Villager Tier List for Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Updated: 5/19)

[Blueskyy]

His house is very creepy and with the new gravestone items there has been a spike of people wanting "creepy villagers" thanks to a lot of inspo images people post.

Meanwhile I’m sitting here happy I have Mitzi and her basic little house.

 

[trashpedia]

Awww Wolfgang u_u I feel like he’s one of the rlly underrated cranky wolf villagers.

 

[j1119]

I’ve been reading the recent discussion on Merry and I think another reason for her rising popularity and meme factor is this:
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The clip in the linked tweet of this dialogue has 17k retweets, 62k likes, and 964k (almost a million!!) views at the time of this posting, tons of articles written on it, and I was super active on twitter when it went viral—I recall a lot of new players wanting Merry specifically because she said this, not knowing it’s just generic peppy dialogue, as well as a lot of homophobic people getting mad about it and again, new players who didn’t know how Animal Crossing dialogue works would argue with them by saying things like “lol you can literally just not have Merry on your island and you’ll never hear it”. So basically the idea that Merry is the ultimate lesbian ally got spread just because she was the peppy who happened to be the subject of this clip, and honestly I’m all for it and she’s especially adorable in her photo trying to hide her little double chin lol.

I got that dialogue from Bella the first few days after launch and I knew I should've shared it online

 

[spawnpoint]

I got Marshall for a bid of 70 nmt on discord. So him passing Raymond is laughable at this point. Saw Raymond twice go for over 2000 nmt yesterday.

I actually got him for 25 nmt, seems like his popularity really is declining

 

[renzrup]

I actually got him for 25 nmt, seems like his popularity really is declining

I think OP mentioned that popularity is not mutually exclusive to market value. It’s most likely that lot of people already have him on their islands now. And he has an existing Amiibo. Tons of players love him and I doubt that will ever decline.

 

[aesbea]

Super cool to see Judy move to S+ tier! A LOT of people want her now (I assume that maybe those who wanted Raymond got him already and are now seeking other villagers)

She reminds me of a 90s anime. I got her luckily from a friend who was able to trade her for Diana! I saw her bids and could not possibly keep up!!

I also wonder if Pekoe will rise...her popularity is kind of tied with Genji and those two are 'commonly shipped' as genkoe LOL it's so cute though

 

[milkie]

im not surprised by judy at all. like i know on twitter theres been an insane demand for her like i know most of my friends have spent hours and a bunch of nm tickets trying to find her. i got lucky enough to win a giveaway for her even though i was saving up to look for her myself.

but yeah also dom rising is so good i can see him being s ranked soon. i noticed that there was an influx of appreication for him after people discovered how popular he was in jp/kr twitter like tbh i didnt have any opinions of him until i saw a lot of memes of his expressiveness

 

[Believe]

Every time I see a spike in popularity due to a surge in memes just reminds me again that a lot of these villagers could potentially be very popular if given as much exposure as others

 

[Eevees]

Judy totally deserves be S+ tier she is so sweet!

 

[Mairen]

Awww Wolfgang u_u I feel like he’s one of the rlly underrated cranky wolf villagers.

If it makes you feel better, Wolfgang is my absolute favorite villager and I feel like he deserves more love too!

My thoughts from compiling data today: "wow, Judy is almost caught up to raymond!" "why is merry this popular all of a sudden?"

*please note my thoughts are not indicative of what the actual updates are going to be. Also keep in mind I solely gather data from Belltree. Indo does the rest*

 

[Blueskyy]

I have to say I love Blanche, but I just adopted Julia and wow she is great.

 

[spawnpoint]

Every time I see a spike in popularity due to a surge in memes just reminds me again that a lot of these villagers could potentially be very popular if given as much exposure as others

can someone PLEASE post some of O'Hare ;-;

 

[Ananas Dragon]

Rankings are based on a grading system. The rankings are:

Spoiler: Tier rankings

S+
S
A
B
C
D
Untiered

Next, we have to discuss two things: popularity & market value. The tiers are based on a combination of popularity and market value with popularity weighing in slightly heavier by comparison.

