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:
 * 1) Katsuki Bakugou (3020)
 * 2) Izuku Midoriya (2217)
 * 3) Shouto Todoroki (1795)
 * 4) Shouta Aizawa (943)
 * 5) Eijirou Kirishima (722)
 * 6) All Might (521)
 * 7) Kyouka Jirou (446)
 * 8) Tenya Iida (331)
 * 9) Tsuyu Asui (309)
 * 10) Ochako Uraraka (292)
 * 11) Denki Kaminari
 * 12) Mashirao Ojiro
 * 13) Momo Yaoyorozu
 * 14) Hitoshi Shinsou
 * 15) Fumikage Tokoyami
 * 16) Tomura Shigaraki
 * 17) Present Mic
 * 18) Hanta Sero
 * 19) Himiko Toga
 * 20) You Shindou

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