Local player groups held neighborhood events across the Silph League this summer as frenzied 3-hour hunts for Larvitar and Squirtle broke out! And if the League’s stats are any indication, the Pokemon GO meetup scene has only grown stronger month-over-month!

Major New Features on the League Map!

In order to get local communities better access to their own meetup stats (and to make it easier to find active, awesome League communities in your area) we’ve just launched a significantly cooler Community Details page! Check it out by clicking a community on the League Map.

Now every League community can see:

Meetup Photos! A way to show off some happy memories or impressive feats in the community Historical Stats! Community-level event stats for Community Days and other League events Hello/Welcome Text! A customizable description that Community Leads can update via SilphBot

All these are configurable by local community leaders in the League, and should help local players looking for a community find a crew to Raid and attend meetups with.

(It’s also a fascinating way to get a peek at faraway communities and see how they enjoy Pokemon GO around the world!)

Two Months of Tech Upgrades!

These months also brought huge advancements to the Silph League stack.

For Check-Ins, Mobile Apps Beat Websites

Summer saw the launch of our Android mobile app beta!

Tens of thousands of travelers have already made the switch. We’re still working out kinks, have tons of features in the wings, and are locked in an epic duel with Apple to get our submission approved – but thank you to everyone who’s participated in the public beta so far. Keep an eye out for app updates and announcements!

Scaling Issues, Be Gone!

Even at the intense load we encounter when all of the Americas + Greenland attempt to check in at the same moment, the days of check-in lag are now a thing of the past!

The Community Day Report: June & July!

Now without further ado – get ready for the global Community Day stats report. We have completed a side-by-side analysis of June and July turnout. Here are our key indicators from the summer so far:

Communities, Staff, and Check-In Stats

Travelers turned out in droves and snagged the Shiny Tyranitar Silph League Badge and their choice of a Squirtle Squad or Shiny Blastoise Badge mementos in record numbers!

The Total Number of Larvitar and Squirtle League Badges Earned:

June: 28,381+2.6% July: 29,535+4.1%

Over two months we saw a nearly 7% global increase in travelers checked-in around the world! (These figures again exclude communities with very few members, or those who only checked staff in!)



June July Communities That Checked In (Non- Staff ) Travelers 2,081 +4.3% 2,120 +1.9% Volunteer Staff Who Checked In At Least One Other Traveler 4,400 +1.5% 4,494 +2.1% Average Staff Volunteers Per Community 4.2 4.2 Check-Ins Average Per Community 13.6 13.9

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Way to go, travelers. Month-over-month, more local player groups than ever before (and their awesome!) have joined the League. June and July were no exception!

Visualizing League Participation

It’s also time again for the League check-in map (though remember, you can now check these and other stats on the League Map itself)! 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.

At this rate, we might just break 30,000 participating travelers around the world in August at over 2,100 participating communities! Thanks to the hard work of an impressive 4,500 volunteer staff, this may just be one of the largest grassroots events in the world. Keep spreading the good word about the Road, travelers! 🙂

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

Out of over 2,100 groups who authorized staff and organized volunteers, a dozen communities in the League this summer checked-in over 300 travelers at their meetups through a coordinated volunteer effort! We want to give these local groups a little recognition for the volunteering effort they coordinated for their local communities and their awesome participation in the League:

For June (Larvitar) Community Day:

League Community Check-Ins Silph Road – Houston 709 Pokemon Go: Philippines 508 GVRD PoGo Collective 464 Pokémon Go México: Liga de Campeones 407 PoGO DMV 386 Miami Pokémon Masters 375 Portland Pokemon Go 368 Florida PoGo United 365 Pokemon GO Colorado 343 Pokémon GO NYC Community 330 Pokemon GO Tacoma 329 POKEMON GO TORINO 323 PoGo Wakanda 308

For July (Squirtle) Community Day:

League Community Check-Ins Silph Road – Houston 704 Pokemon Go: Philippines 486 GVRD PoGo Collective 437 PoGO DMV 434 Portland Pokemon Go 415 Pokemon GO Tacoma 368 Pokémon Go México: Liga de Campeones 365 Pokemon GO Colorado 360 PoGo Wakanda 335 Miami Pokémon Masters 329 Pokemon Go Raids (Connecticut) 312 Florida PoGo United 309 POKEMON GO TORINO 304

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 these two months, it’s difficult to select a few to feature! But here are a few of our favorite shots from June and July Community Days in the League: