Below you can see the most popular manga for men and women aged 10-50, broken down by age group and gender.
The retail sales data used covers the year ending June 2009. For each title the single best selling compilation volume of the period is used as the basis; sales are not aggregated over the entire series.
The results might best be interpreted cautiously, as some of the top sellers dwarf other titles in their list, and not all of the demographics represent similarly sized markets.
That aside, the results:
Men:
10-20
1. ONE PIECE
2. NARUTO
3. Full Metal Alchemist
4. BLEACH
5. Hayate no Gotoku
6. Hitman Reborn
7. Soul Eater
8. FAIRY TAIL
9. D.Gray-Man
10. To Love-Ru
20-30
1. ONE PIECE
2. Full Metal Alchemist
3. HUNTERxHUNTER
4. NARUTO
5. BLEACH
6. Negima!
7. Tenjo Tenge
8. Black Lagoon
9. Hayate no Gotoku
10. Yotsuba-to!
30-40
1. ONE PIECE
2. Vagabond
3. PLUTO
4. BASTARD!!
5. Full Metal Alchemist
6. Berserk
7. HUNTERxHUNTER
8. NARUTO
9. Initial D
10. Yotsuba-to!
40-50
1. ONE PIECE
2. PLUTO
3. Initial D
4. Nodame Cantabile
5. NARUTO
6. Shacho Kousaku Shima
7. Full Metal Alchemist
8. Zipang
9. Kamen Rider Spirits
10. BASTARD!!
Women:
10-20
1. Kimi ni Todoke
2. Kuroshitsuji
3. D.Gray-Man
4. Hitman Reborn
5. Ouran High Host Club
6. Koukou Debut
7. Gintama
8. Boku no Hatsukoi
9. BLEACH
10. NANA
20-30
1. NANA
2. Kimi ni Todoke
3. ONE PIECE
4. Nodame Cantabile
5. Ouran High Host Club
6. Kuroshitsuji
7. Full Metal Alchemist
8. Sei Onii-chan
9. xxxHOLIC
10. Skip Beat!
30-40
1. NANA
2. Nodame Cantabile
3. ONE PIECE
4. Glass no Kamen
5. Full Metal Alchemist
6. NARUTO
7. Kuroshitsuji
8. Sei Onii-chan
9. Skip Beat!
10. Detective Conan
40-50
1. Nodame Cantabile
2. Glass no Kamen
3. NARUTO
4. ONE PIECE
5. BLEACH
6. Hitman Reborn
7. Kuroshitsuji
8. Full Metal Alchemist
9. Detective Conan
10. NANA
Manga can now perhaps be summed up as One Piece with a dash of Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist, as well as Nana and Nodame Cantabile…
ah…Naruto. no worry, i love it…one piece, and bleach too…well mainstream mangas are nice
i can’t believe peoples talk about majority in japan and hell yes one piece ftw. but when they see naruto. oh its sucks and don’t see, that its in same league as one piece in popularity, sales. not on the top of course but still on number two or three and that’s also damn majority in japan and proven facts even you how much hate it its still there dominating other series if not one piece.
btw don’t say i havn’t read one piece or some other series. i have read 612 op and 525 naruto and 434 bleach chapters (released until now) and 50% other series in the top 10 list.
so to all those retards, who just know how to troll. just get over the facts, peoples have different taste. don’t force your opinion on others.
The main reason I didn’t like One Piece its becaused I have no time to watch it, yet even read the manga itself.
One Piece is an excellent manga, my favourite by far.
Naruto was on its level a few years ago, but now has become very very bad.
Bleach just sucks period.
Full Metal Alchemist is pretty good.
Negima and Hunter x Hunter are amazing.
Tenjo Tenge sucks really hard, not as much as Bleach though.
Vagamond, Beserk and BASTARD!! are superb seinen mangas.
There you have it, a 100% objective rating of all the mangas I’ve read on these lists.
one piece wins. haters just don’t know enough about it.