Banyak karakter-karakter maid alias pembantu yang manis-manis maupun imut di anime-anime Jepang. Fenomena tersebut membuat laman anime asal Jepang Anime! Anime! membuat survei mengenai para maid anime terfavorit. Inilah karakter-karakter maid anime terfavorit berdasarkan survei dari Anime! Anime!:
- Rem (Re:Zero)
- Sakuya Izayoi (Touhou Project)
- Tohru (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon)
- Ai Hayasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War)
- Misaki Ayuzawa (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!)
- Roberta (Black Lagoon)
- Ram (Re:Zero)
- Maria (Hayate the Combat Butler)
- Virgo (Fairy Tail)
- Alice (Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid)
- Tama (Gintama)
- Kotori Minami (Love Live! School Idol Project)
- Mahoro Andou (Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden)
- Mikuru Asahina (Suzumiya Haruhi)
- Chihiro Komiya (Shounen Maid)
- Mey-rin (Black Butler)
- Noelle (Genshin Impact)
- Kirumi Tojo (Danganronpa)
- Roboco (Me & Roboco)
- Wilhelmina Carmel (Shakugan no Shana)
