dustメビウス・ダストEN Wikipedia #69· Japan lean 0.85×235
72Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 17闇芝居 十七期EN Wikipedia #70· Japan lean 0.98×129
73Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka (Part 2)北斗の拳 拳王軍ザコたちの挽歌 第2クールNo English article77

Japan lean compares a show's share of Japanese Wikipedia's attention with its share of English Wikipedia's, against the typical show in this table (1.00×). 2.00× leans twice as far toward Japan; 0.50× leans toward English-language readers.

All articles: the rank when every Japanese article about the title (anime, manga and novel articles) is added together.

Continuing: began before this season and kept airing into it.

Ranks come from unrounded totals, so two shows with the same rounded daily figure still get different ranks.

The Japan vs English gap

Every show also has an English Wikipedia number. English Wikipedia gets about seven times the traffic, so we compare each show's share of each site's traffic instead, set against the typical show in the table. That's the Japan index: 1.0 is typical, 2.0 leans twice as far toward Japanese readers, 0.5 leans toward English ones.

The biggest Japan leans: Let's Go Kaikigumi (6.87; #11 on Japanese Wikipedia, #63 on English), The Elusive Samurai Season 2 (4.19; #6 and #47), Draw This, Then Die! (3.91) and Iron Wok Jan! (3.48). Never heard of them outside Japan? That's about what the numbers predict.

The other end: BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (0.16; #2 on English Wikipedia, #40 on Japanese), The Ghost in the Shell (0.18; #3 and #39), Kamui: He's Behind You (0.28) and Goodbye, Lara (0.43). English readers looked these up far more than Japanese readers did.

Chainsmoker Cat shows what the index isn't. It's #1 on English Wikipedia too, so its index is 0.70, a bit under typical, even though it tops the Japanese table. And it shows where a gap is, not why.

Japan vs the English-speaking world

The shows whose attention leans furthest toward Japanese or English Wikipedia readers, from the same data.

Leans toward Japan

  1. Let's Go KaikigumiJA #11 · EN #636.87×
  2. The Elusive Samurai Season 2JA #6 · EN #474.19×
  3. Draw This, Then Die!JA #15 · EN #613.91×
  4. Iron Wok Jan!JA #7 · EN #443.48×
  5. Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2JA #57 · EN #652.73×

Leans toward English-language readers

  1. BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The CalamityJA #40 · EN #20.16×
  2. The Ghost in the Shell (2026)JA #39 · EN #30.18×
  3. Kamui: He's Behind YouJA #56 · EN #110.28×
  4. Goodbye, LaraJA #16 · EN #80.43×
  5. Tomb Raider KingJA #62 · EN #230.47×

How it compares with other Japanese charts

niconico, the Japanese video site where comments scroll across the screen, ranks each season's anime by plays, comments, page visits and other figures on the site. Its Summer 2026 mid-season ranking, released August 22 and covering July 1 to August 17, had Chainsmoker Cat at #1, Mushoku Tensei Season 3 at #2 and Iron Wok Jan! at #3.

So the #1 matches. Iron Wok Jan! is #7 in our table. Mushoku Tensei Season 3 is #17 on its anime article alone but #3 once its other Japanese articles are counted. Jaadugar, our #2, was #10 on niconico's list.

Before the season started, the review site Filmarks ranked shows by how many users had saved them as want-to-watch, counted on June 26. The Ghost in the Shell was #1 and Mushoku Tensei Season 3 #2. Chainsmoker Cat was #13. Not exactly the favorite going in.

Each of these counts something different: niconico counts activity on one site, Filmarks counts plans, and our table counts look-ups. We don't mix their numbers into ours.

  • niconico mid-season ranking, Summer 2026

    niconico's Summer 2026 mid-season ranking, built from plays, comments, page visits and other figures on niconico from July 1 to August 17, put Chainsmoker Cat at #1, Mushoku Tensei Season 3 at #2 and Iron Wok Jan! at #3. Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia was #10.

    Dwango (niconico) via PR TIMES · Aug 22, 2026 · Read the release ↗

  • niconico early-season ranking, Summer 2026

    niconico's early-season ranking, covering July 1 to July 13, also had Chainsmoker Cat at #1. Dwango said its first episode passed 500,000 plays in about two weeks, from its July 3 release to July 15.

