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These Are The Most Loved (And Most Hated) Pokémon, According To A New Study

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With Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launching next week, it’s understandable that internet traffic relating to the series is riding high – and a new study has leveraged this level of interest to find out which ‘mon people like the most and which ones they positively detest.

Retailer Ebuyer used data from Linkfluence on the 25 most popular Pokémon (plus a few extras) to reveal which ‘Pocket Monsters’ are generating the most conversations online – as well as those that are experiencing the most ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ comments.

Amazingly, Pikachu wasn’t the overall winner when it comes to most popular Pokémon. Sure, the series mascot was the most talked-about ‘mon, generating a whopping 2.3 million conversations online in the past 12 months (Eevee is second with 636k conversations, while Charizard is third with 567k), but it’s actually Charmander who earns the title of ‘most loved’ Pokémon, with 31.2% of online chatter relating to the ‘mon being positive. In second place is Eevee evolution Umbreon, followed by Arcanine in third.

At the other end of the scale, we find poor old Dragonite. 11.9% of conversations relating to this monster over the past 12 months was negative in tone, according to Ebuyer’s findings. In second place is Mewtwo, while the third most-hated Pokémon is Snorlax.

Here are the results:

Pokémon Number of Conversations Positive Sentiment % Negative Sentiment %
Pikachu 2,300,648 21.9 8.54
Eevee 636,373 26.4 7.37
Charizard 567,763 25.6 7.56
Mewtwo 427,822 19.1 11.8
Bulbasaur 352,190 25.7 9.02
Charmander 265,760 31.2 5.25
Gengar 246,444 25.3 9.54
Squirtle 241,259 25.6 5.96
Lucario 231,319 24.5 10.8
Gardevoir 218,200 22.6 7.56
Snorlax 212,929 23.6 11.3
Blastoise 162,794 19.5 6.04
Umbreon 159,987 30.8 5.3
Garchomp 156,910 14.1 7.3
Dragonite 132,879 21.8 11.9
Gyarados 126,151 10.6 4.99
Absol 121,755 21.7 8.91
Jigglypuff 121,314 17.7 7.44
Tyranitar 100,761 10.7 3.62
Mudkip 80,343 25.6 7.57
Arcanine 78,050 27.1 5.41
Ninetales 67,606 21.4 6.27
Blaziken 64,580 24.2 9.52
Typhlosion 52,025 25.5 9.59
Ampharos 50,482 20.9 5.48
Flygon 42,581 20.4 6.51
Scizor 39,557 19.8 7.8
Luxray 39,455 24.1 10.3
Infernape 36,707 21.4 10.7
Torterra 31,770 21.8 8.73

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