Entertainment · K-Culture & Anime · 22 hrs ago
Mushoku Tensei Wins Summer 2026 Anime Ranking After Bleach Misses Cutoff
A study of 68 anime series tracked viewer attention during the Summer 2026 season.
It used Google searches to measure general interest and activity on X to measure fan engagement.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 won the top award and was the season’s most-searched anime.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict had a higher overall standard score than Mushoku Tensei.
But Bleach had only seven weeks of data in the study’s tracking period, while eligible shows needed at least eight.
The study’s tracking window ended on September 12.
Bleach began airing on July 4, 2026, and the final part of its anime adaptation was scheduled to conclude with its last two episodes after a hiatus.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 won the Summer 2026 anime ranking’s grand prize.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict had a higher overall standard score but was ineligible because it had only seven weeks of data in the tracking period.
The ranking was based on a study by Anime Data Insights Lab that tracked 68 anime series.
Mushoku Tensei was the season’s most-searched title, according to the study’s Trend Score.
The tracking period ended on Sept. 12, 2026.
- Who
- Anime Data Insights Lab published the study. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 received the grand prize.
- What
- The study ranked viewer attention across Summer 2026 anime. Bleach missed the award cutoff.
- When
- The tracking period ended on Sept. 12, 2026. The article was published on Oct. 10, 2026.
- Where
- The study covered the Summer 2026 anime lineup; a specific location is not stated.
- Why
- Mushoku Tensei won because it had the top combined score among eligible works. Bleach was ineligible because it had only seven weeks of broadcast data, below the eight-week requirement.
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict began airing.
The study’s tracking period ended.
CBR published its report on the ranking.
- Anime series tracked
- 68
- Minimum award eligibility
- At least eight weeks of broadcast data
- Bleach broadcast data in tracking period
- Seven weeks
- Bleach overall standard score
- 77.6
- Mushoku Tensei overall standard score
- 73.9
- Mushoku Tensei Trend Score
- 77.6
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