Fate/Grand Order 11th Anniversary Player Survey Results

Famitsu conducted a survey on the players of Fate/Grand Order to commemorate the game’s 11th anniversary, and published the results in the 20-27 August 2026 issue of the magazine.

The surveyees

The survey was conducted from 3-9 July 2026 and answered by 3679 people, consisting of 1556 male, 1889 female, and 234 other users. 35.8% of surveyees were in their 20s while 37.3% were in their 30s, 14% were in their 40s, 11.2% were 19 and below, and 2.7% were above 50.

Not all surveyees answered all questions.

7.8% of surveyees had master levels under 140, 13.8% were at 141-159, 16.3% were at 160-179, 8.7% were at 180-189, 9.9% were at 190-194, and 23.1 were at 200. 0.7% of surveyees did not answer the question.

45.8% of players chose a male master, while 53.5% chose a female master (0.7% of surveyees did not answer this question).

When players first started playing the game

•  Pre-registration: 16.2%
• Within 2015: 7.7%
• Within 2016: 11%
• Within 2017: 17.7%
• Within 2018: 9.3%
• Within 2019: 8%
• Within 2020: 6.3%
• Within 2021: 4.1%
• Within 2022: 3.6%
• Within 2023: 3.9%
• Within 2024: 4.1%
• Within 2025: 5.6%
• Within 2026: 2.1%
• Did not answer: 0.4%

Main story progress

Surveyees were asked about their progress on the main story.

•  Up to the latest chapter – 81.4%
• Past Chaldea – 9%
• Start of After Time – 3.3%
• Part 2 final chapter – 0.8%
• Ordeal Call 4: Trinity Metatronius – 0.5%
• Ordeal Call 3: Archetype Inception – 0.4%
• Ordeal Call 2: Id – 0.5%
• Ordeal Call 1: Paper Moon – 0.3%
• Have not cleared part 2 (pre-Ordeal Call) – 2.4%
• Have not cleared part 1.5 – 0.3%
• Have not cleared part 1 – 0.6%
• Did not answer the question – 0.6%

Top ten events that left the strongest impressions

1. Antioch/Snow Field (Strange Fake collaboration): 567 votes
2. Mahoutsukai no Yoru After Night: 361
3. Gudaguda Shinsengumi the End: 255
4. SE.RA.PH: 241
5. Rakurui no Tsubasa (Typhon event): 227
6. Chaldea U Summer Island (Summer 2025): 156
7. Servant Summer Festival: 110
8. Servant Summer Festival 2023: 108
9. Gudaguda Ryoma Kiki Ippatsu: 105
10. BB Presents Celeb Summer Experience: 97

Top ten five star servants that players want

1. U-Olga Marie: 215 votes
2. Lord Logres: 158
3. Urd: 127
4. John Lackland: 119
5. Askalaphos: 91
6. Kawakami Gensai: 79
7. Richard I: 78
8. Indra: 77
9. Francois Prelati: 66
10. Typhon Ephemeros: 60

Players’ predictions for servants to get swimsuits next

(The survey was conducted before the summer event announcements at FGO Fes 2026)

Male servants

1. Senji Muramasa: 230 votes
2. Takasugi Shinsaku: 225
3. Indra: 198
4. Taigong Wang: 192
5. Dante Alighieri: 141
6. Arthur Pendragon (Prototype): 139
7. James Moriary (Ruler): 139
8. Jason: 108
9. Elkidu: 93
10. Ozymandias 86

Female servants

1. Lilith: 277 votes
2. Koyanskaya of Light: 237
3. Beni Enma: 225
4. Archetype Earth: 193
5. Aozaki Aoko: 161
6. Johanna: 118
7. Typhon Ephemeros: 91
8. Kukulkan: 82
9. Medusa (rider): 79
10. Circe: 76

Top ten Type Moon characters players would like to see implemented in Fate/Grand Order

• 1: Aozaki Touko: 375 votes
• 2: Tohno Shiki: 290
• 3: Caster (Strange Fake): 107
• 4: Matou Shinji: 98
• 5: Flat Escardos: 97
• 6: Sajou Manaka: 86
• 7: Gilgamesh (Prototype): 83
• 8: Sajou Ayaka: 80
• 9: Tohno Akiha: 53
• 10: Archer (Fate/Samurai Remnant): 51

(Entry 8’s name is written in kanji as 沙条綾香, which is the version of the name used in Prototype and Himuro no Tenchi, as opposed to Strange Fake’s which is written in katakana as アヤカ・サジョウ)

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Saber

1. Artoria Pendragon: 368 votes
2. Senji Muramasa: 268
3. Lord Logres: 232
4. Miyamoto Iori: 215
5. Saito Hajime: 168
6. Okita Souji: 158
7. Miyamoto Musashi: 147
8. Arthur Pendragon: 121
9. Richard I: 115
10. Charlemagne: 96

