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Manga Top 10

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) 9.24 1407
2 Monster (manga) 9.21 903
3 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) 9.11 712
4 Steel Ball Run (manga) 9.10 155
5 Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (manga) 9.01 386
6 Vinland Saga (manga) 9.00 291
7 20th Century Boys (manga) 9.00 620
8 Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) 8.97 1622
9 Akira (manga) 8.92 597
10 Yotsuba&! (manga) 8.90 766
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 (7.7144). 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 7.7144)

Top 10 Worst Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
3389 Duel Masters (manga) 4.02 7
3388 Saint Seiya Episode.G: Assassin (manga) 4.20 4
3387 Eiken (manga) 4.35 25
3386 Treasure Hunter (manga) 4.39 8
3385 Deus Vitae (manga) 4.45 41
3384 Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (manga) 4.55 37
3383 Samurai Shodown (manga, Yuki Miyoshi) 4.75 7
3382 Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time (manga) 4.79 49
3381 Mai-chan's Daily Life (manga) 4.86 14
3380 Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale (manga) 5.07 25
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 (7.7144). 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 7.7144)

Top 10 Best Rated (weighted average) (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
89 Berserk (manga) 9.24 1407
92 Monster (manga) 9.22 903
99 Steel Ball Run (manga) 9.14 155
100 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) 9.12 712
101 Showa: A History of Japan (manga) 9.10 17
106 Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (manga) 9.02 386
107 Vinland Saga (manga) 9.02 291
108 20th Century Boys (manga) 9.01 620
264 Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) 8.97 1622
265 A Drifting Life (manga) 8.97 21
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) 8.85 2613
2 Naruto (manga) 8.10 2244
3 Bleach (manga) 8.10 1950
4 Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) 8.93 1622
5 Fruits Basket (manga) 8.71 1625
6 Berserk (manga) 9.29 1407
7 One Piece (manga) 8.69 1336
8 Love Hina (manga) 8.30 1335
9 Rurouni Kenshin (manga) 8.78 1252
10 Chobits (manga) 7.98 1252
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 5127
2 Death Note (manga) 8.83 4993
3 Bleach (manga) 8.01 4790
4 Fruits Basket (manga) 8.75 3748
5 Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) 8.97 3540
6 One Piece (manga) 8.50 3010
7 Chobits (manga) 7.88 2851
8 Love Hina (manga) 8.16 2641
9 Rurouni Kenshin (manga) 8.72 2587
10 Berserk (manga) 9.24 2568
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
+4753 Saikyō Densetsu Kurosawa (manga) 8.15 4
+4250 (The) Cat Proposed (manga) 7.84 4
+4146 Shōjo x Shōjo x Shōjo (manga) 8.11 6
+4141 Chio's School Road (manga) 8.10 6
+4135 Hyouge Mono - Tea for Universe, Tea for Life (manga) 8.10 6
+4134 Swing Shell (manga) 8.10 6
+4062 Baccano! (manga) 7.91 5
+3942 Our Precious Conversations (manga) 7.85 5
+3923 Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai (manga) 7.84 5
+3882 Lucky Star: Pocket Travelers (manga) 7.82 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
-3189 Princess Ai (manga) 5.58 485
-3183 (The) Vision of Escaflowne (manga) 5.07 415
-3121 My-HiME (manga) 6.04 511
-3118 Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode (manga) 5.87 411
-3103 Baby & Me (manga) 5.94 400
-3100 Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga) 6.36 1074
-3094 Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (manga) 5.98 405
-3082 Mai-chan's Daily Life (manga) 4.86 287
-3068 Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star (manga) 6.20 523
-3036 Samurai Girl Real Bout High School (manga) 6.10 361
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) 7.87 ±4.048 23
2 GTO: 14 Days in Shonan (manga) 7.17 ±3.900 30
3 Showa: A History of Japan (manga) 8.84 ±3.899 17
4 Mai-chan's Daily Life (manga) 4.86 ±3.639 14
5 Kiichi!! (manga) 8.25 ±3.621 9
6 Pheromomania Syndrome (manga) 7.13 ±3.586 7
7 (The) World is Mine (manga) 8.41 ±3.563 24
8 Higurashi When They Cry: Massacre Arc (manga) 8.18 ±3.559 6
9 Discommunication (manga) 7.36 ±3.535 4
10 Haikara-san ga Tooru (manga) 7.95 ±3.516 8
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.