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Manga. Mostly shounen.
I say fantasy, I guess.
People want to escape their mundane lives and be placed in something fantastical.
Just my opinion.
Interesting.
as the authors get stressed trying to create a plot 
nah but I get the escapism element and understand it.
Most kids/adults I’ve met aren’t reading. Is that an option that would go under “other”?
Not so, due to manga, comics, and webtoons.
English teacher here 
Very few of my many students read. I’m not saying no one reads these days. I’m merely saying that in my experience, majority of people I have met aren’t reading
Wait, so you’re a published author and an English teacher as well?
I have a lot of random casual jobs 
Cats have nine lives. You have nine jobs.
As for this one, I’d guess the most popular genre is romance. Because apparently people are into that even if it is extremely cliche and cringey
Romance will ALWAYS be more popular to Fantasy.
Hell, even romantasy is a popular thing.
People want to find love like a romance book in real life, well some people do. Most people would rather have an idealistic romance than something real.
At least that is how I see it.
And this is why so many relationships go wrong 
Yeah, unfortunately.
Real people don’t work like that…
It’s probably a tie between fantasy and romance, tbh.
Fantasy and romance are definitely the most popular, going by what people in my circle read most
Wowzers!
definately.
would you say that the anime industry has grown largely?
There are a lot more English speakers who take Anime and Manga seriously these days. So the audience has grown.