Last Updated on 11 February 2024
I was able to find 20 lists. I took the 20 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every robot. I averaged the rankings each one got and divided that average by a factor of the number of lists it was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The robots that were on the most lists (out of 20) were:
- R2-D2 – Star Wars (1977) – 17 lists
- C-3PO – Star Wars (1977) – 16 lists
- T-800 – Terminator (1984) – 14 lists
- WALL-E – WALL-E (2008) – 14 lists
- The Iron Giant – The Iron Giant (1999) – 12 lists
- Roy Batty – Blade Runner (1982) – 11 lists
- Data – Star Trek: Generations (1994) – 11 lists
- Optimus Prime – Transformers (2007) – 10 lists
- Robby the Robot – Forbidden Planet (1956) – 10 lists
- Johnny 5 – Short Circuit (1986) – 10 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- Ranker – 15 Jan 2024
- MovieWeb – 29 Sep 2023
- ScreenRant: Movies – 10 May 2022
- Space.com – 19 Oct 2021
- SlashFilm – 1 Sep 2021
- Paste Magazine – 17 Jun 2021
- Screenrant: TV – 26 Nov 2019
- Geek Culture – 30 Oct 2019
- WhatCulture – 8 Jul 2019
- National Museums of Scotland – 21 Feb 2019
- Collider – 1 Dec 2017
- WatchMojo – 28 Aug 2016
- House of Geekery – 13 Jun 2016
- Business Insider – 29 Aug 2015
- Rolling Stone – 8 Jul 2015
- Silicon Republic – 23 Jan 2015
- Den of Geek – 12 Apr 2012
- Pop Matters – 7 Jul 2011
- Pajiba – 31 Aug 2009
- Rotten Tomatoes – 23 Jun 2009