    Dwango (niconico) via PR TIMES · Jul 18, 2026 · Read the release ↗

  • Filmarks pre-season anticipation ranking, Summer 2026

    Filmarks' pre-season ranking, based on how many users had saved each show as want-to-watch as of June 26, put The Ghost in the Shell at #1 and Mushoku Tensei Season 3 at #2. Chainsmoker Cat was #13.

    Tsumiki (Filmarks) via PR TIMES · Jul 7, 2026 · Read the release ↗

Method and limits

The numbers come from Wikimedia's public pageview data, human views only. For each show we count one Japanese article: the TV anime page if there's a separate one, otherwise the main article. We add up July 1 to September 22 and divide by 84 days. Year-round shows like ONE PIECE and Detective Conan, and year-long kids' shows like Precure and Pokémon, aren't part of a summer lineup, so they're out.

That one-article rule matters most for big franchises. Mushoku Tensei, Re:Zero, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, BLEACH and The Saga of Tanya the Evil have separate anime pages on Japanese Wikipedia, and the main article about the original draws more traffic. Count every article and Mushoku Tensei Season 3 moves from #17 to #3, Slime from #25 to #4, BLEACH from #40 to #6, Tanya from #38 to #7 and Re:Zero from #49 to #11. The table shows both columns, and the top two stay put either way.

Now the limits. Look-ups aren't viewers: a big twist, a confusing premise or a news story can send people to Wikipedia without anyone watching more. Pageviews count visits, not people. Japanese Wikipedia readers are only part of Japan's anime audience, and English Wikipedia is read worldwide. And some articles, like The Ogre's Bride and Liar Game, also cover live-action versions, so some look-ups may be about those.

Top 5 if every article about the title counts

Same data, second view: all the Japanese articles we mapped to each title (anime, manga and novel articles) added together.

  1. 1Chainsmoker Cat8,914 views a day
  2. 2Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia8,681 views a day
  3. 3Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 37,422 views a day · #17 on the main metric
  4. 4That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 46,365 views a day · #25 on the main metric
  5. 5Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You6,018 views a day · #3 on the main metric

Data details

SourceWikimedia pageviews API (Japanese and English Wikipedia)
LicensePublic domain (CC0 1.0)
Traffic countedViews Wikimedia classifies as human (agent type "user"), all devices
WindowJul 1 – Sep 22, 2026 (84 days)
Shows73 TV anime that aired new episodes in Japan in Summer 2026
Main metricDaily average views of one Japanese article per show: the TV-anime article when there is a separate one, otherwise the show's main article
All views in the windowJapanese Wikipedia 2,490,954,890 · English Wikipedia 17,854,768,562
Typical Japan index10.73 (the median of the 70 shows with an English article)
Data fetchedSep 23, 2026

What we don't use, and why

  • YouTube views, likes or comment counts. YouTube's developer policies restrict creating new or derived metrics from YouTube API data, so no YouTube number is used on this page.
  • Filmarks and Oricon data. Their terms don't allow reusing their data or rankings on other sites without permission. Where Filmarks has published a ranking in a press release, we cite the release instead.
  • niconico's Snapshot Search API. Its documentation says it may not be used for commercial purposes, and this site carries ads. We cite the rankings niconico publishes itself instead.
  • d Anime Store rankings. The data behind them isn't offered through a documented public API, and the service's terms limit its content to members' personal, non-commercial use.
Every Wikipedia article we counted, for all 73 shows

  1. #1Chainsmoker Cat

    JapaneseEnglish

  2. #2Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia

    JapaneseEnglish

  3. #3Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

    JapaneseEnglish

  4. #4Daemons of the Shadow Realm

    JapaneseEnglish

    Spring 2-cour show (2026-04-04..09-19). en also has a separate TV-series article (in the en list, not primary, because ja has no separate anime article).

  5. #5Though I Am an Inept Villainess

    JapaneseEnglish

  6. #6The Elusive Samurai Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

  7. #7Iron Wok Jan!

    JapaneseEnglish

  8. #8Dara-san of the Reiwa Era

    JapaneseEnglish

  9. #9From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman II

    JapaneseEnglish

  10. #10The Ogre's Bride

    JapaneseEnglish

    The ja/en articles also cover the live-action film (released in Japanese theaters on 2026-03-27), so part of the look-ups may be about the film.

