Arts & Entertainment

Pokémon Go in Massachusetts: Which Monster is Most Popular?

While Pikachu is most sought after nationwide, that's not the case for Massachusetts.

MASSACHUSETTS—You're either sick of hearing about it, or you can't stop playing it. Either way, the Pokémon GO game has got thousands wandering around town and city streets with their smartphones (well, more than usual).

Riding the fad, the re-commerce site Decluttr.com looked into which character each U.S. state is desperately searching for on Pokémon GO and found that Massachusetts is searching for Dragonite the most.

Decluttr used Google search query data, and came up with the following results:

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  • Pikachu is currently the most wanted Pokémon in America, with Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi, and Rhode Island all hunting for the ultra-cute star of the TV series. As the "face" of Pokémon, this is no huge surprise
  • More surprising is the runner-up Eevee. Despite being one of the lesser known Pokémon, players in Alaska, Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas are desperate to find her
  • The third-most searched Pokémon in America is Ditto, another fairly obscure Pokémon. If you find one, let players in New York, Alabama, Maryland and South Dakota know!

Go here for the full research.

Photo via Decluttr

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