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Best Rated (bayesian estimate)
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 Berserk (manga) 9.25 1232
2 Monster (manga) 9.23 774
3 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) 9.22 618
4 Vinland Saga (manga) 9.14 228
5 Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (manga) 9.07 348
6 20th Century Boys (manga) 9.03 587
7 Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) 8.97 1593
8 Akira (manga) 8.94 561
9 Yotsuba&! (manga) 8.92 752
10 Vagabond (manga) 8.90 337
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 (7.7733). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are great. (formula)
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 7.7733)

Top 10 Worst Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
3001 Duel Masters (manga) 4.04 7
3000 Eiken (manga) 4.27 24
2999 Treasure Hunter (manga) 4.41 8
2998 Deus Vitae (manga) 4.45 41
2997 Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (manga) 4.57 37
2996 Samurai Shodown (manga, Yuki Miyoshi) 4.77 7
2995 Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time (manga) 4.80 47
2994 Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale (manga) 4.95 24
2993 Mai-chan's Daily Life (manga) 4.97 15
2992 Wedding Peach (manga) 4.98 65
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 (7.7733). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are awful. (formula)
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 7.7733)

Top 10 Best Rated (weighted average) (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
91 Berserk (manga) 9.25 1232
92 Monster (manga) 9.24 774
95 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) 9.23 618
98 Sakura Trick (manga) 9.19 4
99 Ultra Heaven (manga) 9.19 7
100 Vinland Saga (manga) 9.16 228
101 Space Brothers (manga) 9.15 4
103 Higurashi When They Cry: Massacre Arc (manga) 9.14 4
104 Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (manga) 9.09 348
105 Kanojo no Omoide... (manga) 9.08 11
The rating is an average of the scores given by voters, weighted to give less importance to users with unnatural voting patterns. Titles with less than 4 votes are removed from the list but are still counted in the ranking. This explains why there may be gaps in the "#" column.

Top 10 Most Popular (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
1 Death Note (manga) 8.86 2571
2 Naruto (manga) 8.10 2208
3 Bleach (manga) 8.12 1924
4 Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) 8.95 1593
5 Fruits Basket (manga) 8.72 1601
6 Berserk (manga) 9.29 1232
7 Love Hina (manga) 8.31 1332
8 One Piece (manga) 8.66 1254
9 Rurouni Kenshin (manga) 8.80 1230
10 Chobits (manga) 7.98 1244
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 Naruto (manga) 8.05 5043
2 Death Note (manga) 8.85 4919
3 Bleach (manga) 8.04 4720
4 Fruits Basket (manga) 8.75 3693
5 Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) 8.98 3476
6 One Piece (manga) 8.49 2850
7 Chobits (manga) 7.89 2834
8 Love Hina (manga) 8.18 2626
9 Rurouni Kenshin (manga) 8.73 2537
10 Berserk (manga) 9.25 2261
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
+3811 Higurashi When They Cry: Massacre Arc (manga) 8.46 6
+3718 NightS (manga) 8.30 6
+3681 Red Colored Elegy (manga) 8.26 6
+3672 Kyōshi to Seito to (manga) 8.25 6
+3639 Higurashi When They Cry: Festival Accompanying Arc (manga) 8.39 7
+3563 Swing Shell (manga) 8.12 6
+3520 Time Killers - Kazue Kato Short Story Collection (manga) 7.93 5
+3478 Higurashi When They Cry: Eye Opening Arc (manga) 8.38 8
+3380 Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc (manga) 8.26 8
+3356 Giganto Maxia (manga) 7.83 5
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
-2810 Princess Ai (manga) 5.59 484
-2798 (The) Vision of Escaflowne (manga) 5.02 412
-2745 Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga) 6.35 1051
-2742 My-HiME (manga) 6.06 507
-2740 Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode (manga) 5.87 407
-2720 Baby & Me (manga) 5.94 397
-2712 Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (manga) 6.00 398
-2693 Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star (manga) 6.21 519
-2691 Sand Land (manga) 6.20 465
-2664 Samurai Girl Real Bout High School (manga) 6.11 359
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) 7.91 ±4.115 22
2 GTO: 14 Days in Shonan (manga) 7.21 ±3.904 28
3 Haikara-san ga Tooru (manga) 8.26 ±3.758 7
4 Fuuka (manga) 6.14 ±3.720 5
5 (The) World is Mine (manga) 8.70 ±3.673 22
6 Apocalypse Zero (manga) 7.25 ±3.662 10
7 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Zwei! (manga) 7.41 ±3.646 10
8 Mai-chan's Daily Life (manga) 4.97 ±3.627 15
9 Pheromomania Syndrome (manga) 7.16 ±3.586 7
10 Mad Bull 34 (manga) 6.98 ±3.547 6
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.