Takara Tomy, a famous Japanese manufacturer of anime merchandise, conducted an official popularity poll on its website.
The voting took place from May 12-May 31, 2014, with 560,584 votes cast.
1. Karasuno High's vice-principal (271,014 votes)
2. Shōyō Hinata (55,652 votes)
3. Tobio Kageyama (54,050 votes)
4. Kōshi Sugawara (31,672 votes)
5. Tōru Oikawa (28,993 votes)
6. Ryūnosuke Tanaka (23,016 votes)
7. Yui Michimiya (10,949 votes)
8. Kiyoko Shimizu (9,290 votes)
9. Hajime Iwaizumi (8,968 votes)
10. Yū Nishinoya (7,560 votes)
11. Kei Tsukishima (4,595 votes)
12. Tetsurō Kuroo (2,339 votes)
13. Kenma Kozume (2,113 votes)
14. Daichi Sawamura (1,785 votes)
15. Tadashi Yamaguchi (1,717 votes)
16. Akira Kunimi (1,619 votes)
17. Keishin Ukai (1,220 votes)
18. Asahi Azumane (1,053 votes)
19. Volleyball (1,049 votes)
20. Ittetsu Takeda (999 votes)