According to a new fan pole, Marvel has beaten DC and conquered the top spot for the world’s most popular hero. Let’s find out who wins the battle of Marvel Vs DC.
If you say you are a superhero fanboy, without a doubt I can say that you have engaged in a Marvel vs DC argument at least once in a lifetime and this war has been waged on for a very- very long time. Marvel and DC fanboys actively debate to prove the supremacy of their favorite superhero and they take these discussions quite seriously putting up very serious facts and figures to support their arguments. Seeing no end to it the officials decided to jump into these discussions and conclude it once and for all. They researched intensively and the results are finally out Marvel Wins!
The Marvel Vs DC Debate Results
Game.co.uk finally concluded this debate by conducting thorough research of user data regarding superheroes. They used Google Search of users globally to find the answers to the questions of most popular superhero, villain and universe. the research was conducted on the basis of google searches done in every country with the searches in the U.S. given special priority. This data was collected from over 60 countries across the world with the maximum number of Google searches for superheroes and across these 60 countries, 51 had the max searches for Marvel and their superheroes.
Data released according to country-wise searches had the U.S. placed on the top with more than 300,000 searches for Marvel monthly! Following the U.S. was India with 110,000 Marvel searches, followed by Brazil with 110,000 searches, the U.K. with 90,500 searches, France with 90,000+ searches, and so on. In conclusion, Marvel secured a smashing win with over 85% of the countries searching for it over DC. Although, DC didn’t lose miserably and did surprisingly well across Europe and Asia.
The most searches for DC were recorded in South Korea with 200,000+ searches, followed by the U.S. with 165,000 searches, India with 110,000, Brazil with 60,500 searches, and Turkey with 60,500 searches. So, if we are taking country-wise search results into consideration, DC did secure second place with only 140,000 searches behind, but a winner is a winner and Marvel won by a dominating majority. This was all for the most popular superhero universe but the study also provided the answers for the most popular superhero and most popular supervillain.
The Marvel Vs DC Debate: More With The Statistics
The world’s most popular superhero is none other than our friendly neighborhood, web slinging and wall crawling Spider-Man! Spidey was the most searched superhero in 57 of the 60 countries making him the undisputed most- popular superhero, with nearly 50% of the study’s superhero data being about him.
Following in Spidey’s footsteps was DC’s Wonder Woman dominating 12.8% of the study’s statistics, followed by the Caped Crusader- Batman on the third spot and Iron Man on the fourth. Other heroes like Captain America and Groot were also among the popular searches by nations. And as for the villains, Marvel’s Big Bad boss man “Thanos” secured the title for the World’s most popular Supervillain with 55% of the study’s villain data being about him. DC’s the Joker held second place in Villain data with 18% of the study’s share. Venom held third place and the Emplate (Marius St. Croix) got the fourth.
There were other villains in the top spots like Ultron, Catwoman, Draken (the son of Wolverine). Draken in particular had the most surprising win as he had never appeared in a live-action project and still managed to beat villains like Loki, Killmonger, Mysterio, Lex Luthor, and Darkseid who have actually made a cinematic appearance. Well, that was all for the Marvel vs DC popularity contest and now we have an answer, so fanboys stop arguing and let the data speak for you.