  11. #11Let's Go Kaikigumi

    JapaneseEnglish

  12. #12Red River

    JapaneseEnglish

  13. #13The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System

    JapaneseEnglish

  14. #14You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

  15. #15Draw This, Then Die!

    JapaneseEnglish

  16. #16Goodbye, Lara

    JapaneseEnglish

  17. #17Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3

    JapaneseEnglish

    en also has a season-3 article, which is in the en list (sum) but not primary.

  18. #18Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky

    JapaneseEnglish

  19. #19Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3

    JapaneseEnglish

  20. #20Victoria of Many Faces

    JapaneseEnglish

  21. #21The World Is Dancing

    JapaneseEnglish

  22. #22From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage

    JapaneseEnglish

  23. #23A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires

    JapaneseEnglish

  24. #24I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day

    JapaneseEnglish

  25. #25That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4

    JapaneseEnglish

    Season 4 started 2026-04-03 and runs to 2026-09-25.

  26. #26The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects

    JapaneseEnglish

  27. #27Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

  28. #28Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games

    JapaneseEnglish

  29. #29The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3

    JapaneseEnglish

  30. #30Black Torch

    JapaneseEnglish

  31. #31Mao

    JapaneseEnglish

    Started 2026-04-04 (26 episodes, to 2026-09-26).

  32. #32My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked

    JapaneseEnglish

  33. #33Rich Girl Caretaker: I'm Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School

    JapaneseEnglish

  34. #34Sparks of Tomorrow

    JapaneseEnglish

  35. #35Kaiju Girl Caramelise

    JapaneseEnglish

  36. #36Liar Game

    JapaneseEnglish

    The ja and en articles also cover the famous 2007-2010 live-action drama and films, which inflates look-ups relative to the anime.

  37. #37Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4

    JapaneseEnglish

    Season 4 started 2026-04-04 (24 episodes, to 2026-09-26).

  38. #38Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

    ja has a dedicated anime article (primary) but it has no en counterpart; primaryEn falls back to the en main article (light novel + anime), so japanIndex is understated for this title.

  39. #39The Ghost in the Shell (2026)

    JapaneseEnglish

  40. #40BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity

    JapaneseEnglish

    Primary = the Thousand-Year Blood War anime articles (the series on air). The sum adds the manga article and the 2004-2012 TV anime article.

  41. #41The Villager of Level 999

    JapaneseEnglish

  42. #42Grow Up Show

    JapaneseEnglish

  43. #43I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand

    JapaneseEnglish

  44. #44Clevatess Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

  45. #45Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

  46. #46The Cat and the Dragon

    JapaneseEnglish

  47. #47Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance

    JapaneseEnglish

  48. #48Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her

    JapaneseEnglish

  49. #49Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4

    JapaneseEnglish

    Season 4 started 2026-04-08 and runs to 2026-09-30.

  50. #50Flaming Dodgeball Girl Danko

    JapaneseEnglishnone

    No en.wikipedia article, so enPerDay/japanIndex are null.

  51. #51Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

  52. #52Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke

    JapaneseEnglish

    ja has a dedicated anime article (primary) but it has no en counterpart; primaryEn falls back to the en main article (light novel + anime), so japanIndex is understated for this title.

  53. #53The World's Strongest Rearguard

    JapaneseEnglish

  54. #54Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!

    JapaneseEnglish

  55. #55Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life

    JapaneseEnglish

  56. #56Kamui: He's Behind You

    JapaneseEnglish

  57. #57Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

  58. #58The Classroom of the Black Cat and a Witch

    JapaneseEnglish

    Started 2026-04-12, ended 2026-09-20 (24 episodes).

  59. #59Thunder 3

    JapaneseEnglish

  60. #60The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for the Throne

    JapaneseEnglish

  61. #61The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power

    JapaneseEnglish

  62. #62Tomb Raider King

    JapaneseEnglish

    Korean web novel/webtoon; the anime is produced by STUDIO EEK and airs on Fuji TV in Japan from 2026-07-09. The en article is not interlanguage-linked from ja (matched by title and content).

  63. #63Hana-Kimi Season 2

    JapaneseEnglish

    The ja article also covers the live-action TV dramas (2007, 2011 and others); en "Hana-Kimi (TV series)" is the 2007 drama and is not mapped. Streaming-first (ONA on AniList) but categorised as a 2026 TV anime on ja.wikipedia.

