Niantic is celebrating another impressive year for its still-popular Pokemon Go AR mobile game. So incredible, in fact, that revenue estimations put 2021 as the game’s most successful year yet five years after its launch and despite COVID-19 stay-at-home measures in many countries.
An infographic highlights some interesting facts and figures, including a whopping 7 billion km walked and 2.9 billion Eggs hatched. Here’s the full overview via the company’s blog post earlier this week:
Niantic Key Highlights:
- 7 billion km walked
- 3.8M new wayspots added
- Five acquisitions, two new games and a Lightship developer platform launch
Ingress
- 872 million Resonators deployed
- 2.9 million Kinetic Capsule Programs completed
- 354 billion XM recharged to Portal Jumpers
- 43 million Drone flights flown
New features and events including:
C.O.R.E., NL-1331X US Summer Tour, Dronenet Layer, Niantic Social
Pokémon GO
- 12 billion gifts sent
- 2.9 billion Eggs hatched
- 4.8 billion Team GO Grunts defeated
New features and events including:
Collection Challenges, GO Tour: Kanto, Remote Raids, 5th Anniversary, Postcard Collection
Pikmin Bloom (in two months)
- 113.9 million Pikmin grown
- 63.8 million flowers planted
- 338 billion steps walked
In related news, Niantic announced yesterday that Spheal will be the first Pokemon featured for a Community Day in 2022.
