Ranking the top AKB48 members – TV Exposure, Popularity and Name Recognition

Research company released Popularity and Name Recognition ranking of media personalities in the year of 2012.

The ranking shows 3 datas, Exposure – how much they appear on TV, Name recognition and Popularity.

The first one is based on the data collected from January 2012 to December of the same year. The latter two are based on the survey the company conducted in August 2012.

1  Ueto Aya (上戸 彩) 246,825 seconds

2  Takei Emi (武井 咲) 241,005 seconds

3  Goriki Ayame (剛力 彩芽) 226,860 seconds

4  Sasaki Nozomi (佐々木 希) 192,255 seconds

5 Ayase Haruka (綾瀬 はるか) 188,980 seconds

6 Oshima Yuko (大島 優子) 166,755 seconds

8 Shinoda Mariko (篠田 麻里子) 143,845 seconds

9 Takahashi Minami (高橋 みなみ) 143,845 seconds

10 Itano Tomomi (板野 友美) 137,370 seconds

12 Kojima Haruna (小嶋 陽菜) 135,075 seconds

15 Watanabe Mayu (渡辺 麻友) 131,130 seconds

16 Aoi Yu (蒼井 優) 125,460 seconds

18 Kashiwagi Yuki (柏木 由紀) 123,300 seconds

19 Maeda Atsuko (前田 敦子) 122,955 seconds

1 Maeda Atsuko 91.7

2 Oshima Yuko 88.5

3 Itano Tomomi 87.3

4 Shinoda Mariko 81.8

5 Kashiwagi Yuki 78.2

6 Takahashi Minami 74.9

7 Watanabe Mayu 72.9

8 Kojima Haruna 57.3

(Ueto Aya 96.8

Aoi Yu 91.7

Goriki Ayame 84.6

Takei Emi 83.7

Sasaki Nozomi 80.5)

1 Oshima Yuko 25.1

2 Shinoda Mariko 24.4

3 Maeda Atsuko 17.9

4 Itano Tomomi 17.2

5 Takahashi Minami 17.0

6 Kojima Haruna 13.3

7 Watanabe Mayu 12.9

8 Kashiwagi Yuki 11.0

(Ayase Haruka 54.5

Ueto Aya 50.6

Takei Emi 26.5

Goriki Ayame 25.1

Sasaki Nozomi 21.2)

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source: Video Research

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Looks more legit than Oricon’s ranking where only Kashiwagi Yuki ranked in in from AKB48?

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