The DC villain with the most potential real-life disciples is Harley Quinn with approximately 3.2 million devoted fans.
Researchers have sought to find out which DC villains would have the highest followership in real life. The team studied each Justice League enemy, from the Silver Age, until the DC Rebirth, and analysed global search volumes for each villain to find out who would have the largest following and which countries their fans would hail from.
Perhaps to no one’s surprise, the DC villain (or perhaps better described as an anti-hero or tragic character) with the biggest followership would be Harley Quinn! The former intern psychiatrist has approximately 3.2 million online searches, most of which are from the US (19%), France (6%) and Mexico (6%). Quinn beats her lover The Joker by a whopping 2.6 million potential fans!
The Joker comes in second place with approximately 518,000 global monthly searches. Most of The Joker’s fans are US based (42%), followed by UK (12%) and Australia (4%). In third place we have one of the Dark Knight’s most enduring (and charming) enemies, Catwoman, with 340,000 followers worldwide.
With half the followers The Joker has, the villain with the fourth biggest followership is Darkseid (247,000 potential real-life fans). Most of Darkseid’s followers are located in the US (37%), followed by Brazil (7%) and the UK (6%).
The power-mad business magnate Lex Luthor comes in fifth place with almost 200,000 potential real-life followers worldwide. Played by Jesse Eisenberg on screen, most of Lex Luthor’s fans are from the US (27%), Brazil (11%) and UK (6%). In sixth place we have none other than Poison Ivy with 142,000 potential fans worldwide (Harley Quinn being one of them most likely), followed by the Enchantress in seventh place with 132,000 potential fans.
Batman’s guru turned nemesis Ra’s al Ghul would have around 99,000 followers around the world! Following closely in ninth place is Solomon Grundy, the murder victim brought back to life as a corporeal revenant having approximately 98,000 people interested in him.
With rumours of Brainiac being a villain in the Superman Reboot, it’s no surprise people who prefer supporting the outlaws are interested in him. In fact, based on Google searches, Brainiac would have approximately 85,000 supporters in real life.
The research was commissioned ahead of the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League on March 18th, 2021.
The research was commissioned by OnBuy Movies.
