this microsite (poke-trends.com) has 2 decades of Pokémon search data. >Pikachu has 2.5× more Google searches than the #2 Pokémon >Charmander is the most popular starter ever and MewTwo the most popular legendary >7 of the top 10 most Googled Pokémon are from Gen 1. The franchise has added 874 characters since then. Almost none of them broke through. >The bottom 500+ Pokémon have accumulated essentially zero search interest over 20 years. >Pokémon GO exploded Pokemon's popularity in 2016 and it's been increasing ever since >Lucario and Arceus are the only Pokémon after Gen 1 to be in the top 10
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>>59104141Most searched generally means most shilled.It's essentially a form of circular reasoning.
>>59104141Interesting data. I had heard Ditto was popular, but I didn't know he was top 5 pokemon popular.>>59104150Why are the latest gens so low when they've sold almost as much as the gen 1 games?
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>>59104141alakazam is the only surprising one to me. i know he's genwun but still>>59104165pokopia probably boosted it a bit
>>59104165People who care go to dedicated sites like Bulbapedia and Serebii now vs just randomly googling certain pokemon for information
>>59104165>Why are the latest gens so low when they've sold almost as much as the gen 1 games?It's search results over the last 20 years.The majority of games, and thus the majority of Pokémon didn't even exist back then.And the fact that Gen 1 gets shilled the most, no wonder why normies search for it more.
>>59104165I'm not exactly sure what the chart even shows, like people searching up the games, names, pokemon, or what? It doesn't really make sense
>>59104191It's searches. No more, no less.A positive search is viewed as equally as a negative or neutral one.
>>59104169i want to see arceus' data before and after pla came out
>>59104141>16 KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOmons
>>59104141ARCEUS SAMA
>>59104150>>59104165most likely went by region name which gives the first 4 a big boost given those are actual palces in Japan IRLkalos is the real oddball
>>59104190That makes sense if it's accumulative.>>59104173The data is from 2004-2025, so Pokopia didn't affect it much.
>>59104141did 1 Legends game really push Arceus of all things into top 10??
>>59104286>google the game's title>+1 search for "arceus"this shouldn't be hard to understand
>>59104302its still top 10 out of 1000+ pokemon
>>59104165It's probably people googling Ditto's lucation to start breeding
>>59104304yeah, millions of people bought and played the game and every time John Normalfag wanted to know where he could find a bidoof or whatever he googled "bidoof legends arceus"are you genuinely retarded?
>>59104150>Giant drop from Gen 4 to Gen 5>Gen 6 has almost much as Gen 3>Sharp drop from Gen 6 to generations afterThank you. This was always obvious to everyone but people keep denying it.
>>59104141Zipf's law
>>59104169I'm surprised that Mew isn't higher, he's getting beaten by so many mythicals in search. I wonder if this is because the movie names.
>>59104141Looks like Charizard massively carrying things as usual. Here he reaches 50 interest on XY release.
>>59104785Meanwhile Greninja can't even reach half of Charizard interest as the region's starter.
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>>59104169>Groudon A>Kyogre BUHHHH SEA CREATURES?????? OUR RESPONSE????
>>59105518gaydon ahaha
>>59104141Alakazam, Lugia and Ditto and maybe few others really aren't just pokemon names only.Also does this research only shows the English search inputs?
>>59104147>Piplup most popular What the fuck?
>>59105682literally what is surprising about that
>>59104141>7 of the top 10 most Googled Pokémon are from Gen 1The Kantoshit dex is so forgettable that people have to google that trash to remember what they are.
>>59105682Piplup was a massively popular mascot Pokémon during Gen IV. There's a reason why Turtwig and Chimchar evolved in the anime but Piplup remaining Piplup was a plot thing.Oshawott was supposed to be similar but it didn't quite catch on as much.
>>59105723Seriously? How did I miss that?
>>59105682>>Piplup most popular >What the fuck?Dawn
>>59104286Even before Legends, Arceus was the God Pokemon. And since they never released the Azure Flute, it was as mythic as Mew.
>>59104150unovasisters…what the FUCK is this?
