Anime Top 10

Best Rated (bayesian estimate)
Worst Rated (bayesian estimate)
Best Rated (weighted average)
Most Popular
Most Viewed
Most Underrated
Most Overrated
Most Diverging Opinions

Top 10 Best Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
1 Steins;Gate (TV) 9.11 3685
2 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) 9.09 4917
3 Clannad After Story (TV) 9.09 4785
4 Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) 8.97 6459
5 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) 8.95 7303
6 Mushishi: The Next Chapter (TV) 8.92 140
7 Spirited Away (movie) 8.91 9974
8 (The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie) 8.91 2489
9 Cowboy Bebop (TV) 8.89 11515
10 Princess Mononoke (movie) 8.86 9357
This rating only includes titles that have at least 13 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.5355). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are great. (formula)
bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:
R = average for the anime
v = number of votes for the anime
m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 13)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.5355)

Top 10 Worst Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
4521 Hametsu No Mars (OAV) 2.33 167
4520 SD Gundam Force (TV) 2.71 492
4519 Psychic Wars (OAV) 2.95 119
4518 Skelter+Heaven (OAV) 3.20 42
4517 MD Geist II - Death Force (OAV) 3.32 263
4516 Tekken: The Motion Picture (OAV) 3.43 688
4515 MD Geist (OAV) 3.44 436
4514 Duel Masters (TV) 3.44 619
4513 D.I.C.E. (TV) 3.46 146
4512 Reign: The Conqueror (TV) 3.57 689
This rating only includes titles that have at least 13 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.5355). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are awful. (formula)
bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:
R = average for the anime
v = number of votes for the anime
m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 13)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.5355)

Top 10 Best Rated (weighted average) (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
28 Steins;Gate (TV) 9.11 3685
29 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) 9.10 4917
30 Clannad After Story (TV) 9.09 4785
31 Mushishi: The Next Chapter (TV) 9.05 140
55 Gintama' (TV 2012) 8.98 128
56 Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) 8.97 6459
59 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) 8.96 7303
60 Spirited Away (movie) 8.92 9974
61 (The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie) 8.92 2489
62 Cowboy Bebop (TV) 8.90 11515
The rating is an average of the scores given by voters, weighted to give less importance to users with unnatural voting patterns. Titles with less than 4 votes are removed from the list but are still counted in the ranking. This explains why there may be gaps in the "#" column.

Top 10 Most Popular (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
1 Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) 8.75 12945
2 Death Note (TV) 8.88 12106
3 Cowboy Bebop (TV) 8.93 11515
4 Spirited Away (movie) 8.96 9974
5 (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) 8.59 9876
6 Princess Mononoke (movie) 8.93 9357
7 Elfen Lied (TV) 8.34 9986
8 Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) 8.31 9736
9 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) 8.88 8555
10 Bleach (TV) 7.97 8801
The most popular titles are determined with a simple summation of all votes. Titles with many votes will tend to be at the top, but this is modified a little by the ratings. In other words, the popularity is the straight average score of a title (the value in the rating column) multiplied by the number of votes.

Top 10 Most Viewed (Top 50)
# title rating seen by
1 Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) 8.67 22513
2 Death Note (TV) 8.81 20594
3 Bleach (TV) 7.81 19977
4 Cowboy Bebop (TV) 8.90 19735
5 Naruto (TV) 7.42 17547
6 Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) 8.21 16980
7 Elfen Lied (TV) 8.21 16101
8 (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) 8.52 15074
9 Princess Mononoke (movie) 8.86 14570
10 Spirited Away (movie) 8.92 14426
The "seen by" column indicates the number of people who have added the title in MyAnime, either in "seen some", "seen all", or "will not finish" categories. The rating displayed here is the same weighted average as the Top 10 Best Rated by weighted average, but is only displayed for reference and doesn't have anything to do with the order of the titles.

Top 10 Most Underrated (Top 50)
# title rating seen by
+4687 One Piece "3D2Y" Ace no Shi wo Koete! Luffy Nakama to no Chikai (special) 7.93 23
+4573 Buki yo Saraba (movie) 7.66 19
+4376 Aoyama Gōshō Tanpen-shū (OAV) 7.67 24
+4335 Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene (movie) 7.88 32
+4325 Showa Monogatari (movie) 7.71 26
+4282 Ring ni Kakero 1: Sekai Taikai-hen (TV) 7.72 28
+4203 Porfy no Nagai Tabi (TV) 7.80 34
+4141 Gambo (movie) 7.33 16
+4120 Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow (TV) 7.63 30
+4067 Initial D: Final Stage (TV) 7.85 40
This is a list of the titles that deserve to be seen more. Based on the premise that titles deserve to be seen in equal proportion to how well rated they are, the value in the "#" column is the number of positions by which this title would climb in the Most Viewed list if it was seen as much as it was liked (according to bayesian rating).

Top 10 Most Overrated (Top 50)
# title rating seen by
-4309 Dragon Ball GT (TV) 5.38 8220
-4260 Pokémon (TV) 5.45 6780
-4244 Hamtaro (TV) 4.60 3658
-4232 Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV 1/1998) 5.28 4539
-4065 Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (TV) 4.66 2504
-4060 Beyblade (TV) 4.18 2356
-4031 Final Fantasy: Unlimited (TV) 5.03 2446
-4015 X (movie) 5.56 3447
-3946 Pilot Candidate (TV) 5.40 2494
-3927 Dragon Ball Z Movie 11: Bio-Broly 5.43 2439
This is a list of the titles that didn't deserve to be seen as much as they have been. Based on the premise that titles deserve to be seen in equal proportion to how well rated they are, the value in the "#" column is the number of positions by which this title would drop in the Most Viewed list if it was seen as much as it was liked (according to bayesian rating).

Top 10 Most Diverging Opinions (Top 50)
# title rating nb. votes
1 Musashi (TV) 4.32 ±4.440 140
2 Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Mori wa Ikiteiru (movie) 7.22 ±3.925 16
3 Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi (TV) 7.40 ±3.875 13
4 Evangelion Shin Gekijō-ban: ? (movie) 7.16 ±3.538 36
5 Vixens (OAV) 5.35 ±3.528 22
6 Bosco Daibōken (TV) 7.15 ±3.455 17
7 Bondage Game (OAV) 5.60 ±3.412 79
8 Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (OAV 2) 7.22 ±3.405 109
9 Ikkyū-san (TV 1975) 6.94 ±3.335 24
10 Apocalypse Zero (OAV) 4.02 ±3.290 159
Only includes titles with at least 13 votes. The rating column contains the baysesian rating ± the standard deviation, with the order of the titles being determined by the standard deviation.