Someone on SerenesForest organized the Echoes characters in the CYL2 for the males and females based on their ranking from that poll. This is the closest to an official Echoes popularity poll we'll probably ever get, something that has been oddly absent compared to past games.
Male character popularity rankings:
1) Alm
2) Kliff
3) Lukas
4) Conrad
5) Python
6) Luthier
7) Zeke
8) Leon
9) Forsyth
10) Saber
11) Valbar
12) Gray
13) Boey
14) Kamui
15) Atlas
16) Tobin
17) Deen
18) Mycen
19) Clive
20) Jesse
21) Nomah
Female character popularity rankings:
1) Celica
2) Delthea
3) Faye
4) Genny
5) Silque
6) Sonya
7) Mae
8) Catria
9) Clair
10) Tatiana
11) Palla
12) Mathilda
13) Est
Keep in mind this is only the playable characters that are accounted. Villains and NPCs are not included. However, if Berkut and Rinea were put in these rankings, they'd both be 3rd for the male and female rankings. Meanwhile Fernand managed to place between Gray and Boey.
So, any thoughts on this? Any character placements that surprised you? Any that you're glad to see high? Any that you feel the opposite towards?
For me, I'm quite quite happy to see two of my favorites, Conrad and Python, ranked very high compared to the other males, especially the latter since most often complain about how lackluster Python is as a unit. With their higher rankings compared to the other male Echoes characters, I'm hoping we'll see both characters in a future banner. Some characters that I wish were higher are Tobin, Gray, Boey, and Forsyth.
As for the females, I feel unsettled that Faye managed to score this high. Apparently, part of the reason for Faye's ranking is because of how popular is in Japan. In addition, characters with crushes or some kind of attraction to the main character tend to be popular from their series (just look at Tharja and Camilla from their respective games, Hinata from Naruto, Rem from Re:Zero, etc.). On the bright side, I'm glad to see best wing sister Catria win out on top compared to her other sisters. Now, if only Catria scored a bit higher.