The Pokémon Company held a Pokémon Sleep anniversary event titled “FUN SLEEP FEST: Wake Up with Excitement” on July 16 in Tokyo, Japan. The event celebrates Pokémon Sleep’s second anniversary and marks the title’s achievement of a Guinness World Record for the most downloaded sleep game app. In addition to the anniversary and award festivities, game statistics revealed at the event showed an improvement in player sleeping habits, particularly in Japan.
According to The Pokémon Company COO and CEO Takato Utsunomiya, Pokémon Sleep has been downloaded over 28 million times and recorded over 1 billion sleep sessions (source: Denfaminicogamer) to date. Data from seven major countries (Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, America, Italy, and Japan) were collated and compared to each other, and respective sleep time averages for 2025 were also compared to previous years.
While Germany still ranks the highest when it comes to average sleep time (7 hours and 49 minutes between 2024 and 2025), Japan has seen a remarkable improvement. The average sleep time of a Pokémon Sleep player in Japan rose from 6 hours and 38 minutes between 2023 and 2024 to 7 hours and 10 minutes between 2024 and 2025. Though Japan still has the lowest average sleep time among all the recorded countries, the extra 30 minutes of sleep go a long way towards overall player health and productivity.
Utsunomiya is pleased to discover the positive impact that Pokémon Sleep has on players, as it helps them enjoy making a habit of getting a good night’s sleep. He says the wealth of data taken from Pokémon Sleep will be used to research ways to further improve sleeping habits.
Pokémon Sleep is currently hosting an in-game second anniversary event where new Pokémon Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip will be added. 150 extra Sleep Points will be awarded every day, as well as other bonuses. In addition, Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly – three Pokémon who appeared during the first anniversary event – will appear more often during sleep sessions.
Pokémon Sleep is available for iOS and Android.
