Popularity Polls

Weekly Shonen Jump occasionally organizes popularity polls of the series published on it and announces the results. The first My 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:

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 (Japan)
The results of the Third Popularity Poll were announced in Chapter 163. In total the poll received 35,681 votes. The top 20 were as follows:

Fourth Popularity Poll (Japan)
The fourth popularity poll was opened in Chapter 192, it was delayed until November 2018 instead of original intended announcement in October 2018, the results were revealed in Chapter 207, and the color page in Chapter 214. The total number of votes the poll received was 80,714. Top 30 were as follows:

Fifth Popularity Poll (Japan)
The fifth popularity poll was opened after Volume 24 release. The results and the color page were revealed in Chapter 254. The total number of votes received was 70,410. Top 45 were as follows:

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

Second Popularity Poll (US)
Shonen Jump US announced the results of the English-language polls which was launched on September 22, 2016.

Fourth Popularity Poll (US)
Viz Media announced the results of the fourth popularity poll on December 3, 2018.

Fifth Popularity Poll (US)
Viz Media announced the results of the fifth popularity poll on December 15, 2019.

Trivia

 * 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 Kotaro from Gintama, Hana Aoi, Shishido, Shiina from the author's previous works, and Izuku's shoe.
 * The full list has been included in the Volume 7 release of the manga.
 * The other votes in second popularity poll were as follows:
 * Pikachu and Mega Man X had 1 vote each.
 * Deku's shoe had 2 votes.
 * Eraser Head's Goggles had 3 votes.
 * Bakugo's Grenadier Bracers had 5 votes.
 * According to the Twitter, Horikoshi's message about not having a color spread announcement of the fourth popularity poll, and please wait for the color spread.