Crowd & trends

Normie

«The site's top chart IS my top.»

mainstream at a solid eightsame top as everyoneit's fine

Rarity

14.4%

13,013 of 90,492 profiles

Class mean score

7.87

across all ratings by the class's viewers

Ratings per list

~232

on average per viewer of the class

Who Normie is

The Normie is healthy mainstream in the flesh and the most populous class on the site. He watches what's loud: the big shounen, the Netflix hits, the site's top-100 — and honestly enjoys it. His scores are confident sevens and eights with nines for true favourites, and his list overlaps almost entirely with the lists of millions of viewers just like him.

The algorithm identifies the Normie by a combination of a popular list and solid, slightly generous scores without outliers. No niche-hunting, no principled strictness, no genre skew — a balanced profile of a viewer who came for enjoyment and gets it. And — surprise — profiles exactly like his are the best predictors of what a newcomer will like.

People like to say «normie» with a sneer, but let's be honest: the industry makes its big hits precisely for him, and makes them well. The Normie hasn't missed a single great title of the past decades — because great titles almost always become mainstream. Nothing to be ashamed of: it's taste proven by millions.

watches the most popular · scores solid and predictable

Characters with the same temperament

If anime characters kept rating lists, these would score titles in the spirit of «Normie».

Anime for Normie

The canon as it is: the most-watched of Shikimori's popularity top-100 — and solid scores with no surprises.

  1. Poster: Shingeki no Kyojin
    8,88class score
    Shingeki no Kyojin

    TV series · 2013 · Shounen, Action, Drama

    in the lists of 11,252 viewers of the class (86.5%) · Shikimori 8.57

  2. Poster: Death Note
    8,94class score
    Death Note

    TV series · 2006 · Shounen, Supernatural, Suspense

    in the lists of 11,098 viewers of the class (85.3%) · Shikimori 8.62

  3. Poster: Kimetsu no Yaiba
    8,46class score
    Kimetsu no Yaiba

    TV series · 2019 · Shounen, Action, Supernatural

    in the lists of 10,708 viewers of the class (82.3%) · Shikimori 8.41

  4. Poster: Jujutsu Kaisen
    8,43class score
    Jujutsu Kaisen

    TV series · 2020 · Shounen, Action, Supernatural

    in the lists of 10,336 viewers of the class (79.4%) · Shikimori 8.50

  5. Poster: One Punch Man
    8,74class score
    One Punch Man

    TV series · 2015 · Seinen, Action, Comedy

    in the lists of 10,308 viewers of the class (79.2%) · Shikimori 8.48

  6. Poster: Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2
    8,70class score
    Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2

    TV series · 2017 · Shounen, Action, Drama

    in the lists of 10,155 viewers of the class (78%) · Shikimori 8.54

  7. Poster: Tokyo Ghoul
    8,05class score
    Tokyo Ghoul

    TV series · 2014 · Seinen, Action, Fantasy

    in the lists of 10,023 viewers of the class (77%) · Shikimori 7.79

  8. Poster: Kimi no Na wa.
    8,91class score
    Kimi no Na wa.

    movie · 2016 · Drama, Award Winning

    in the lists of 9,964 viewers of the class (76.6%) · Shikimori 8.82

  9. Poster: Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3
    8,74class score
    Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3

    TV series · 2018 · Shounen, Action, Drama

    in the lists of 9,700 viewers of the class (74.5%) · Shikimori 8.64

  10. Poster: Chainsaw Man
    8,65class score
    Chainsaw Man

    TV series · 2022 · Shounen, Action, Fantasy

    in the lists of 9,659 viewers of the class (74.2%) · Shikimori 8.43

The card is built from the ratings of all 13,013 viewers of the class — each class has its own recipe highlighting its signature. Music videos and 18+ are excluded. The collection recalculates as the base grows.

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