Aliases

S.A.O, SAO, אומנות החרב אונליין, 刀剑神域, ซอร์ดอาร์ตออนไลน์, Мастера меча онлайн, Sword Art Online, ソードアート・オンライン, Default, Synonym, Japanese, English

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Sword Art Online

ソードアート・オンライン

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Last updated

Mar 3, 2026, 01:38 AM

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76.2

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Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 1 hour ago

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Favourite base strength — 19,920 cross-platform favourites
Cross-platform popularity index — Aggregate reach of ~282,076 followers
Cross-platform audience rating — Weighted audience rating 71.5

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Financial & Commercial99

Production Feasibility45

Audience Reception71

Strategic Priors91

Fandom Engagement63

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Source	Metric	Geo	Value	Collected
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	69	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	19,920	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	658,857	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	8	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	59	Jan 28, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	94	Jan 18, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	4,577	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	192,011	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	3,117	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	73.58	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	2,802,439	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	178,998	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	120,765	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	72.2	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	28.79	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	2,041	Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	1,248	Feb 2, 2026, 12:00 AM