Who are the world’s favorite Sanrio characters? 2020 Sanrio Character Ranking

Today at 12pm, the 35th Sanrio Character Ranking award ceremony was streamed live on Sanrio's YouTube, Instagram and Twitter accounts.

Every year, Sanrio announces its most popular characters based on the results of entries submitted by fans online through its website, by postcard, and through entry forms submitted at Sanrio shops. Whereas analog entries were limited to Japan, submissions online included entries from all around the world, and the final results included ranking information from several countries.

Let's begin with the general total ranking:

Total Ranking

As predicted, the dogs had their day today, as the three canine characters Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin and Pochacco took the coveted top three spots!

Cinnamoroll

At 1,387,152 votes, Cinnamoroll was the grand winner this year. It's the third time for Cinnamoroll to win the top spot, the last time being in 2018.

Pompompurin

Pompompurin snagged second place with 1,288,245 votes, marking the third consecutive year he landed in the top three.

Pochacco

Rounding out the top three was Pochacco, coming in at 1,013,927 votes, his first time in 26 years at 3rd place.

The total general ranking was as follows:

1: Cinnamoroll: 1,387,152 votes
2: Pompompurin: 1,288,245 votes
3: Pochacco: 1,013,927 votes
4: My Melody: 883,485 votes
5: Hello Kitty: 839,904 votes
6: Yoshikitty: 675,706 votes
7: Kuromi: 661,284 votes
8: Show by Rock!!: 602,105 votes
9: Little Twin Stars: 588,927 votes
10: Tuxedo Sam: 428,826 votes

International Rankings

So which Sanrio character won in your country? If you're from one of the countries below, read on and find out!

China

1. Cinnamoroll
2. Yoshikitty
3. Pompompurin

Hong Kong

1. Pekkle
2. Pompompurin
3. Pochacco

Taiwan

1. Pompompurin
2. Cinnamoroll
3. Hello Kitty

South Korea

1. Kuromi
2. My Melody
3. Pompompurin

United States of America

1. Hello Kitty
2. Pompompurin
3. Agrettsuko

Brazil

1. Yoshikitty
2. Pompompurin
3. Agrettsuko

United Kingdom

1. Kuromi
2. Gudetama
3. Cinnamoroll

Italy

1. Cinnamoroll
2. Hello Kitty
3. Kuromi

Germany

1. Yoshikitty
2. Kuromi
3. Hello Kitty

France

1. Yoshikitty
2. Hello Kitty
3. Cinnamoroll

Yoshikitty (seen below accepting the Tanita award at today's ceremony), inspired by legendary rock band X Japan's Yoshiki, showed up prominently in the international rankings. Brits seem to be infatuated with Gudetama, and Agrettsuko ranked highly in the US and Brazil, perhaps due to the power of Netflix.