Ang SpongeBob SquarePants ay ang nag-iisang ''kartun'' tona consistentlypalaging makenasasama the Topsa pinaka-10 list in thesa Nielsen ratings,. andIto isrin theang firstunang "low''kartun'' budget"na Nickelodeonnangailangan cartoon,ng accordingmababang to the networkbudget, topero becomenaging extremely populartanyag. Low-budgetAng cartoonsisa hadsa notmga garnered as much esteem as higher''high-ratedbudget'' (andna higher-budgeted) shows,''karun'' suchay asang [[Rugrats]], althoughpero whennawala SpongeBobang SquarePantspagiging airedtanyag innito 1999,pagkatapos itilathala hadsa gainedtelebisyon aang significantSpongeBob enoughSquarePants numbernoong of1999. viewers in the ratings to be considered popular, eventually becoming more popular than Rugrats had ever been.Ang SpongeBob followsay othersinundan Nickelodeonng showsmga thattanyag havena attractedpalabas "older"katulad followersng: The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, the Kablam! skits, Action League Now! and The Angry Beavers. OtherNoong shows have followed in this trend as well: Invader Zim and The Fairly OddParents won a similar fan base when they aired in 20011999, andhindi thepa lattergaano istanyag now second only toang SpongeBob inSquarePants popularity,dahil whileDragonball theZ formerat was cancelled[[Pokémon]] despitepa gainingang amga culttanyag followingnoon. TheNaging showtalagang debutedsikat in 1999, and during that time, DragonBall Z and Pokémon were still the biggest crazes.ang SpongeBob didlamang notnoong gain2000 itsna popularityhalos untilmaging aroundkalaban 2000, andng ittanyag hasna remainedMickey popularMouse sinceng thenDisney. ItDahil hasdito achievednagkaroon theito "Great"ng ''great'' rating onsa tv.com,. withIto aang 8.7mga rating,pinaka thetanyag thirdna bestpalabas rating insa [[Nickelodeon, the first being Avatar]]: The Last Airbender with a rating of 9.3 and the second being The Fairly OddParents with a rating of 8.8.
