Pokemon Go is more popular than porn on Google right now


When Pokémon Go first showed its face just a little over 10 months ago today, we didn’t know what to expect. We didn’t expect it to be such a massive hit. We didn’t expect it to take the internet by storm, to the point where it’s the only thing we see, everywhere we go.

source: www.theverge.com
source: www.theverge.com

We certainly didn’t expect it to be more popular than porn (on Google, at least). Apparently, the search term “Pokemon Go” is now more popular than “porn” on Google. What a time to be alive.

Niantic have even been given an award from YouPorn – I don’t think I need to clarify exactly what that is.

source: youporn
source: youporn

They award is called a “Wood Badge” – and it’s been awarded to Niantic for, supposedly, being able to overtake porn in the Google Trends graph. I created a more recent one, for reference, below.

Team Mystic FTW!
Team Mystic FTW!

Honestly, I’m not surprised. This could only be the beginning, with the way things are going, and I’m completely OK with that. Are you?