Market value is incorporated into the list with a value symbol next to each villager depicting how much they are currently going for. You will also see trending tags indicating if a specific villager is seeing spikes in popularity/value.

For now, market values will only be indicated for Tiers S+, S, A & B.

Spoiler: Market value legend

Sell Value (approx.)
$$$$$ = 500+ NMTs
$$$$ = 100+ NMTs
$$$ = 50-100 NMTs
$$ = 10-50 NMTs
$ = <10 NMTs

Trending Tags
Trending Up = Villager is seeing increased popularity/value
Trending Down = Villager is seeing decreased popularity/value
Recently Promoted = Moved up a tier
Recently Demoted = Moved down a tier

How often will this list be updated?
Market value changes will be updated 2-3 times a week.
Tier changes (if any) will be updated every 1-2 weeks.

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The raw data can be accessed in a google docs here in case someone doesn't use TBT.

Data gathered from: discord, reddit, TBT, twitter & facebook
Data gathered by: Indo & Mairen

Last updated: May 19

Spoiler: S+ Tier

$$$$$ Judy

RECENTLY PROMOTED
$$$$$ Raymond

Spoiler: S Tier

$$$ Ankha

$$$ Audie

TRENDING DOWN
$$ Beau

$$$ Bob

$$ Coco

$$ Diana

TRENDING DOWN
$$ Fauna

TRENDING DOWN
$$$ Lucky

TRENDING UP
$$ Marina

TRENDING DOWN
$$$ Marshal

$$ Merengue

$$$ Sherb

TRENDING UP
$$ Stitches

$$ Zucker

TRENDING DOWN

Spoiler: A Tier

$$ Apollo

$$$ Dom

TRENDING UP
$$ Fang

$$ Goldie

$$ Julian

$$ Kyle

$$ Lily

$$$ Lolly

$$ Maple

$$ Molly

$$ Pietro

TRENDING UP
$$ Punchy

$$ Roald

$$ Rosie

$$ Skye

$$ Tangy

$$ Whitney

Spoiler: B Tier

$$ Aurora

$$ Bam

$$ Bianca

$$ Bunnie

$$ Cherry

$$ Chief

$$ Chrissy

TRENDING UP
$$ Cookie

$$ Dobie

$$ Drago

$$ Erik

TRENDING UP
$$ Flora

$$ Flurry

$$ Francine

$$ Freya

$$ Genji

$$ Hazel

$$ June

$$ Kabuki

$$ Katt

$$ Ketchup

$$ Kid Cat

$$ Kiki

$$ Lobo

$$$ Merry

RECENTLY PROMOTED
$$ Mira

$$ Muffy

$$ Octavian

$$ Pashmina

$$ Poppy

$$ Reneigh

$$ Ruby

$$ Scoot

$$ Sprinkle

$$ Tia

$$ Vivian

TRENDING UP
$$ Wolfgang

RECENTLY DEMOTED

Spoiler: C Tier

Agnes

Antonio

Apple

Beardo

Bluebear

Bill

Billy

Biskit

Blanche

Bones

Boomer

Bruce

Butch

Carmen

Celia

Cheri

Chevre

Colton

Cranston

Cube

Daisy

Doc

Dotty

Drift

Eugene

Filbert

Flip

Flo

Frita

Fuchsia

Gayle

Gladys

Hamlet

Henry

Hornsby

Jay

Julia

TRENDING UP
Kevin

Kidd

Kitty

Lopez

Mac

Megan

Melba

Mint

Mitzi

Olive

Olivia

Peaches

Peanut

Pekoe

Phoebe

Pierce

