Rating stats
Best Rated (bayesian estimate)
Worst Rated (bayesian estimate)
Best Rated (weighted average)
Most Popular
Most Viewed
Most Underrated
Most Overrated
Most Diverging Opinions
Worst Rated (bayesian estimate)
Best Rated (weighted average)
Most Popular
Most Viewed
Most Underrated
Most Overrated
Most Diverging Opinions
| Top 10 Best Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 1 | Monster (manga) | 9.22 | 556 |
| 2 | Vinland Saga (manga) | 9.22 | 91 |
| 3 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) | 9.21 | 468 |
| 4 | Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (manga) | 9.20 | 298 |
| 5 | Berserk (manga) | 9.19 | 910 |
| 6 | 20th Century Boys (manga) | 9.10 | 399 |
| 7 | Pluto (manga) | 8.97 | 129 |
| 8 | Yotsuba&! (manga) | 8.92 | 524 |
| 9 | Death Note (manga) | 8.92 | 2032 |
| 10 | Historie (manga) | 8.90 | 36 |
| This rating only includes titles that have at least 4 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.8531). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are great. bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C where: R = average for the manga v = number of votes for the manga m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 4) C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.8531) | |||
| Top 10 Worst Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 1941 | Eiken (manga) | 4.34 | 19 |
| 1940 | Deus Vitae (manga) | 4.36 | 34 |
| 1939 | Haruka -Beyond the Stream of Time- (manga) | 4.43 | 36 |
| 1938 | Treasure Hunter Jubei (manga) | 4.53 | 7 |
| 1937 | Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (manga) | 4.53 | 30 |
| 1936 | Wedding Peach (manga) | 4.85 | 51 |
| 1935 | (The) Vision of Escaflowne (manga) | 5.00 | 110 |
| 1934 | Miracle Girls (manga) | 5.19 | 50 |
| 1933 | Cross (manga) | 5.23 | 27 |
| 1932 | Seraphic Feather (manga) | 5.32 | 29 |
| This rating only includes titles that have at least 4 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.8531). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are awful. bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C where: R = average for the manga v = number of votes for the manga m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 4) C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.8531) | |||
| Top 10 Best Rated (weighted average) (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 53 | Sasamekikoto (manga) | 9.47 | 6 |
| 58 | Franken Furan (manga) | 9.34 | 5 |
| 60 | Vinland Saga (manga) | 9.28 | 91 |
| 62 | Monster (manga) | 9.23 | 556 |
| 63 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) | 9.22 | 468 |
| 64 | Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (manga) | 9.22 | 298 |
| 65 | Kanojo no Omoide... (manga) | 9.21 | 5 |
| 66 | Berserk (manga) | 9.20 | 910 |
| 68 | Children of the Sea (manga) | 9.16 | 11 |
| 69 | 20th Century Boys (manga) | 9.11 | 399 |
| Titles with less than 4 votes are removed from the listing but are still counted in the ranking. This explains why there are gaps in the "#" column. The rating is an average of the scores given by voters, weighted to give less importance to users who tend to only rate very high or very low. | |||
| Top 10 Most Popular (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 1 | Death Note (manga) | 8.98 | 2032 |
| 2 | Naruto (manga) | 8.22 | 1564 |
| 3 | Bleach (manga) | 8.42 | 1342 |
| 4 | Fruits Basket (manga) | 8.74 | 1194 |
| 5 | Love Hina (manga) | 8.44 | 1106 |
| 6 | Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) | 8.81 | 993 |
| 7 | Berserk (manga) | 9.25 | 910 |
| 8 | Rurouni Kenshin (manga) | 8.84 | 929 |
| 9 | Chobits (manga) | 8.05 | 988 |
| 10 | One Piece (manga) | 8.60 | 801 |
| The most popular titles are determined with a simple summation of all votes. Titles with many votes will tend to be at the top, but this is modified a little by the ratings. In other words, the popularity is the straight average score of a title (the value in the rating column) multiplied by the number of votes. | |||
| Top 10 Most Viewed (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | seen by |
| 1 | Death Note (manga) | 8.92 | 3523 |
| 2 | Naruto (manga) | 8.12 | 3423 |
| 3 | Bleach (manga) | 8.28 | 3076 |
| 4 | Fruits Basket (manga) | 8.73 | 2673 |
| 5 | Chobits (manga) | 7.89 | 2246 |
| 6 | Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) | 8.83 | 2245 |
| 7 | Love Hina (manga) | 8.22 | 2119 |
| 8 | Rurouni Kenshin (manga) | 8.73 | 1909 |
| 9 | One Piece (manga) | 8.31 | 1753 |
| 10 | Inuyasha (manga) | 7.18 | 1675 |
| The "seen by" column indicates the number of people who have added the title in MyAnime, either in "seen some", "seen all", or "will not finish" categories. The rating displayed here is the same weighted average as the Top 10 Best Rated by weighted average, but is only displayed for reference and doesn't have anything to do with the order of the titles. | |||
| Top 10 Most Underrated (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | seen by |
| +2310 | Palepoli (manga) | 8.30 | 6 |
| +2250 | Hanada Shonen-shi (manga) | 8.36 | 7 |
| +2249 | Quest for the Missing Girl (manga) | 8.20 | 6 |
| +2137 | Kanojo no Omoide... (manga) | 8.61 | 9 |
| +2097 | Shikeishuu 042 (manga) | 8.23 | 8 |
| +2050 | (The) Ice Wanderer (manga) | 8.06 | 7 |
| +2039 | Japan (manga by 17 authors) | 8.29 | 9 |
| +2030 | Disappearance Diary (manga) | 8.13 | 8 |
| +2029 | A Patch Of Dreams (manga) | 7.92 | 6 |
| +1989 | Franken Furan (manga) | 8.68 | 11 |
| This is a list of the titles that deserve to be seen more. Based on the premise that titles deserve to be seen in equal proportion to how well rated they are, the value in the "#" column is the number of positions by which this title would climb in the Most Viewed list if it was seen as much as it was liked (according to bayesian rating). | |||
| Top 10 Most Overrated (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | seen by |
| -1785 | (The) Vision of Escaflowne (manga) | 5.00 | 363 |
| -1763 | Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga) | 6.29 | 815 |
| -1761 | My-Hime (manga) | 5.96 | 424 |
| -1759 | Princess Ai (manga) | 5.78 | 377 |
| -1730 | Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star (manga) | 6.17 | 441 |
| -1729 | Sand Land (manga) | 6.07 | 394 |
| -1726 | Baby & Me (manga) | 5.90 | 326 |
| -1711 | Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (manga) | 5.99 | 314 |
| -1697 | Samurai Girl Real Bout High School (manga) | 6.05 | 311 |
| -1659 | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (manga) | 6.09 | 265 |
| This is a list of the titles that didn't deserve to be seen as much as they have been. Based on the premise that titles deserve to be seen in equal proportion to how well rated they are, the value in the "#" column is the number of positions by which this title would drop in the Most Viewed list if it was seen as much as it was liked (according to bayesian rating). | |||
| Top 10 Most Diverging Opinions (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 1 | Hanaotoko (manga) | 8.06 ± 4.499 | 20 |
| 2 | Georgie! (manga) | 7.85 ± 4.387 | 12 |
| 3 | Haikara-san ga Tooru (manga) | 8.64 ± 3.935 | 8 |
| 4 | Rainbow - Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin (manga) | 7.96 ± 3.905 | 4 |
| 5 | (The) World is Mine (manga) | 8.36 ± 3.812 | 18 |
| 6 | Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (manga) | 4.53 ± 3.665 | 30 |
| 7 | Arigatou (manga) | 7.84 ± 3.579 | 25 |
| 8 | PQ Angels (manga) | 5.58 ± 3.551 | 11 |
| 9 | Pheromomania Syndrome (manga) | 7.76 ± 3.496 | 6 |
| 10 | Made in Heaven - Kazemichi (manga) | 6.82 ± 3.493 | 7 |
| Only includes titles with at least 4 votes. The rating column contains the baysesian rating ± the standard deviation, with the order of the titles being determined by the standard deviation. | |||
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ANNCast
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