Paradigm via Niantic

Equally the end of the year draws in, Pokémon trainers beyond the world volition be looking to the futurity, wondering what Niantic might have in store for them in 2022. Just at least one Pokémon Go player is looking in the other direction, gathering up all the data they tin to find out which critters they ran into the nigh over the course of the year.

Whether the purpose was mere curiosity or to endeavor and program a strategy for the new twelvemonth, Reddit user mertcatal revealed to their cohorts on the r/PokemonGo subreddit the top l Pokémon they'd bumped into over the course of 2022, including specific numbers for how often they'd been encountered. The top entry by a substantial margin was fan-favorite Eevee, seen an impressive 409 times, with Aron and Oshawatt coming in second and third place at146 and 138 times respectively. It'due south but one trainer's data, just information technology likely reflects the feel of many other players too.

It wasn't piece of cake to harvest that data, either: mertcatal explained in the comments that they'd started a new account at the start of 2022 to exist able to manually and meticulously bank check the Pokédex entries and get correct numbers. Perhaps that'south something Niantic can patch into a future version of the game — and maybe even tweak the amount of Eevee in the game too. Even the biggest Pokémaniacs tin take as well much of a good thing.