Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which female anime character looks the best that has a ponytail? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (53.7%), female fans (46.3%) and teens to their 20s (68%) while the other 32% are 30 and over.
Here are the results:
20) Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)
19) Chizuru Yukimura (Hakuouki)
18) Minami Shimada (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
17) Kyuubei Yagyuu (Gintama)
16) Nanami Aoyama (Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)
15) Sasha Braus (Attack on Titan)
14) Touka Yada (Assassination Classroom)
13) Kaori Kanzaki (A Certain Series)
12) Hibiki Ganaha (The iDOLM@STER)
11) Houki Shinonono (Infinite Stratos)
10) Leafa (Sword Art Online)
9) Ayano Sugiura (Yuru Yuri)
8) Gou Matsuoka (Free!)
7) Hitagi Senjougahara (Monogatari)
6) Ui Hirasawa (K-On!)
5) Tae Shimura (Gintama)
4) Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
3) Kyouko Sakura (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
2) Popura Taneshima (Working!!!)
1) Eli Ayase (Love Live! School Idol Project)