A new survey from GameSpot parent company Fandom has arrived, shedding light on a range of topics pertaining to media and entertainment. One of the key findings is a list of what fans perceive as the top 25 franchises in media in 2023 so far, and the list is made up of all the usual suspects like Star Wars, Disney, DC, Zelda, and more.
This year’s survey makes use of Fandom’s Franchise Factor Score, which uses first-party data from Fandom’s network of 350 million monthly unique users, along with a global study called Inside Fandom.
“Franchises made up 95% of the top blockbusters and games in 2023,” Fandom CEO Perkins Miller said. As you can see in the chart below, Star Wars ranks as the No. 1 overall franchise–based on Fandom’s measurements (see below for more details)–with Marvel, One Piece, Elder Scrolls, and Harry Potter rounding out the top five. Other heavyweights like Barbie, Yellowstone, The Last of Us, Fallout, Disney, DC, Star Trek, Pokemon, The Witcher, and The Walking Dead make up some of the other spots.