A redditor name lolypuppy has created a great analysis covering the past few days of the Global Catch Challenge and depicting how the current catch numbers relate to the overall 3 billion catches goal.
The results are very interesting, as they show we should be reaching as high as 3.5 B catches if the latest catch trend continues and we should definitely hit the 3 B mark if the current average continues.
The following graph depicts the trends in question:
About the graph:
- Yellow line: the goal to reach 3,000,000,000 Pokemon;
- Red line: our current results (as soon as we reach the goal line, it will become green);
- Red dotted line: trend following our overall average;
- Green line: trend if we keep catching as much as the pace of the last segment informed by Niantic;
More info
According to Lolypuppy’s analysis, the past reported segment the “partial trends” are increasing with every new metric reported by Niantic, indicating that more and more players are participating in the challenge.
Unsurprisingly, the largest increase occurred when we managed to unlock the Bronze reward tier, activating double XP and increased worldwide spawns.
The following table details every segment Lolypuppy recorded (timeframe is the time between Niantic’s report tweets) and it translates the segment data to a trend metric. The second column should be taken with a grain of salt:
| Timeframe | Equivalent catches/day |
|---|---|
| 24 hours (19th 10:43am – 20th 10:43am) | 298M |
| 12 hours (20th 10:43am – 20th 11:17pm) | 385M |
| 15 hours (20th 11:17pm – 21st 02:12pm) | 468M |
| 10 hours (21st 02:12pm – 22nd 01:14am) | 500M |
| 10 hours (22nd 01:14am – 22nd 11:45am) | 509M |
| 11 hours (22nd 11:45am – 22nd 11:10pm) | 567M |
Finally, the complete metrics for November 19th – 22nd were also collected:
| Week day | Timeframe | Pokemon caught |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 19th 10:43am – 20th 10:43am | 298M |
| Monday | 20th 10:43am – 21st 10:43am | 414M |
| Tuesday | 21st 10:43am – 22nd 10:43am | 497M |
