AnimeClick Ranks 2026 Summer Anime by Viewer Reactions (July 27–Aug 2)
AnimeClick has published a popularity ranking for the current summer anime season, measured purely by viewer reactions during a one-week window from July 27 to August 2, 2026. The list is built from “thumbs up,” “neutral,” and “thumbs down” ratings, then converted into a point total—3 points for each green thumb, 1 for neutrals, and minus 1 for red thumbs—explicitly not meant to judge animation or storytelling quality.
Summer 2026 popularity snapshot (July 27–August 2, 2026)
| Rank | Series | Thumbs up | Neutral | Thumbs down | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daemons of the Shadow Realm | 89 | 2 | 9 | 274 |
| 2 | Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation III | 78 | 5 | 4 | 235 |
| 3 | Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You | 67 | 0 | 0 | 201 |
| 4 | Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia | 56 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
| 5 | Clevatess II | 54 | 3 | 0 | 165 |
| 6 | Kaiju Girl Caramelise | 53 | 2 | 0 | 161 |
| 7 | You and I are Polar Opposites | 49 | 1 | 0 | 148 |
| 8 | Sparks of Tomorrow | 39 | 8 | 0 | 125 |
| 9 | Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky | 37 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| 10 | The Ghost in the Shell | 35 | 4 | 0 | 109 |
| 11 | Rich Girl Caretaker: I’m Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School | 35 | 3 | 0 | 108 |
| 12 | MAO | 31 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| 13 | The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You | 30 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 14 | Though I am an Inept Villainess | 29 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| 15 | Victoria of Many Faces | 26 | 6 | 2 | 82 |
| 16 | Goodbye, Lara | 27 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 17 | Chainsmoker Cat | 27 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 18 | Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke | 25 | 5 | 0 | 80 |
| 19 | Saga of Tanya the Evil II | 26 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| 20 | Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games | 25 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
At the top of the list, Daemons of the Shadow Realm leads with the highest overall point total for this week-long slice of summer viewing reactions. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation III places second, followed by Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You and Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia. Several titles in the top 10 also show perfect zeroes for the “thumbs down” category in this specific time frame, though that does not indicate anything beyond the particular response window.
The ranking’s methodology is designed to reflect momentum rather than merit: it tallies the number of green, neutral, and red thumb votes, then converts them into a single score. With that in mind, the standings should be read as a snapshot of what audiences on AnimeClick engaged with most during July 27 through August 2, 2026—rather than a definitive measure of which series is “best.”
