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Pokemon 101: The States that Most Desparately Need to Offer Pokemon Classes [MAP]
By Tyler Hakes
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Some people are born to be Pokemasters. Others, not so much.
We wanted to see which states are in most desperate need of Pokemon 101 classes, so we analyzed Google search data to see where people are having the toughest time with Pokemon Go.
We narrowed down on 5 key Google search phrases, which have all skyrocketed in popularity over the last month:
- Where to catch Pokemon
- How to throw a Pokeball
- How to catch Pokemon
- What is a Pokestop
- What is Pokemon Go
Using the Google search trend tool, we were able to discover not only that all of these searches have risen astronomically in popularity over the last month, but we could also see the states where they were searched the most.
Note: Click on the chart and scroll right to see the spike at the very end
In our final tally, we added up the total popularity of all five phrases in each state and crowned the winners (or, losers) based on the states with the highest total search volume. These are the states looking for the most help. Maybe some remedial Poke-classes are in order?
States Looking for the Most Help with Pokemon Go
Pokemon search data
| Ranking | State | how to throw a pokeball | how to catch pokemon | where to catch pokemon | what is a pokestop | what is pokemon go | Total |
| 1 | Michigan | 100 | 84 | 100 | 56 | 86 | 426 |
| 2 | New Jersey | 95 | 80 | 98 | 32 | 58 | 363 |
| 3 | Florida | 94 | 74 | 87 | 43 | 64 | 362 |
| 4 | Illinois | 96 | 68 | 74 | 41 | 73 | 352 |
| 5 | Texas | 77 | 72 | 83 | 52 | 68 | 352 |
| 6 | Georgia | 92 | 65 | 76 | 56 | 62 | 351 |
| 7 | New York | 95 | 69 | 79 | 42 | 59 | 344 |
| 8 | Washington | 71 | 74 | 87 | 38 | 59 | 329 |
| 9 | California | 79 | 71 | 83 | 27 | 56 | 316 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 0 | 75 | 99 | 41 | 84 | 299 |
| 11 | Ohio | 0 | 81 | 93 | 45 | 70 | 289 |
| 12 | Arizona | 0 | 72 | 83 | 62 | 70 | 287 |
| 13 | Utah | 0 | 95 | 0 | 100 | 90 | 285 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | 0 | 76 | 86 | 51 | 63 | 276 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 0 | 74 | 85 | 32 | 73 | 264 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 0 | 70 | 78 | 41 | 69 | 258 |
| 17 | Minnesota | 0 | 70 | 87 | 38 | 62 | 257 |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 0 | 65 | 76 | 42 | 73 | 256 |
| 19 | Arkansas | 0 | 80 | 0 | 76 | 92 | 248 |
| 20 | Maryland | 0 | 71 | 76 | 35 | 59 | 241 |
| 21 | New Hampshire | 0 | 76 | 0 | 94 | 62 | 232 |
| 22 | Colorado | 0 | 60 | 76 | 32 | 60 | 228 |
| 23 | Iowa | 0 | 80 | 0 | 51 | 82 | 213 |
| 24 | New Mexico | 0 | 68 | 0 | 71 | 71 | 210 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 0 | 70 | 0 | 52 | 86 | 208 |
| 26 | Nevada | 0 | 85 | 0 | 39 | 71 | 195 |
| 27 | Virginia | 0 | 59 | 66 | 23 | 42 | 190 |
| 28 | Indiana | 0 | 80 | 0 | 42 | 67 | 189 |
| 29 | West Virginia | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 188 |
| 30 | Idaho | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 187 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 0 | 82 | 0 | 27 | 76 | 185 |
| 32 | Maine | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 179 |
| 33 | Kansas | 0 | 65 | 0 | 54 | 56 | 175 |
| 34 | Alabama | 0 | 65 | 0 | 35 | 74 | 174 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 0 | 67 | 0 | 42 | 65 | 174 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 0 | 68 | 0 | 38 | 66 | 172 |
| 37 | South Carolina | 0 | 70 | 0 | 30 | 72 | 172 |
| 38 | Missouri | 0 | 71 | 0 | 34 | 65 | 170 |
| 39 | Hawaii | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 166 |
| 40 | Louisiana | 0 | 65 | 0 | 38 | 62 | 165 |
| 41 | Tennessee | 0 | 68 | 0 | 23 | 70 | 161 |
| 42 | South Dakota | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 160 |
| 43 | Alaska | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 158 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 150 |
| 45 | Montana | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 147 |
| 46 | Delaware | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 141 |
| 47 | District of Columbia | 0 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 49 | 139 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 139 |
| 49 | Oregon | 0 | 48 | 0 | 21 | 49 | 118 |
| 50 | Vermont | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 114 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 88 |
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