August 17–23, 2026 AnimeClick Votes Shuffle the Weekly Anime Popularity Chart
The summer anime lineup from August 17 to August 23, 2026 has been shaken up by fresh audience votes, with a new top pick taking the lead purely on current popularity—not on any judgment of quality.
How the weekly popularity ranking works
This chart compiles results from AnimeClick “thumbs” given during the period August 17–23, 2026. The ordering is calculated using a simple point system:
- 3 points for each green thumb
- 1 point for each neutral thumb
- -1 point for each red thumb
The ranking is explicitly described as a snapshot of what people are engaging with right now.
Summer anime popularity top 20 (Aug 17–23, 2026)
| Rank | Title | Green | Neutral | Red | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You and I are Polar Opposites | 90 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 77 | 10 | 0 | 241 |
| 3 | Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You | 71 | 0 | 0 | 213 |
| 4 | Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation III | 63 | 7 | 0 | 196 |
| 5 | Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia | 59 | 1 | 1 | 177 |
| 6 | Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky | 50 | 7 | 0 | 157 |
| 7 | Though I am an Inept Villainess | 47 | 1 | 0 | 142 |
| 8 | Goodbye, Lara | 43 | 3 | 0 | 132 |
| 9 | Daemons of the Shadow Realm | 41 | 1 | 0 | 124 |
| 10 | Kaiju Girl Caramelise | 36 | 5 | 0 | 113 |
| 11 | Chainsmoker Cat | 37 | 1 | 0 | 112 |
| 12 | Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- | 32 | 11 | 3 | 104 |
| 13 | Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke | 28 | 2 | 0 | 86 |
| 14 | MAO | 28 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| 15 | Clevatess II | 26 | 6 | 1 | 83 |
| 16 | I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day | 27 | 1 | 0 | 82 |
| 17 | Saga of Tanya the Evil II | 27 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 18 | The Ghost in the Shell | 25 | 3 | 0 | 78 |
| 19 | Rich Girl Caretaker: I’m Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School | 24 | 5 | 0 | 77 |
| 20 | The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System | 25 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
Quick takeaways from this week’s votes
- You and I are Polar Opposites leads the chart with a perfect run of 90 green thumbs and no neutral or red votes.
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime holds second place, with 77 green votes and 10 neutrals, but no reds.
- Re:ZERO is one of the few entries here with a visible red-vote count (3), balancing out a large number of neutrals.
