Popularity Polls

Weekly Shonen Jump occasionally organizes popularity polls of the series published on it and announces the results. The first Boku no Hero Academia poll was announced after its first year anniversary.

First Popularity Poll (Japan)
The first popularity poll was opened on Chapter 52, and the results were revealed on Chapter 62. The total number of votes received was 11,125. The top 20 were as follows: The ranking charts only lists characters up to 20th in the weekly manga magazine, except for Tomura Shigaraki (19th), as mentioned by the author in his Twitter. Other unlisted votes include Naruto, Katsura from Gintama, Aoi Hana, Shishido, Shiina from the author's previous works, and Midoriya's shoe.

The full list has been included in the Volume 7 release of the manga.

Second Popularity Poll (Japan)
The results of the second popularity poll were revealed on Chapter 120. The total number of votes received was 12,766. The top 20 were as follows:

Third Popularity Poll
The results of the Third Popularity Poll were announced in Chapter 163. In total the poll recieved 35,681 votes making it the most voted on poll so far. The top 20 were as follows:

First Popularity Poll (US)
Shonen Jump US also announced the results of the English-language polls which was launched on 27th July 2015.