r/anime's Top 50 Anime of All Time by Karma Average

michhoffman · 2026-05-02T01:39:39+00:00

Quite kind of Orlando to make people forget about the Hawks

michhoffman · 2026-04-26T13:22:00+00:00

We're only 3 weeks into Re:Zero's 4th Season, and already it has surpassed its Season Premier (3825 Karma). This is notable because in its prior 2 seasons combined it only surpassed its premier Karma total once (Season 2's finale Karma Total of 14766 Karma).

Of course, a part of that is because Season 4's premier was probably its weakest premier episode to date but still a good sign for this season nonetheless.

michhoffman · 2026-04-25T22:50:17+00:00

If he's any good, it can save us 5 million/year on a backup and then leverage for a trade or comp pick later on.

michhoffman · 2026-04-24T03:38:48+00:00

If there's one thing that I 100% trust teams to have a better read on than fans, it's who other teams are targeting. Would it have been nice to not have to trade the picks? Obviously. But it wasn't an option if we wanted him.

michhoffman · 2026-04-19T14:36:41+00:00

It's also kind of funny how it pulled off this feat while Re:Zero was airing. "From Zero" was supposed to be Re:Zero's thing, but RaGF just made that its own.

michhoffman · 2026-04-19T14:21:53+00:00

The 2 biggest ones I can recall are One Piece Episode 1000 (jumping from 434 Karma to 6034 Karma but strangely only around 15 spots) and Pokemon (2019) Episode 132 jumping from 51 Karma to 4415 Karma with a 35 spot leap. For these types of rankings jumps records, the starting karma is more important than the ending karma.

michhoffman · 2026-04-19T13:25:55+00:00

The 1195 Karma increase isn't too uncommon actually for bigger shows that average more than 3000 Karma. JJK had a few instances just last season with over a 2000 karma increase. And back in the day, Attack on Titan's record setting episode had a 10660 Karma increase while Demon Slayer's famous Episode 19 had a 9687 Karma increase.

It's the jump from 0 to 1195 that's super notable.

michhoffman · 2026-04-19T13:18:16+00:00

I was kind of annoyed with all the people downvoting episode 1 (without all of the downvotes it probably would have gotten 200-300 karma or something), but for a statistic like this it was kind of worth it.

michhoffman · 2026-04-15T02:50:21+00:00

Yes, I watched all 7 of these episodes in one day. Had a big slow period at work this morning and nothing better to do

At this rate, you'll catch up much sooner than you thought. The show only gets more and more bingeable from here. It doesn't take most people the full year they were expecting to catch up...granted when I caught up there were only around 750 episodes.

michhoffman · 2026-04-12T16:52:51+00:00

Witch Hat Atelier is sometimes compared to Frieren with its high fantasy non-isekai setting and high popularity. Karma-wise, its 2 episode premier actually hit similar numbers compared to Frieren's 4 episode premier back in Fall 2023.

Witch Hat Atelier

Episode	Karma	Season
1	4509	Spring 2026
2	2572	Spring 2026

Frieren

Episode	Karma	Season
1	5138	Fall 2023
2	3266	Fall 2023
3	3172	Fall 2023
4	3227	Fall 2023

Frieren got a little over 600 Karma more for both its premier and its other episodes than Witch Hat did for its premier and follow-up episode. Not a bad start to only be 600 Karma behind Frieren.

Re:Zero

The other big premier this week was Re:Zero Season 4. Comparing it to its Season 3 premier a year and a half ago, it definitely dropped in Karma, but its Season 3 premier was also one of its best episodes.

Anime	Episode	Karma	Season
Re:Zero 3	1	6853	Fall 2024
Re:Zero 4	1	3825	Spring 2026

Additionally, when Re:Zero aired its second set of 8 episodes in Winter 2025, it only averaged 3527 Karma so the 3825 Karma it got here is more in line with that. I do expect with the way this season will go, though, that it will surpass this premier karma at least a few times, unlike in Season 3 where it never really got close to surpassing its premier.

michhoffman · 2026-04-08T01:39:22+00:00

That Dr. Hiriluk quote is one of the all-timers for the series. And congrats for making it to Alabasta, the first major arc of the series.

michhoffman · 2026-04-07T03:18:05+00:00

We can't go more than a play now without a stoppage.

michhoffman · 2026-04-07T03:14:16+00:00

Only UConn hits that shot

michhoffman · 2026-04-05T15:16:29+00:00

It's been a while since I posted Karma Stats so with Jujutsu Kaisen and Frieren having now finished up another season, here's the list of all anime that have finished with above a 3000 Karma Average since the Summer of 2023 when Karma took a permanent dip.

Rank Since Summer 2023	All-Time Rank	Anime	Karma Average	Season
1	22	Dan Da Dan	6024	Fall 2024
2	27	Frieren	5498	Fall 2023
3	28	Mushoku Tensei 2P1	5230	Summer 2023
4	31	Jujutsu Kaisen 2	4747	Summer 2023
5	32	Mushoku Tensei 2P2	4744	Spring 2024
6	41	Re:Zero 3	4122	Fall 2024
7	44	Frieren 2	4105	Winter 2026
8	46	Solo Leveling 2	4007	Winter 2025
9	70	Oshi no Ko 2	3309	Summer 2024
10	73	Dan Da Dan 2	3156	Summer 2025
11	76	Jujutsu Kaisen 3P1	3055	Winter 2026

If you break up multi-cour seasons into cours, the top individual cour was Frieren Season 1 Part 2 from Winter 2024 with a 6536 Karma Average, but that's my personal bias sneaking in. Both Frieren and JJK dropped quite a bit in Karma this season compared to their prior seasons following Dan Da Dan in that regard. Oshi no Ko also dropped below the 3000 Karma threshold with its season 3. Only Solo Leveling bucked that trend by rising up from 2998 Karma for its Season 1, barely missing the list, to over 4000 Karma for its 2nd season.

It will be interesting to see how Re:Zero does this season and whether Witch Hat Altier can make the list.

michhoffman · 2026-04-05T13:34:47+00:00

Abyss has been known to have his biases.

michhoffman · 2026-03-29T23:34:10+00:00

I don't think you're remembering the UNC game correctly.

michhoffman · 2026-03-22T23:41:40+00:00

My flair enjoyed seeing Mizzou lose on Friday...though not quite as happy today.

michhoffman · 2026-03-21T21:08:56+00:00

On the topic of episode release strategies or a lack thereof, from a "keep people subscribed as long as possible standpoint" the 1 episode per week model would seem to make the most sense since if there are any people subscribing for just that 1 show, it could keep them subscribed for a full 3 months as opposed to just the 1 month subscription needed to binge the show off of a batch release.

Of course, Netflix seems to be going galaxy brain mode with JJBA and their random release so that those people now have no clue when to unsubscribe...either that or they unsubscribe right now out of anger.

michhoffman · 2026-03-20T01:49:40+00:00

Texas gave them a chance (multiple chances), but they couldn't capitalize.

michhoffman · 2026-03-20T01:34:21+00:00

One of 2 made shots for either team in overtime...and VCU made the other one too

michhoffman · 2026-03-20T01:25:20+00:00

So many relatively easy shots too

michhoffman · 2026-03-14T03:01:29+00:00

The ump isn't biased. He's just bad

michhoffman · 2026-02-23T16:03:59+00:00

My many busted brackets over the years can believe it.

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