Two separate Chinese popularity polls revealing the most and least popular Genshin Impact characters have recently surfaced online. These two polls were released on January 2, 2023. Some placements are pretty easy to predict, but others might surprise some readers.
It is worth noting that such rankings are only indicative of a portion of the Chinese playerbase. Other regions might have different results altogether. Nonetheless, it's worth checking out the popularity polls established by a few dozen Genshin Impact players down below.
The two popularity polls are separated by male and female Genshin Impact characters. The list above features the female cast. Since it's written in Chinese, here is a translation:
Some results aren't too surprising. Aloy is a third-party character with little connection to Genshin Impact, so that's likely why she's dead last. Similarly, Nahida and Raiden Shogun are Archons with great relevance in the metagame, meaning that their top placements are to be expected of them.
The stark difference between the 12th and 13th placements is also noticeable, as Keqing has nearly double the votes compared to Candace. Unsurprisingly, many recently added characters also did quite well, implying that some recency bias is at work, with much of the older cast tending to rank lower.
That doesn't apply to the whole cast. For example, Keqing is still loved, whereas somebody like Dori was near the last place. However, it is a general trend worth noting nonetheless.
Nahida came first amongst all female Genshin Impact characters, accruing 38780 votes, which is also higher than the most beloved male character in the next poll. In last place was Aloy, who only had a paltry 142 votes. Xinyan is the least popular female
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