{"id":36456,"date":"2024-09-04T14:11:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T05:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=36456"},"modified":"2024-09-04T14:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T05:11:59","slug":"pokemon-sleep-has-over-a-million-monthly-users-in-japan-doubling-us-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-sleep-has-over-a-million-monthly-users-in-japan-doubling-us-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Sleep has over a million monthly users in Japan, doubling US figures\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite Japanese Pok\u00e9mon Sleep players having less-than-stellar average sleep hours<\/a>, Japan\u2019s monthly active users (MAU) number over a million – almost double the number of users in the United States. According to data from Sensor Tower (as reported by Famitsu<\/a>), 37% of the game\u2019s downloads and 70% of Pok\u00e9mon Sleep\u2019s revenue came from Japan during the title\u2019s first year of operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pok\u00e9mon Sleep’s monthly active users in Japan (green) versus in the US (blue)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since its launch last July 2023, Pok\u00e9mon Sleep has been making waves on the Japanese App Store and Google Play. It has constantly been at the top of the \u201cHealth and Fitness\u201d category in terms of downloads and has maintained a strong lead ahead of its competitors. To put things into perspective, Pok\u00e9mon Sleep\u2019s 450,000 downloads are more than double those of Pok\u00e9mon Go, the second-place app with just over 150,000 downloads. Pikmin Bloom, the third most downloaded app in the Health and Fitness category, follows closely behind Pok\u00e9mon Go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Japan\u2019s Health and Fitness app ranking \u2013 Pok\u00e9mon Sleep dominates even Pok\u00e9mon GO and Pikmin Bloom by a large margin\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A closer look at Sensor Tower\u2019s data for Pok\u00e9mon Sleep reveals that the largest age group for the game consists of ages 25-34 (42% of the player base), followed by the second group of ages 35-44 (26% of the player base). Combined, the two age groups account for almost 70% of Japan\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon Sleep monthly active users.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pokemon<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Further analysis shows that the male-to-female ratio of these players is 6:4. With the age group data and gender data, we can surmise that Pok\u00e9mon Sleep\u2019s core audience is largely comprised of men and women who grew up with Pok\u00e9mon and continue to play it well into adulthood. Many of these adults might not have the time to indulge in games as they once did (responsibilities and all that), but Pok\u00e9mon Sleep provides that nice balance of interacting with Pok\u00e9mon while still getting some much-needed sleep<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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