The 1960s
The beginning
On July 11, 1968 Shueisha launched a new boys' magazine, published every two weeks, to take on Shōnen Magazine and Shōnen Sunday, which had been on newsstands for almost ten years. Arriving late, with the established artists already working for the competition, it bet on newcomers and on asking readers what they wanted. Issue 11 brought its first hits, Harenchi Gakuen and Otoko Ippiki Gaki-Daishō; in 1969 it became a weekly.
- Issues
- 40
- New series
- 28
- Most often first in the issue
- Chichi no Tamashii and Harenchi Gakuen 7 times each
The longest-running series born this decade
The 1970s
The formula
The 70s set the formula. A survey of children gave the magazine its motto, «friendship, effort, victory», and the reader poll in every issue decides which series carry on and which are cancelled, as it still does today (follow it in the TOC ranking). Circuit no Ōkami sparked a supercar craze and opened more issues than any other series of the decade; in 1976 KochiKame began a 40-year run without missing a week, and in 1979 came Kinnikuman.
- Issues
- 522
- New series
- 162
- Most often first in the issue
- Circuit no Ōkami 52 times
The longest-running series born this decade
The 1980s
The golden age
The golden age. In a few years came Dr. Slump, Captain Tsubasa, Fist of the North Star, Dragon Ball, City Hunter, Saint Seiya and JoJo. Their anime took them around the world and the Jump went from a successful magazine to a cultural phenomenon.
- Issues
- 512
- New series
- 154
- Most often first in the issue
- KochiKame and Dragon Ball 26 times each
The longest-running series born this decade
The 1990s
The record
The all-time peak: issue 3-4 of 1995 sold 6.53 million copies, a record no manga magazine has come close to since, with Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk and Rurouni Kenshin in its pages. Dragon Ball ended that same year and Slam Dunk in 1996; sales fell and in 1997 Shōnen Magazine took first place. The answer was a new generation: One Piece (1997), Hunter × Hunter (1998) and Naruto (1999).
- Issues
- 482
- New series
- 134
- Most often first in the issue
- Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai and Slam Dunk 24 times each
The longest-running series born this decade
The 2000s
The big three
The «big three» era: One Piece, Naruto and Bleach (2001) took turns at the front of the magazine, opening 145 issues between them this decade, while Eyeshield 21, Death Note and Gintama proved there was still room for surprises. In 2002 the Jump won back first place in sales.
- Issues
- 482
- New series
- 115
- Most often first in the issue
- One Piece 65 times
The longest-running series born this decade
The 2010s
Handover and the digital leap
A decade of handover: Naruto ended in 2014, Bleach and KochiKame in 2016, and Haikyu!!, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen took over. The magazine also moved to phones: the Shōnen Jump+ app launched in 2014 and MANGA Plus in 2019, publishing chapters worldwide the same day as in Japan.
- Issues
- 480
- New series
- 118
- Most often first in the issue
- One Piece 75 times
The longest-running series born this decade
The 2020s
Today
Demon Slayer ended in 2020 at the very top of the TOC, and in 2024 My Hero Academia and Jujutsu Kaisen said goodbye. Taking over are series born global, read at the same time in dozens of countries, such as Sakamoto Days, Kagurabachi or Akane-banashi, while One Piece heads into its final saga.
- Issues
- 328
- New series
- 90
- Most often first in the issue
- One Piece 53 times
The longest-running series born this decade
The longest-running
Series that appeared in the most issues of the magazine
- KochiKame 1976–20161,953
- One Piece since 19971,196
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1987–2004773
- Naruto 1999–2014699
- Gintama 2004–2018698
- Bleach 2001–2016686
- Dragon Ball 1984–1995513
- Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar 2000–2010434
- My Hero Academia 2014–2024430
- Rokudenashi Blues 1988–1997421
Most often first
Series that opened the most issues: the first pages of the magazine, usually in colour, go to the series doing best that week
- One Piece215
- KochiKame70
- Naruto62
- Bleach58
- Circuit no Ōkami52
- Otoko Ippiki Gaki-Daishō47
- Dragon Ball42
- Eyeshield 2136
Milestone issues
From the first one to this week's · every cover in the timeline
Sources: issues, covers and tables of contents from ComicVine and, since 2016, from jump.fandom.com. «Issues» counts the ones where a series appears in the table of contents. Weekly Shōnen Jump © Shueisha.
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