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Pokemon Go 2021 Recap Infographic Reminds Us How Popular it Still Is

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Alex Gibson
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Published: Dec 22, 2021 09:06 am

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.

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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.

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Alex Gibson
Alex was a Senior Editor at Twinfinite and worked on the site between January 2017 and March 2023. He covered the ins and outs of Valorant extensively, and frequently provided expert insight into the esports scene and wider video games industry. He was a self-proclaimed history & meteorological expert, and knew about games too. Playing Games Since: 1991, Favorite Genres: RPG, Action
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