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Archer

1. Gilgamesh: 553 votes
2. Baoban Sith: 236
3. Takasugi Shinsaku: 229
4. Ptolemaios: 212
5. James Moriarty: 181
6. Emiya: 147
7. Arjuna: 144
8. Ishtar: 123
9. Euryale: 116
10. Larva/Tiamat: 104

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Lancer

1. Melusine: 528 votes
2. Elkidu: 455
3. Indra: 298
4. Karna: 268
5. Ereshkigal: 249
6. Scathach: 232
7. Harada Sanosuke: 157
8. Cu Chulainn: 122
9. Sakamoto Ryoma: 104
10. Artoria Pendragon: 77

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Rider

1. Ozymandias: 391 votes
2. Taigong Wang: 347
3. Nemo/Noah: 272
4. Nemo: 227
5. Hippolyte: 167
6. Iskandar: 150
7. Mandricardo: 142
8. Achilles: 104
9. Kriemhild: 104
10. Sima Yi: 99

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Caster

1. Aesc the Savior: 748
2. Artoria Caster: 617
3. Merlin: 292
4. Gilgamesh: 187
5. Zhuge Liang: 144
6. Kuonji Alice: 133
7. Scheherazade: 116
8. Francois Prelati: 93
9. Ilya: 89
10. Cu Chulainn: 89

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Assassin

1. Kawakami Gensai: 612 votes
2. The Old Man of the Mountain: 408
3. Kama: 374
4. Tezcatlipoca: 326
5. Koyanskaya of Light: 268
6. Okada Izo: 207
7. Ryogi Shiki: 196
8. Jack the Ripper: 106
9. Gray: 79
10. Yan Qing: 75

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Berserker

1. Artoria Caster (Berserker): 640 votes
2. Morgan: 631
3. Lilith: 340
4. Arjuna Alter: 325
5. Sakata Kintoki: 177
6. Heracles: 137
7. Louhi: 115
8. Cu Chulainn Alter: 112
9. Hijikata Toshizo: 81
10. Duryodhana: 65

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Extra I

1. Mashu: 640 votes
2. Ciel: 391
3. Jeanne Alter (Avenger): 341
4. The Count of Monte Cristo: 328
5. Archetype Earth: 272
6. Nobunaga (Avenger): 92
7. Uesugi Kenshin: 83
8. Edmond Dantes: 82
9. Todo Heisuke: 77
10. Hessian Lobo: 71

Top ten servants chosen as Grand Extra II

1. U-Olga Marie: 697 votes
2. Oberon: 444
3. Solomon: 210
4. Meltryllis: 193
5. Ashiya Doman: 183
6. Phantasmoon: 158
7. Dante Alighieri: 129
8. Space Ereshkigal: 128
9. Sodom’s Beast/Draco: 111
10. Typhon Ephemeros: 101

Have players used a Compass of Retrospection?

Yes: 55.7% / No: 43.3% (1% unanswered)

Times used by players who did use it:

• Once: 29.3%
• Twice: 21.5%
• 3 times: 12.6%
• 4: 7.3%
• 5: 9.1%
• 6-10: 13.8%
• 11-20: 4.6%
• 21-30: 0.9%
• 31-44: 0.6%
• 45 or more: 0.3%

Number of servants at bond level 15

• 0: 17%
• 1: 9.7%
• 2: 8%
• 3: 8.1%
• 4: 6.6%
• 5:-7: 14.6%
• 8-10: 11.7%
• 11-15: 10.4%
• 16-20: 4.8%
• 21-49: 2.8%
• 50 or more:  0.2%
• Unanswered: 6.1%

Comments on what players want improved

• “The ability to use 10 tickets at a time” (30s/M)
• “The ability to raise multiple skill levels at a time.” (30s/F)
• “A way to replay story battles.” (30s/M)
• “An option to turn off special BGM for NPs, as it can be strange when it cancels out story or boss music.” (30s/M)
• “An auto battle mode or something like 3 skip tickets per day!” (30s/F)
• “Pickups for 5 star craft essences” (20s/F)
• “More individual grand servant slots for extra classes” (20s/M)
• “A way to not have to keep choosing the friend servant again when redoing the same quest.” (10s/F)

Comments on the 11th anniversary

• “Please don’t end” (20s/M)
• “Please give us a happy ending” (20s/F)
• “Go as far as you can!” (30s/M)
• “Congratulations on completing part 2! Playing made me fall in love with many ages, people and gods (I read lots of books on history and mythology!)” (20s/F)
• “Give us swimsuits for the whole shinsengumi!” (30s/F)
• “The ending was perfect, so please end it.” (40s/M)
• “Give us a console release!” (40s/M)
• “When’s the Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver collaboration event!?” (20s/F)
• “Keep running towards the grand finale” (30s)
• “Aim for a 20th anniversary!” (30s/M)

Also see:

Fate/Grand Order 10th Anniversary Player Survey Results

Event Report: Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2026 ～11th Anniversary～ (Part 1)