WHO’S THE MOST POPULAR CHARACTER TO COSPLAY?

Over the last twenty years, cosplay has become a pretty popular activity because more and more people are dressing up as their favorite characters and then ‘performing’ wherever they so wish, be it at comic book conventions, public events, or via their own social media. In fact, cosplay has become so popular, that my mates over at DIYS.com have decided to find out which range of characters cosplayers prefer to imitate.





In order to do this, though, they first had to carry out these four steps:

• Step One) Create a list of the top one hundred characters currently prevalent in pop culture, such as Batman, Harry Potter, and other figures of this nature.
• Step Two) Sort this list of characters into five specific groups, including a group for Disney, anime, superheroes, video games, and TV and film.
• Step Three) Use Instagram to count which of these characters have the most hashtags linked with any appropriate phrase, like, 'x cosplay', 'x costume', and 'x dress up'.
• Step Four) Once everything has been collected together, tally these results to determine which characters are the most popular to cosplay [All Instagram hashtag data was collected on the 7th of April, 2021].

What now follows are the results of these findings -- or to be more specific about it, a quick rundown of The Top Five Characters to Cosplay -- all of which have been arranged into groups and ranked by each character's total hashtags. In addition to this, I’ve also been allowed to share a complimentary video showing some cosplayers in action. So go on, check them out, and tell us what you think in the comment section below.

In closing, I’d like to thank Charlie, Jenna, Spider-Girl, and the rest of the wonderful cosplayers who've allowed me to feature them in this article, before encouraging you to check out the official DIYS.com Website, Facebook, and Twitter pages.