The largest Eevee hunt in history broke out this past weekend across two days, hundreds of countries, and thousands of local meetups. 48 hours after the dust has settled, the Silph Road team has run the numbers and finalized our post-event analysis of August Community Day!

For the first time, both Saturday and Sunday offered chances to snag the evolution Pokemon. To commemorate the event, the Silph League offered a special Shiny Eeveelution Silph League Badge as a collectible memento for attending a meetup and checking-in with local League staff. This badge highlighted all 8 of the potential ‘Eeveelutions’ with a pair of normal and shiny Eevees in the foreground:

League Stats for the August Community Day League Event

Now for the very first time we have not included any ‘retroactive check-ins’ in our key indicator stats. This means that all stats are from those travelers who remembered to check-in at the event (in-person) – and we’ve still grown! Here’s the numbers:

Communities That Checked In (Non- Staff ) Travelers 2,255 +6.4% Staff Who Checked In At Least One Other Traveler 4,622 +2.8% Average Staff Volunteers Per Community 4.3 Average Check-Ins Per Community 13.3

The Total Number of Shiny Eeveelution League Badges Earned:

29,994+1.6%

Outstanding, travelers. Over the last month we had tons of new Communities and Staff join our global League event and offer check-ins to their meetup attendees – our largest event yet! We also had a 1.6% global increase in travelers checked-in around the world. (Remember: these figures exclude communities with very few members, those who only checked staff in, and this time even ‘retro check-ins!’)

Visualizing League Participation

Time for the League check-in map. As always, toggle between previous months to compare check-ins over time. (And don’t forget to click the ‘geolocate me’ button to zoom to your location, or the fullscreen button if you want to play with a larger map)!

Clicking the dots will show the meetup check-in counts at that location. You can also now visit the Silph League Map to get more detailed check-ins for a specific community over time.

We are closing in on the 30,000 milestone, travelers! Over 4,600 volunteer staff, without whom none of this would be possible, continue to represent one of the largest volunteer teams in the world. Keep spreading the good word, travelers. We’ve got great things in the works. 🙂

Are you a community leader in your area? Add your community to the Silph League here, or start your own and join, and take advantage of League benefits at the next League event!

Remarkable Communities

Of those 2,200+ communities who authorized staff and organized volunteers, 10 communities in the League this month checked-in over 300 travelers at their meetup through a coordinated volunteer effort! We would like to give these communities a little recognition for their volunteering efforts and record-breaking scale. Also, for the first time, you can click a community to check out their stats, map, and photos!

Highlights in League Meetups From Around the World

Stories and pictures from League communities are the best part of Community Day events. We received so many photos of communities around the world this month, it’s difficult to select a few to feature! Next month, we’d like to feature stories and anecdotes from around the League. Here are a few of our favorite shots from August Community Day in the League (including a pic or two from a surprise birthday party Pokemon GO Colorado threw for Executive Dronpes)! ❤