"Jujutsu Kaisen" and "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" Lead the Rankings! ABEMA Anime Announces January 2026 Anime Viewing Rankings

ABEMA has announced that the total viewing time for the anime genre in January 2026 exceeded the record from the same month in the previous year. Along with this announcement, the "Monthly Viewing Time Rankings" featuring the top 5 titles that drove monthly viewing time has been released.

1st Place: TV Anime "Jujutsu Kaisen"
2nd Place: "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End"
3rd Place: "Atashin'chi"
4th Place: "Kunon the Sorcerer Can See"
5th Place: "Crayon Shin-chan Movies"

In ABEMA Anime for January 2026, the title that drove the most viewing time was the TV anime "Jujutsu Kaisen." To commemorate the broadcast launch of Season 3 "The Culling Game Arc Part 1," the official free channel for "Jujutsu Kaisen" was established for the first time, running for 13 consecutive days from January 1st (Thursday) to January 13th (Tuesday), with a free marathon broadcast of all 47 episodes of the TV series and "Jujutsu Kaisen 0." Furthermore, during the Season 3 broadcast period, all episodes from Season 1 through the latest Season 3 episode were available for free viewing, indicating the widespread viewership of this title.

For "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End," which ranked 2nd, to commemorate the broadcast launch of Season 2, a dedicated channel for the series was established for the first time, running for 5 consecutive days from January 16th (Friday), the day of the broadcast launch, through January 20th (Tuesday), with a free marathon broadcast of all 28 episodes of Season 1. During the Season 2 broadcast period, all episodes from Season 1 through the latest Season 2 episode are available for free viewing.

Also from the new winter anime season, the magic-seeking fantasy "Kunon the Sorcerer Can See" ranked 4th. Currently, the latest episode is broadcast one week ahead on terrestrial television (every Sunday at 10 PM), and one week later at the same time, a one-week free exclusive distribution of the terrestrial broadcast episode is being implemented. Even within the service's "Weekly Anime Rankings," where sequels to popular titles are featured, this title has ranked in the TOP 5, garnering attention as a new winter anime.

In 3rd and 5th place, "Atashin'chi" and "Crayon Shin-chan Movies" ranked respectively. For "Atashin'chi," an official free channel that broadcasts all series works daily is permanently established, receiving support from a wide range of viewer demographics. For "Crayon Shin-chan Movies," an official free channel broadcasting all 31 films daily was established from December 27th, 2025 (Saturday) to January 10th, 2026 (Saturday), and was viewed by a wide range of generations, particularly during the New Year's holiday period.

In addition, from the end of 2025 to the beginning of 2026, free marathon broadcasts of various works were also implemented, including "popular anime broadcast in 2025," "all series of popular long-running anime," and "5 nostalgic family anime titles." Special projects such as reviews of new releases and marathon broadcasts of past anime series are believed to have contributed to the overall increase in total viewing time.

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