Individual volumes have appeared in Diamond Comic Distributors's lists of 300 best-selling graphic novels in North America several times.[122][123][124] In 2011, the Japanese website Ameba conducted a "Top 10" online web poll of the "Best Shōnen Jump Manga of the 21st Century" and Eyeshield 21 was placed seventh,[125][126] although in another poll of the best Shōnen Jump titles that the readers nonetheless did not want to continue reading, Eyeshield 21 ranked twentieth.[127] The anime adaptation was also featured several times in Japanese television rankings,[128][129] with the first episode having a 7.5 percent television viewership rating.[130] In 2006, Japanese television network TV Asahi conducted a poll for the top hundred anime, and Eyeshield 21 was placed 47th.[131] Moreover, Eyeshield 21's series is credited with increasing the number of Japanese teenagers playing American football.[132][133]