Pinky

Plucky

Ribbot

Rolf

Roscoe

Rudy

Savannah

Shari

Shep

Snake

Sprocket

Static

Stinky

Teddy

Twiggy

Vesta

Wendy

Zell

Spoiler: D Tier

Agent S
Al
Alfonso
Alice
Alli
Amelia
Astrid
Avery
Axel
Bangle
Bea
Bella
Bertha
Biff
Blaire
Bonbon
Broccolo
Bubbles
Buck
Camofrog
Canberra
Candi
Carrie
Chadder
Chops
Claudia
Cole
Curlos
Cyd
Deirdre
Del
Diva
Dizzy
Ed
Elise
Ellie
Elvis
Eunice
Felicity
Freckles
Gala
Gaston
Goose
Graham
Hans
Harry
Hippeux
Hopper
Huck
Ike
Jacob
Jacques
Jambette
Jeremiah
Jitters
Joey
Keaton
Ken
Kitt
Klaus
Knox
Leopold
Lionel
Louie
Lucha
Lyman
Maddie
Marcel
Marcie
Moe
Moose
Naomi
Nate
Norma
O'hare
Olaf
Ozzie
Pango
Papi
Patty
Paula
Pecan
Peewee
Phil
Piper
Poncho
Portia
Prince
Puddles
Purrl
Quillson
Renee
Rex
Robin
Rocco
Rocket
Rodeo
Rodney
Sheldon
Sly
Spike
Stella
Sterling
Stu
Sylvia
Tabby
Tammy
Tank
Tasha
Tex
Tiffany
Tipper
Tucker
Tutu
Victoria
Violet
Wade
Walker
Walt
Wart Jr.
Willow

Spoiler: Untiered

Admiral
Anabelle
Anchovy
Angus
Anicotti
Annalisa
Annalise
Ava
Baabara
Barold
Becky
Benedict
Benjamin
Bettina
Big Top
Bitty
Boone
Boots
Boris
Boyd
Bree
Broffina
Bud
Buzz
Cally
Caroline
Cashmere
Cesar
Charlise
Chester
Chow
Claude
Clay
Cleo
Clyde
Coach
Cobb
Cousteau
Croque
Curly
Curt
Cyrano
Deena
Deli
Derwin
Dora
Drake
Egbert
elmer
Eloise
Frank
Friga
Frobert
Gabi
Gigi
Gloria
Gonzo
Greta
Grizzly
Groucho
Gruff
Gwen
Hamphrey
Hopkins
Hugh
Iggly
Kody
Leonardo
Limberg
Lucy
Maelle
Maggie
Mallary
Margie
Mathilda
Midge
Miranda
Monique
Monty
Mott
Murphy
Nan
Nana
Nibbles
Opal
Pancetti
Paolo
Pate
Peck
Peggy
Penelope
Pippy
Pompom
Puck
Pudge
Queenie
Raddle
Rasher
Rhonda
Ricky
Rizzo
Rod
Rooney
Rory
Rowan
Sally
Samson
Sandy
Simon
Snooty
Soleil
Sparro
Spork
Sydney
Sylvana
T-Bone
Tad
Tammi
Timbra
Tom
Truffles
Tybalt
Ursala
Velma
Vic
Vladimir
Weber
Winnie
Yuka

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Spoiler: Change Log

Spoiler: 05/19/20

Judy has been promoted to S+ tier. Her average price is 500+ NMTs.

Merry has been promoted to B tier. Her average price is between 50-100 NMTs.

Wolfgang has been demoted to B tier.

Dom's average price has raised from 10-50 NMTs to 50-100. Added trending up tag.

Trending down: Audie, Fauna, Diana, Marina, Zucker
Trending up: Lucky, Sherb, Pietro, Julia, Chrissy, Vivian, Erik

Spoiler: 05/08/20

Audie's average sell price has dropped from 100+ NMTs to 50-100. She continues to trend down.

Coco's average sell price has dropped from 50-100 NMTs to 10-50. She is trending down for the first time.

