{"id":499631,"date":"2026-10-17T23:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499631\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:02:10","slug":"what-state-is-the-most-pokemon-obsessed-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499631\/","title":{"rendered":"What state is the most Pokemon-obsessed in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

Raichu, Curlypuff, Charmander and Bulbasaur. One state is out to catch them all. EsportsGG<\/a> looked across the nation and found the most Pok\u00e9mon-obsessed states based on their Pok\u00e9mon-related Google searches to find where the biggest fans live.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of McDonald\u2019s new Pok\u00e9mon Happy Meal promotion in November searches for \u201cMcDonald\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon happy meals\u201d have increased by 5,000% this month.<\/p>\n

But which state has the most fans and by how much of a margin?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what to know:<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot Screenshot from the Pokemon Go app. Handout TNS Which state is the most Pokemon-obsessed?<\/p>\n

Coming in No. 1 for the most Pok\u00e9mon-obsessed state is Utah.<\/p>\n

The Beehive State topped the ranking with its devotion to the Japanese card game. There are 6,129 Pok\u00e9mon-related searches per every 100,000 residents each month.<\/p>\n

In monthly searches that totaled to 211,200 and over 2.5 million in yearly searches.<\/p>\n

Utah fans show to be strong collectors. The data shows high interest in \u201cPok\u00e9mon cards\u201d as it is searched 50,000 times every month and \u201cPok\u00e9mon cards near me\u201d searched 5,000 a month.<\/p>\n

Where did California land on the ranking?<\/p>\n

California ranked No. 2 for the most Pok\u00e9mon-obsessed state.<\/p>\n

Despite losing the top spot to Utah, no other state reaches the sheer search volume that California does. The Golden State makes Pok\u00e9mon-related searches 2.157 million times a month and more than 25.8 million times a year.<\/p>\n

That is about 5,470 searches per 100,000 residents, according to the data by EsportsGG.<\/p>\n

\u201cPok\u00e9mon,\u201d \u201cPok\u00e9mon cards\u201d and \u201cPikachu\u201d each receive around 500,000 searches every month, meaning these three terms alone account for 1.5 million monthly searches.<\/p>\n

Which states made the top 10?<\/p>\n

From the mountains of the pacific northwest to the waves of the Gulf Coast. Pok\u00e9mon fans can be found anywhere in the nation but only the areas with the biggest fans made the top ten ranking. Here\u2019s who made the ranking:<\/p>\n

UtahCaliforniaOregonNevadaNew YorkConnecticutFloridaMinnesotaTexasSouth Carolina \"Pokemon Pokemon cards were a top Google-search for Utah. Bryant-Jon Anteola The Fresno Bee How was the ranking made?<\/p>\n

EsportsGG gathered data analyzing Pokemon-related Google searches across all 50 states to reveal where the franchise has its biggest fans.<\/p>\n

Analysts looked at 30 of the most popular Pok\u00e9mon search terms that were selected using a keyword explorer tool, according to EsportsGG.<\/p>\n

These 30 keywords were then applied to every state. Volumes were calculated per 100,000 residents to ensure population size did not skew the results<\/p>\n

The states were then ranked by searches per 100,000 residents to reveal the most to the least Pok\u00e9mon obsessed.<\/p>\n

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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado is a service journalism reporter at The Sacramento Bee. She previously worked at the Star Democrat in Annapolis, Maryland. Veronica graduated from Georgetown University with a master\u2019s degree in journalism.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raichu, Curlypuff, Charmander and Bulbasaur. One state is out to catch them all. EsportsGG looked across the nation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-499631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}