Where can one learn about viewership ratings for anime?


In the U.S., companies like
[Nielsen](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/top10s.html) track viewership of
television programs. What is the equivalent of this for Japanese television
programs (and, in particular, anime), if any?




The closest thing you can probably find to something like Nielsen is [Video
Research](http://www.videor.co.jp/data/ratedata/top10.htm#anime). It's in
Japanese (of course) but google translate does pretty well with the anime
titles.

Also, there is [this site](http://www.geocities.jp/animesityouritu/) which
lists historical ratings that go back to 2000.

As for anime movies, DVD/BD rankings, there's
[Oricon](http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/).




The closest thing you can probably find to something like Nielsen is [Video
Research](http://www.videor.co.jp/data/ratedata/top10.htm#anime). It's in
Japanese (of course) but google translate does pretty well with the anime
titles.

Also, there is [this site](http://www.geocities.jp/animesityouritu/) which
lists historical ratings that go back to 2000.

As for anime movies, DVD/BD rankings, there's
[Oricon](http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/).