Trends in popularity:

Trending up: Diana, Lucky, Fang, Molly, Punchy, Tangy, Poppy, Ruby
Trending down: Raymond, Marina, Merengue, Stitches, Dom, Roald

Merry has been promoted from Untier to C tier.

Spoiler: 05/03/20

Prices have stabled the past few days for the following villagers: Raymond, Judy, Bob, Ankha, and Roald. Their trending tags have been removed.

Coco continues to trend up in popularity and remains one of the higher priced villagers.

Audie continues to trend down, if this trend continues she'll soon be below 100+ NMTs in trading price.

Lolly is currently trending down, if this trend continues she'll soon be below 50 NMTs in trading price.

Dom's average price has dropped from 50-100 NMTs to 10-50.

Spoiler: 04/30/20

Marshal's average price has dropped from 100+ NMTs to 50-100.

Stitches' average price has dropped 50-100 NMTs to 10-50.

Lucky's average price has dropped 50-100 NMTs to 10-50.

Apollo's average price has dropped 50-100 NMTs to 10-50.

Rosie's average price has dropped 50-100 NMTs to 10-50.

Raymond, Judy and Audie are trending down.

Ankha, Bob and Coco continue to dominate S tier at the moment and are trending up. They're prices remain stable in the 50-100 NMT range.

Lolly, Molly and Roald are trending up at the moment. Prices have remained stable but they've seen an uptick in popularity/demand.

Spoiler: 04/29/20

Added market values to villagers in tier B.

Added sprites to villagers in tier C.

Spoiler: 04/27/20

Overall, the average price for every villager has come down.

Most villagers that were in the 50-100 NMT range have dropped to 10-50 NMTs: Beau, Diana, Fauna, Tangy, Julian and more.

Ankha has dropped down from 100+ NMTs to 50-100 NMTs.

Since the market has been trending down overall, most of the trending down tags have been removed.

A few villagers remained popular and in demand:
- Most cat villagers
- Apollo & Roald continue to trend up

Raymond, Judy, Dom and Sherb prices are also going down - although they're still expensive by comparison to most villagers.

Because the average price of S tier villagers has gone down, there's been some tier changes.

Marina & Zucker have been promoted to S tier. These villagers are actually some of the most popular in the game. Now with the new market trends they're really competitive in this tier.

Julian has been demoted to A tier.

Ketchup has been demoted to B tier.

Spoiler: 04/24/20

New formatting.

Introducing market values. Villagers from certain tiers now have market value tags indicating approximate trade value. Trade values are averaged across all platforms, including but not limited to: twitter, TBT, facebook, discord and reddit.

New weighing system will go into place next tier update. With the introduction of market value tags, I'll be revisiting tiers and weighing popularity in slightly heavy than market value. Popularity and market value are not mutually exclusive and you can have immensely popular villagers not being traded/sold for much.

Spoiler: 04/22/20

- No tier changes today. Tier changes will happen every couple of days to give the selling/trade market some chance to stabilize. Villager popularity has remained stable throughout the last week or so.

Trending Changes:

S Tier
Trending up: Coco, Marshal, Sherb
Trending down: Audie, Diana, Julian

A Tier
Trending up: Apollo, Lolly, Molly, Pietro, Roald
Trending down: Ketchup, Kyle, Wolfgang

B Tier
Trending up: Flora, Genji, Reneigh
Trending down: Mira, Pashmina

Spoiler: 04/21/20

Marina has been moved from S tier to A tier.

Octavian has been moved from A tier to B tier.

Spoiler: 04/20/20

Added indicators letting users know which villagers are currently trending up/down and which villagers have been recently promoted/demoted. Allows for more visibility and transparency for any future changes as well as reflecting day to day trends in sales.

Zucker has been moved from S tier to A tier. Zucker has been on a rapid decline. Actually, all of the octopuses have. I decided to start with him first and keep an eye closely on Octavian and Marina in the next 24 hours.

