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Something is inexplicably very popular outside its birth nation. Perhaps far more than within.

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Anime & Manga

 * Since the 1990s, Anime became very popular in Labligary.

Animation

 * Let's Storm is hugely popular in Yablaria with boatloads of merchandise sold all over the place.
 * The Loud House is popular in Yablaria and Riraland.
 * Dexter's Laboratory, The Amazing World of Gumball, and The Powerpuff Girls are popular in Xutrijan.
 * While Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat has been forgotten in America, it's still popular among Labligarians as the show still airs there.
 * Amphibia and The Owl House may be popular in Tinnesia.

Video Games

 * PC gaming is popular in Yablaria, Landincastan, Las Laticia and Riraland since the 2000s.
 * Nintendo Switch is popular in Riraland, Landincastan and Tinnesia.
 * Sega Mega Drive is pretty much synonymous with the 16-bit era in Haclosia, Kedikerto and Labligary. In contrast, Super Nintendo is virtually unknown to everyone other than retro gaming geeks and the very few rich kids who had it back in the day.
 * Meanwhile in Landincastan, Las Laticia and Riraland, Super Nintendo is more popular than Mega Drive.
 * When The Sims 2 released, The Sims series is a big hit in Riraland.
 * Minecraft is very popular in Riraland.
 * Pop'n Music series and Cookie Run are very popular in Labligary.
 * Animal Crossing series is a big hit in Tinnesia.
 * PaRappa the Rapper is the same way in Danuvia, to the point a statue of him was erected on the Danube embankment in Felvigrad, in front of the Parliament building, and another in the Danuvian Video Game Museum.

Networks

 * Despite Haclosia and Kedikerto isn't Malaysian territories, RTM, Media Prima, and Astro are gaining attention in these countries and it can be found in cable and satellite television providers in Haclosia and Kedikerto.
 * Cartoon Network and Disney Channel are both successful US-originated kids channels in Xutrijan, while Nickelodeon is almost dead-last in kids' television.

Technology

 * Commodore 64 and Amiga were popular in Riraland.
 * VHS was hugely popular in Riraland.

Toys

 * The Transformers toy line is extremely popular in Danuvia.

Internet

 * Online shopping is very popular in Xutrijan while online shopping is batting with retailers in Haclosia and Riraland.
 * WhatsApp is popular in Catrari but Kairocord then Discord is popular in Riraland.
 * YTMND is still popular in Katlin, and increasing in the rest of Delgatia.

Sports

 * Soccer is the most popular sport in Catrari except Las Laticia.
 * While soccer is Europe's most popular sport, Danuvians prefer baseball. They still however are good at soccer.

Restaurants and Food

 * Pumper Nic, the long-gone Argentine fast-food chain, lives on in Riraland.
 * The Israeli dairy snack pudding Milky, produced by the Strauss corporation, is incredibly popular in Labligary.
 * After Tinnesian Revolution of 1999, Indonesian instant noodle, Indomie is popular in Tinnesia.
 * This is led to opening of Tinnesian Indomie factory in 2003.

Game Shows

 * In Antarctica, Wheel of Fortune is especially popular. There are 2 local versions: the daytime version which airs on ABN, which has been running nonstop since 1979, and a nighttime version with higher prize values that has been airing in local syndication since 1991. (Though, in the 23 markets with an ABN O&O station, that station usually airs the syndicated nighttime version as well as the daytime version.)
 * Press Your Luck is in second-place behind Wheel. The Antarctic version of the show has been airing on ABN since 1985, and like Wheel, a nighttime syndicated version with higher prize values has been airing since 1995. (Again, in the 23 markets with an ABN O&O station, that station usually airs the syndicated nighttime version as well as the daytime version.)
 * Russia loves its game shows. ViD, which is pretty much THE Russian TV network, has a local version of Wheel of Fortune, which draws the same ratings NFL games do in the States. ViD also owns the rights to local adaptations of Jeopardy, Press Your Luck, Merv Griffin’s Crosswords, Match Game, Card Sharks, Family Feud, Supermarket Sweep, Pyramid, Blockbusters, Supermarket Sweep, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Password, and Bullseye, and these are just the ones that are still being produced - almost every American or British game show, has had a Russian version on ViD. The second place behind Wheel has been alternating between Jeopardy and PYL for quite a while, and ViD has a whole digital subchannel dedicated to game shows. ViD’s competitors try to make their own game shows (since ViD owns almost all the successful Western formats), but these keep failing as ViD (besides having affiliated stations in rural areas, which is something its competitors don’t bother to invest in, since their parent companies are several orders of magnitude smaller than the Mega Corp that runs ViD) draws all the viewers.

Miscellaneous

 * LOLcats are still one of the most popular memes across Delgatia, to the point where Impact font memes are still considered the "default" meme format, unlike in the rest of the world, where Mematic-styled memes are now considered the "default".
 * Atlantic Disneyland, a theme park located in northwestern Sintopia, is more popular with people from New England and Atlantic Canada, than it is with actual Sintopians, who prefer Millennium World (the local franchise of Six Flags).