Webbed-wonder Spider-Man is voted world's favourite superhero - here is the top four

Friendly neighbourhood hero Spider-Man has been named the most popular Avenger in the world, according to new data.

Researchers at language learning app Busuu looked at Google Trends search data to see which Marvel superhero is popular in various countries across the globe.

Spider-Man was crowned 2021’s most popular superhero in the world as the film Spider-Man: No Way Home continues to reign at cinema box offices everywhere

The five most popular members of the Avengers were compared in the study, including Spider-Man, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man and Captain America.

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Ninety-six countries were analysed by researchers. They used search volumes in the last 12 months to determine the most popular hero per country, then the most popular hero worldwide.

Spider-Man came out well in front of the other Avengers with the term being most searched in 67 percent of the countries researched.

In second place – with a sizable difference in percentage – came Thor who was most popular in 21 percent of countries in the world.

Bruce Banner, or the Hulk, as the character is more commonly known, was the most searched hero in eight per cent out of the 96 countries, ranking him in third place.

Surprisingly, Iron Man, who is portrayed by Robert Downey Jr in the Marvel films, came in fourth place with four per cent of countries searching for the metal hero.

Sitting bottom of the pack and making him the least popular Avenger is Captain America who managed to be most searched for in zero countries.

European countries accounted for a large majority of Spider-Man searches with Germany, France, Spain, and Italy being particularly big fans of Peter Parker’s alter ego.