Diana has been moved from A tier to S tier. Diana has always been popular within TBT but is actually trending up outside of it.

Cookie has been moved from A tier to B tier.

Limberg has been moved from D tier to untiered.

Eugene has been moved from B tier to C tier.

Bluebear has been moved from B tier to C tier.

Peanut has been moved from B tier to C tier.

Cube has been moved from B tier to C tier.

Vivian has been moved from C tier to B tier.

Bam was placed in both B and C tier - he has been removed from C Tier.

Sprites added for Tiers S+, S, A and B. More will be added later.

Changed thread formating.

Spoiler: 04/19/20

Dom has been removed from B tier. That was just an oversight on my part. He's staying in A tier due to his popularity as a new character and lack of amiibo. He's also quite popular for a jock.

Muffy has been moved from A tier to B tier.

Vivian has been added to C tier. I know some wanted her in B tier and honestly this was a tough call. I cross referenced her with everyone and she wasn't as popular as B tier but was more popular than everyone in C tier - so she's a weird in between. I'd like to ask everyone this: if a villager falls inbetween tiers (which can happen) are they assigned the tier above or below? I thought below personally but I'd like a consensus.

Al has been added to D tier.

Apollo has been moved from S tier to A tier. He is by far the most popular eagle and he's really popular outside TBT but not at the level as some of the other S tier villagers.

Sherb has been moved from A tier to S tier. Sherb and Judy kinda suffer the same fate. They aren't nearly as popular as Audie or Raymond - or even as popular as some villagers in their respective tiers but because of the lack of amiibo their popularity is temporarily inflated.

Genji has been moved from Tier A to Tier B.

Ruby has been moved from Tier A to Tier B.

Tia has been moved from Tier A to Tier B.

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Things to keep in mind:
- Villagers are ranked into tiers, but within the tiers they are listed in no particular order.
- Popularity and market value are not mutually exclusive. You can have immensely popular villagers who do not sell for much.
- Untiered doesn't necessarily your villager isn't popular. Sometimes there just isn't enough data to assess where they belong.

Lastly, the purpose of this list isn't intended to influence the sell/trade market (in TBT or otherwise). It is to inform. It is for this reason that I decided to weigh in popularity heavier than market value

Of course you may also provide feedback! Let me know in this thread and I'll try to update it every couple of days. With the immense popularity of the game, the popularity of villagers tends to move rapidly throughout the weeks so hopefully we can keep up.

Judy overtook Raymond???? WOOHOO

Post automatically merged: May 22, 2020

can someone PLEASE post some of O'Hare ;-;

forgot O'hare at least he's on a tier, (imo) HOP-KINS MEMES

c'mon guys :c give hopkins the love he deserves he's really cute and he's my new buddy c:

 

[Balbanes]

Judy overtook Raymond???? WOOHOO

It’s alphabetical order

 

[Ananas Dragon]

It’s alphabetical order

still, now she's on the same tier

 

[IndoX]

Raymond has been crashing the last few days. Seems a hacker was repeatedly giving him away for free on twitter.

 

[alpacalypse]

i just want to say thank you so much to both you and mairen for gathering all of this info and streamlining it for us! i don't really participate in the villager market, since i find island hopping more fun, but it's really interesting to see how popularity fluctuates (and in some cases, how fragile it is or how easily influenced it can be) o:

 

[Rize]

Woah all my villagers so far are S and A tier o:

 

[spawnpoint]

I-I just realized Tom is untiered... How??

https://imgur.com/a/qBml1MA

I love him so much

 

[R. Planet]

I-I just realized Tom is untiered... How??

https://imgur.com/a/qBml1MA

I love him so much

Totally agree.

And where is the love for my new islander Rasher? (Dipicted below jumping from a hoverboard while hurling apples at an unsuspecting passerby)

He has scars on the front AND back of his head people. What more do you want?