| 100% | BARTSIMPSON | 11 | Bratty toon whose balloon first appeared in the 1990 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 2 wds. |
| 76% | MICKEYMOUSE | 11 | Disney character whose balloon first appeared in the 1934 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 2 wds. |
| 70% | KERMITTHEFROG | 13 | Muppet whose balloon first appeared in the 1977 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 3 wds. |
| 45% | DORA | 4 | First Latina balloon character in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade |
| 41% | SONIC | 5 | First video game character to have a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 40% | DOUGHBOY | 8 | Pillsbury balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 40% | TROLLS | 6 | DreamWorks balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 39% | SNOOPY | 6 | "Peanuts" dog balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 39% | SONIC | 5 | Video game hedgehog balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 39% | GARFIELD | 8 | Big orange cat balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 38% | SCRAT | 5 | "Ice Age" rodent balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 37% | SNOOPY | 6 | Cartoon beagle who is a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 36% | SANTA | 5 | VIP in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 32% | SANTA | 5 | Figure on the last float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 32% | AFLAC | 5 | It has a duck float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 32% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | "Party in the U.S.A." singer whose first TV series lead role was on Disney's "Hannah Montana": 2 wds. |
| 31% | MACYS | 5 | ___ Thanksgiving Day Parade, the world's largest parade held in NYC |
| 31% | BOBDYLAN | 8 | "Blowin' in the Wind" singer whose image appears on the cover of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Fictional young female detective who first appeared in a 1930 book credited to the pen name Carolyn Keene: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NBC | 3 | Televiser of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 30% | THEJOLLY | 8 | Mascot who made his Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade debut in 2017 |
| 30% | HARDYBOYS | 9 | Fictional young male detectives who first appeared in a 1927 book credited to the pen name Franklin W Dixon: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BOBBSEYTWINS | 12 | Fictional young brother-and-sister detectives who first appeared in a 1904 book credited to the pen name Laura Lee Hope: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ROKER | 5 | Longtime co-host of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 29% | THEEXCHANGE | 11 | 2023 novel by 41-Across that features lawyer Mitch McDeere, who first appeared in the 1991 novel "The Firm" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | FLOAT | 5 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade display |
| 29% | LORENGRAY | 9 | TikTok star and singer who appeared in the video for Taylor Swift's "The Man": 2 wds. |
| 29% | SANTA | 5 | Guest of honor at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 29% | NYC | 3 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade setting: Abbr. |
| 28% | SANTA | 5 | Seasonal visitor who appears at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade |