21 Pokemon Go numbers that will blow your mind

Pokemon Go just keeps shattering records. Forget Clash Of Clans or Fallout Shelter: Nintendo's critter-catching app is already well on the way to being the biggest mobile game ever released. Oh, and it'll shortly surpass sales of the incredi-popular original Pokemon games, despite having been available in some territories for less than a week. Below are some of the bonkers numbers which prove that Pikachu's triumphant comeback is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon. 

5,982,616,734

Uses of the hashtag #PokemonGo during its first week on the App Store.
[source: Wired]

 47%

Share of the US games market Pokemon Go accounted for over its first Sunday on sale.
[source: Slice Intelligence

100

PokeCoins purchased using the most popular bundle, covering 37% of in-app purchases.
[source: Slice Intelligence

33

Number of minutes the average iOs user spends playing Pokemon Go every day.
[source: App Institute

30,000,000

Number of Pokemon Go downloads surpassed as of 19 July.
[source: Venturebeat

31.4 million

Worldwide sales of 1996’s red, blue and green – a number Pokemon is expected to surpass imminently.
[source: Vox

£5000

Amount one, er, committed player forked out for a level 20 Pokemon Go account with 75 characters unlocked.
[source: eBay]
[note: above listing removed after this piece went live on 22 July]

 1,219,740

Number of Likes for the Pokemon Go Facebook page as of 22 July.
[source: Facebook]
 

 2

The number of people who walked off a San Diego cliff playing Pokemon Go (and thankfully survived).
[Source: Kotaku]

$3 billion

Estimated figure Apple – not Nintendo – will take from Pokemon Go in-app purchases over the next two years.
[source: Softpedia]
 

13

Time, in hours, it took for Pokemon Go to top the 'highest-grossing mobile app' chart in the United States.
[source: Venturebeat]

52%

Pokemon Go players aged between 18 and 34.
[source: Slice Intelligence

10km

Distance you’ll have to walk to have a chance of hatching Aerodactyl, Lapras, Scyther, Chansey, Jynx, Magmar, Electabuzz, Eever, Pinsir, Kabuto, Hitmonchan, Omanyte, Dratini, Snorlax, Hitmonlee, Mr Mine, or Onix.
[source: Serebi/BBC

23,000,000

Peak daily active users in the US – more than any other app, ever.
[source: App Institute

15,300,000

Tweets about Pokemon Go in its first week after release.
[source: Spredfast/BBC

4-6 million

Average number of daily downloads in the US between 7 and 13 July.
[source: Pocket Gamer]
 

30

Number of European countries with Pokemon Go as of 21 July. In France, it's been delayed in the aftermath of the Nice tragedy.

$11 billion

Amount added to Nintendo’s stock exchange value after Pokemon Go’s first weekend on sale. 

£69.50

Minimum eBay price for a Pokemon Go Plus wearable in the UK. (It's already long sold out on the official Nintendo shop.)
[source: eBay]

1800

Calories it's estimated an average man will burn in a week playing Pokemon Go.[source: BBC

$1,600,000

Amount Pokemon Go is making every day in the US alone.
[source: Telegraph]
 
Wondering what all the fuss is about? Here's our detailed explanation of the Pokemon Go basics.

Ben Wilson

I'm GamesRadar's sports editor, and obsessed with NFL, WWE, MLB, AEW, and occasionally things that don't have a three-letter acronym – such as Chvrches, Bill Bryson, and Streets Of Rage 4. (All the Streets Of Rage games, actually.) Even after three decades I still have a soft spot for Euro Boss on the Amstrad CPC 464+.