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Foreign Pop Culture Ranked by American Popularity
Many people who grew up in the USA have likely been exposed to foreign popular culture at an early age. Likewise, this iceberg chart ranks foreign popular culture by how much of a presence in America they made. The higher in the chart these entries are, the more they attach themselves to the lineage of American popular culture that is occupied by web-slingers, storm troopers, talking sponges, giant yellow birds, among other things.
Television
Video Games
Cinema
Music
Other
Practically relegated as figure heads in American pop culture
Pokemon
Super Mario
The Beatles
Bluey
Thomas the Tank Engine
Grand Theft Auto
Dragon Ball
Sonic the Hedgehog
Nintendo consoles
PlayStation consoles
Peppa Pig
Queen
Gangam Style
Super Sentai (as Power Rangers)
Naruto
Harry Potter
One Direction
Godzilla
James Bond
Justin Bieber
Minecraft
Squid Game
Bob the Builder
The Wiggles
AC/DC
U2
TikTok
LEGO
ABBA
Spice Girls
Pac-Man
Hello Kitty
Rhianna
Drake
The Weeknd
Ed Sheeran
21 Savage
J. Cole
Clash of Clans
Candy Crush Saga
Labubus
Italian Brainrot
Dubai Chocolate
Black Sabbath
A little niche audience, but still has plenty of Americans who are aware of these
Caillou
Sailor Moon
Yu-Gi-Oh
Digimon
Doctor Who
Total Drama
BTS
Parasite
Final Fantasy
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Daft Punk
LazyTown
Gorillaz
Rammstein
Tomb Raider
Genshin Impact
Demon Slayer
One Piece
All other Sanrio characters
Vocaloid
One Punch Man
Angry Birds
Cut The Rope
MF DOOM
Central Cee
WhatsApp
Death Note
My Hero Academia
Jujutsu Kaisen
Hanumankind
Dan Da Dan
Hunter X Hunter
Attack on Titan
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Line Friends
Project Sekai
Skepta
Teletubbies
The Amazing Digital Circus
Very small followings, but was able to maintain a good amount of American recognition
Fireman Sam
Monster Rancher
Doraemon
Sega consoles other than the Genesis
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Junji Ito
Moomin
Love Live
Uniqlo
Kinokuniya
PARTYNEXTDOOR
Yu Yu Hakusho
Caramella Girls
Azumanga Daioh
YOASOBI
Boi-1da
LINE
Barry Lane
Dua Lipa
Barely made any presence in America
Crayon Shin-Chan
Taiko no Tatsujin (pre-2018)
Detective Conan
Captain Tsubasa (pre-8th gen era)
Pop 'n' Music
Oggy and the Cockroaches
6Teen
Motu Patlu
Idolm@ster
Pororo
WeChat
Hamtaro
No tracing of these in America. They are still popular in their homeland though
Count Duckula
Chibi Maruko-chan
Anpanman
Jay Chou
Ren Ran
ChuckleVision
Balamory
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