There won't be one. The age of the internet kinda makes it hard for 3 manga created at roughly the same time to make as big an impact both at home in Japan and abroad. And Shonen Jump itself is facing more competition in the market than in the heyday of the HST.
If I were a betting man I'd say the current generation of manga/anime will belong to Attack on Titan, which takes more from FMA and Death Note than Dragonball like the Big Three.
Once you read Battle Angel Alita, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Nanatsu no Taizai, and Toriko, Bleach will look silly compared to those series.
Nanatsu no Taizai and Toriko draw a lot from Dragon Ball and they've been outselling AoT in Japan last I checked. NnT has actually been outselling One Piece lately but again just in Japan. American manga readers tend to not go for a series unless it has Naruto, Ichigo, Eren Jaeger, and to a lesser extent Luffy in it.
I personally never could get into AoT at all.
Here is the thing though: drawing from Dragonball is no longer that big a deal. In the early 00's and such DBZ dominated the Western market so when 3 manga come along that are similar to it(Bleach is more like YYH but whatever) they naturally took off. HST is more or less, as far as I know, a term that describes the manga that take off abroad. NnT and Toriko are not as popular, as far as I know.
I'm not sure how Naruto passes on a throne it never had. One Piece was kinda always the big one of the big 3 and will remain the best selling manga of all time for quite a bit I'd imagine. Though it did suffer overseas sadly.
Right now the manga I'm most interested in are Ippo and Magi. The former exists in it's only little sub-genre of sports manga but it was so engrossing that I didn't care about reading a thousand chapters. And the latter is just churning out some of the best story telling in a long time. One Piece and Bleach are both dull with some interesting bits here or there but Magi is gripping me by doing things I would never had expected.
As far as sales are concerned AoT is nipping on One Piece's heels but, for the most part, it should still remain king. Meanwhile Bleach is barely in the top 20 as of late. Though both are lagging at the moment.
Now if only UQ Holder had a larger following because I'm not sure if I'm reading 1000 chapters of Ippo anytime soon.
Which is why I'm placing my bets on AoT. That and the stupendous success of a very well crafted anime.
Well Ippo isn't Shonen so never gonna be a HST member. Ippo is a series that is likely meant to be strictly read by volume. The pacing is oh so very slow at the moment but I still love it.
the main characters are better versions of naruto' 3 main characters
Alibaba-- character destined for greatest who will do whatever he can to save his country and friends. He also is trying to save his friend from darkness
Morgiana-----waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than sakura and every letter of he word. not useless like sakura is
Hakuryuu- better character than sasuke because he doesnt flip flop and is serious in ll of his convictions. He is a true avenger and a way better one than sasuke
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AoT is more in the Death Note/Devilman subsection of of Shonen.
And yeah Naruto is hugely successful and my personal favorite of the Big 3 but if there is a manga sitting on a hypothetical throne it would be Wan Pissu.
Wow, your tastes are pretty damn shallow. Those mangas all have a sense of adventure, no emo kids as the main protagonists, plots that are more than just "Ichigo saves his friends", and have art that actually has detail in it instead of just constant contrasts. Bleach is just the fast food variety of manga.
How is Bleach ruling? One Piece is still kicking it and Nanatsu no Taizai has been making record sales while Bleach has been dropping in popularity lately.
I like both mangas but I do like NnT more myself. I've been a big fan of Nakaba Suzuki since Kongou Banchou.
Magi is indeed good. I'm also reading Shinobu Ohtaka's previous work, Sumomomo Momomo. It's a good series as well but Ohtaka's really improved as a mangaka since then.
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Wow, your tastes are pretty damn shallow. Those mangas all have a sense of adventure, no emo kids as the main protagonists, plots that are more than just "Ichigo saves his friends", and have art that actually has detail in it instead of just constant contrasts. Bleach is just the fast food variety of manga. 
