The My Hero Academia series recently announced that it has reached 100 million copies distributed worldwide. Following this announcement, a comprehensive list of best-selling Weekly Shonen Jump manga was created, ranking the magazine's most popular series by circulation to date.
Social network user X @/mangaxrepublic recently published a chart listing the sales of the 10 best-selling Shonen Jump series of all time. While the graphics are fan-made, the sales data appears to be accurate to what was publicly shared by Shonen Jump and publisher Shueisha. As mentioned earlier, My Hero Academia's recent 100 million milestone put the series in 10th place. Here's the full list.
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Top 10 Shonen Jump manga series to date (By number of releases)
One Piece: 516,566000 Dragon Balls: 300,000,000 Naruto: 250,000,000 Slam Dunk: 170,000,000 Kochikame: 157,200,000 Demon Slayer: 150,000,000 Bleach: 130,000,000 JoJo's Amazing Adventure: 120,00 0 .000 Fists North Star: 100,000,000 My Hero Academia: 100,000,000
Unsurprisingly, the three best-selling Shonen Jump manga series include One Piece, Dragon Ball, and Naruto. Meanwhile, Bleach, originally listed as one of Shonen Jump's “Big Three,” is ranked at number 7. Even though My Hero Academia is at the bottom of the list, the series still pairs well with Fist of the North Star, also reached 100 million copies in circulation.
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Modern Shonen Jump fans disappointed by the lack of Chainsaw Man or Jujutsu Kaisen should remember that it took My Hero Academia 10 years to join the 100 million club. That said, My Hero Academia's recent sales performance comes at a time when the manga is getting closer to its final arc. The same is true for One Piece, currently Shonen Jump's best-selling manga worldwide. Even recent anime phenomenon Jujutsu Kaisen will be discontinued in 2024, according to series creator Gege Akutami.
With many popular Shonen Jump series scheduled to end this year or next, readers are wondering which new series will replace them. Based on the simultaneous worldwide release of Kaiju No. 8 and its catchy Western soundtrack, it seems like Shonen Jump is betting that a Godzilla-like anime will be the next best thing. Considering the enormous financial success of Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Shonen Jump may be right.
Source: X (formerly Twitter)