We wrote the most popular animes (most voted) on my anime list. You can find the most popular anime in our article, so you can choose the anime to watch.
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Most Popular Animes on MAL:
Most Popular Animes #1 Attack On Titan

AOT (or Shingeki No Kyojin) ranks first in the most popular anime list with 3,300,000 votes.
The anime takes place in 845. Exactly 100 years ago, humanity faced a threat from an unknown source; They encounter giants. The giants that suddenly appear in the world begin to eat only humans. In the face of this disproportionate power, people are constantly defeated and human beings feel more helpless than ever before.
- The MAL Score of the series is 8.52.
- Rank Order: #103
#2 Death Note

Death Note‘s current total number of votes is 3,290,000. Compared to AOT, the number is slightly lower.
Death Note is a manga written by Tsugumi Ooba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata in Japan. It tells how seventeen-year-old high school student Light Yagami found a supernatural notebook (Death Note) dropped by a shinigami and made himself the “God of the New Earth”.
- The MAL score of the series is 8.63.
- Rank Order: #66
#3 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

A total of 2,790,000 votes were cast for Fullmetal Alchemist: Broterhood.
The story is about two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, who failed while trying to bring their mother back to life through alchemy and their own bodies were dismembered, in their search for the philosopher’s stone in order to bring their bodies back.
- The anime’s MAL score is 9.15
- Rank Order: # 1 #
Most of these animes at the top of the list are good anime, you can watch.
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#4 One Punch Man

One Punch Man has received 2,701,000 votes so far.
The story is about Saitama, who acts as a hero because he wants to, and is strong enough to finish off his opponents with one punch.
- The anime’s score is 8.51.
- Rank Order: #106
#5 Sword Art Online

2,686,000 votes were cast for Sword Art Online.
You put on the Nevegear device and enter the Sao game world, and if you die in this virtual reality, you die in real life as well. If you try to remove the tool, the tool kills you.
- Although the anime is very popular, it did not get a high score, the anime’s MAL score is only 7.20.
- Rank Order: #2901
#6 My Hero Academia

My Hero Academia (or Boku No Hero Academia) is the 6th most popular anime with 2.530.000 votes.
The story revolves around Midoriya’s longing to become a superhero after being bullied for not having superpowers, unlike many teenagers, and working to become like the legendary hero All-Might after gaining some superpowers. On her way to her dream of becoming someone like the legendary hero All-Might, Midoriya joins Yueikoya, the country’s top Hero School.
- The anime’s MAL score is 7.96.
- Rank Order: #608
#7 Tokyo Ghoul

For the Tokyo Ghoul anime, 2,411,000 votes have been cast so far.
The person who attacked Ken Kaneki, the main character of the Tokyo Ghoul anime series, at a construction site is Rize, the girl he went on a date with. Because Rize Kamishiro is a Ghoul and his aim from the very beginning was to hunt Ken. However, Ken Kaneki manages to escape this attack by chance. However, instead of the damaged organs of Ken Kaneki, who is seriously injured, the organs of Rize, who died, are implanted. Ken Kaneki, who started to feel different when he came to his senses, is now half human half Ghoul. From now on, even though Ken’s only goal is to hide his identity and try to live a normal life, it will not be easy.
- The anime’s MAL score is 7.80
- Rank Order: #865
#8 Naruto

2,396,000 votes have been cast for Naruto so far.
Twelve years before the events that are the focus of the series, the nine-tailed demon fox attacked the Hidden Leaf Village. He was a demon powerful enough to cause a tsunami when he waved one of his tails, and he had flattened the mountains. It increased the chaos and slaughtered many people until the Fourth Hokage, one of the leaders of Leaf Village, sealed the demon inside a newborn baby, sacrificing his own life. This boy’s name was Uzumaki Naruto.
- Naruto’s MAL score is 7.96
- Rank Order: #85
#9 Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer (or Kimetsu Na Yaiba) has received 2,279,000 votes so far.
Tanjiro Kamado starts demon hunting after his family is killed and his sister is turned into some kind of demon, thus creating the most overrated anime in the world.
- Demon Slayer’s MAL score is 8.56 (why? WHY! it must 10/6)
- Rank Order: #85
#10 Hunter x Hunter

Hunter x Hunter received a total of 2,264,000 votes.
Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi follows 12-year-old Gon Freecss as he tries to become a Hunter to find his father, Ging Freecss. In this process, he encounters many characters who are Hunters and share their experiences with him.
- The anime score is 9.05
- Rank Order: #23
11- Kimi No Na Wa
Kimi No Na Wa received a total of 2,263,000 votes.
Mitsuha lives in the countryside, in a city surrounded by mountains. Mitsuha, who stays with her primary school sister and grandmother, as her father, the mayor, is usually not at home, although she has an honest personality, she does not like her family’s Shinto shrine traditions and her father’s involvement in the election campaign. He is deeply saddened by living in the countryside and longs for the wonderful city life in Tokyo. Taki is a high school teenager living in central Tokyo. Taki, who enjoys spending time with his friends and works part-time at an Italian restaurant, has an interest in architecture and fine arts. One day, he dreams that he is a young girl living in a city built between mountains that he has never been to before. Mitsuha, on the other hand, will have a dream in which she is a man. What is the secret behind your dreams?
- The anime’s MAL score is 8.88
- Rank Order: #23
12- Attack On Titan Season 2

Season 2 of Attack On Titan has so far received 2,215,000 votes.
- The MAL score of the season is 8.50
- Rank Order: #118
13- Steins: Gate

The anime Steins: Gate has received 2,168,000 votes so far.
Based on the theme of time travel, the animation Steins; Gate follows a young college student and her friends as they fight and travel through time to stop an evil organization.
- The anime’s MAL score is 9.09
- Rank Order: #3
14- My Hero Academia S2

Season 2 of My Hero Academia received 2,125,000 votes.
- MAL Score: 8.18
- Rank Order: #346
Most Popular Animes 15- No Game No Life

The total votes of the No Game No Life anime are 2,100,000.
Sora and Shiro are very bright actors with no education, no job, their reputation spread like urban legend on the internet. As you can see in the first episode, although they are two people, they can manage four characters. So much so that they even describe the real world as a terrible game.
- The anime’s MAL score is 8.12
- Rank Order: #403
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