  64. #64BanG Dream! Yume∞Mita

    JapaneseEnglishnone

    ja.wikipedia has no separate article for the anime: the anime title redirects to the article on the virtual band 夢限大みゅーたいぷ, which carries the TV-anime infobox. No en article (the en title redirects to the whole BanG Dream! franchise), so enPerDay/japanIndex are null.

  65. #65The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World

    JapaneseEnglish

  66. #66Please Excuse My Younger Brothers

    JapaneseEnglish

    The en article has pageview data from 2026-07-04; views of the redirect Uchi no Otōto-domo ga Sumimasen (921 in the window) are not counted.

  67. #67The Drops of God

    JapaneseEnglish

    The ja article also covers the live-action dramas; en "Drops of God (TV series)" is the French-American-Japanese live-action drama and is not mapped.

  68. #68Recommendations from Iwamoto-Senpai

    JapaneseEnglish

  69. #69The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration

    JapaneseEnglish

    The ja article was renamed on 2026-07-04 (from 『きみを愛する気はない』… to 「きみを愛する気はない」…); views of the old title (191 on 7/1-7/3, 2,387 over the whole window incl. redirect hits) are not counted.

  70. #70Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers (Cour 2)

    JapaneseEnglish

    Split cour: cour 1 began 2026-01-06; cour 2 premiered 2026-07-07.

  71. #71Mebius Dust

    JapaneseEnglish

  72. #72Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 17

    JapaneseEnglish

    The ja/en articles cover the whole anthology series (season 1 in 2013); season 17 began 2026-07-13.

  73. #73Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka (Part 2)

    JapaneseEnglishnone

    Split-cour short: cour 1 aired 2026-01-05..03-23, cour 2 2026-07-06..09-21. No en.wikipedia article.

What Japanese fans are saying

The table tells you what Japan looked up, not what Japanese fans thought. That's our part: we translate Japanese fan comments on more than a dozen of these shows, including Chainsmoker Cat, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, The Elusive Samurai Season 2, Draw This, Then Die!, Mushoku Tensei, BLEACH and Re:Zero.

FAQ

What is the most popular anime in Japan right now?
Going by Japanese Wikipedia look-ups, Chainsmoker Cat. Its Japanese article averaged 8,914 views a day from July 1 to September 22, 2026, just ahead of Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia at 8,681. niconico's mid-season ranking had it at #1 too.
How is this ranking calculated?
We add up the daily human views of one Japanese Wikipedia article per show (the TV anime page if there is one, otherwise the main article) from July 1 to September 22, 2026, and divide by 84. A second column counts every Japanese article we matched to the show.
Why not use Filmarks, Oricon or YouTube numbers?
They measure narrower things: Filmarks counts its own users' ratings and watch plans, Oricon counts sales, and YouTube numbers depend on which clips got posted where. Their terms also limit how other sites can reuse them. Wikipedia pageviews are public domain, so anyone can check ours.
When is it updated?
We plan to refresh it after the summer season ends, around October 1, and then monthly.

Changelog

  • First published with data for July 1–Sept. 22, 2026.

Sources

  1. Wikimedia Analytics API: page viewsPer-article and whole-wiki daily views, agent type "user".
  2. Wikimedia Analytics API: access policyData provided by the API is available under the CC0 1.0 license.
  3. Pageviews AnalysisCheck any article's daily views yourself.
  4. Dwango (niconico) via PR TIMES(Aug 22, 2026)再生数・コメント数・アクセス数などをもとに独自に集計したものです。（集計期間：2026年7月1日～8月17日） / 第1位　ヤニねこ / 第2位　無職転生Ⅲ ～異世界行ったら本気だす～ / 第3位　鉄鍋のジャン！ / 第10位　天幕のジャードゥーガル
  5. Dwango (niconico) via PR TIMES(Jul 18, 2026)（集計期間：2026年7月1日～7月13日） / 第1位　ヤニねこ / 第1話の再生数は、2026年7月3日（金）の配信開始から7月15日（水）までの約2週間で50万回を突破。
  6. Tsumiki (Filmarks) via PR TIMES(Jul 7, 2026)1位：『攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL』3,704 Clip! / 2位：『無職転生Ⅲ ～異世界行ったら本気だす～』 3,511 Clip! / 13位：『ヤニねこ』 831 Clip! / ※本ランキング及び記事内のClip!数は2026年6月26日時点のものです。

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