Pokemon celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Over the years, developers at GameFreak have created over 700 Pokemon. But which of these Pokemon actually is the most popular in the world? TheToyZone sought to answer this question. Spoiler alert: It's Pikachu.

CHARIZARD, PIKACHU, EEVEE, AMONGST THE MOST POPULAR POKEMON IN THE WORLD

A survey conducted by TheToyZone set out to discover which among the series' 700 Pokemon is the most popular. Turns out that the original 151 Pokemon remains to be among the most popular. Therefore, they decided to survey the original 151 Pokemon is the most popular.

Chief among them is Pikachu, who is also the lead Pokemon in the anime series. The yellow mouse ranked the most popular in the most number of countries amongst all Pokemon. Meanwhile, Charizard closely followed Pikachu, being exceptionally popular in Europe. They are followed by Onyx, the rock-type Pokemon that is the signature partner of anime character Brock. The most popular legendary Pokemon comes in fourth place: Mewtwo. And finally, Eevee completes the top five of the world's most popular Pokemon.

To visualize their data, they prepared a map of the world with labels on which Pokemon is the most popular in that country. It's a nice poster, which you can probably hang on the walls of a hardcore Pokemon fan. They even have a version for every continent.

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TheToyZone's methodology made use of search engine data, counting how often people Google these Pokemon. “To determine the most popular Pokémon in each country for the maps,” says the article's writer, G. John Cole, “we used Google Search volume data to identify the Pokémon ranked highest above the global search average.” This means that these are the most searched Pokemon in the world, if not really the most popular. Whatever is the case, we're sure that these Pokemon are always in the minds of the people.