what was the peak of pokemon in the US not pokemania dont use reddit

The clearest peak of Pokémon in the US outside of Pokémania was the launch-week surge of Pokémon GO in July 2016 , when U.S. usage hit its highest point around July 14 and search interest peaked a couple of days later. That was the biggest modern mainstream Pokémon moment in the U.S. after the late-1990s original craze.

Why that’s the best answer

Pokémon GO reached more than 25 million daily U.S. users at its peak, then began declining shortly after.

Its launch day also produced the biggest U.S. download spike, which is why many analysts treat that week as the franchise’s modern peak in America.

Not Pokémania

If you exclude the original Pokémania wave, then the next strongest U.S. peak is usually treated as a Pokémon GO phenomenon , not the broader trading-card/anime boom of the late 1990s.

That makes sense because Pokémon GO crossed over into mainstream attention far beyond existing fans and became a true mass-market event.

Simple takeaway

• Late 1990s: Pokémania, the original giant boom.
• July 2016: Pokémon GO, the biggest post-Pokémania U.S. peak.

A smaller modern spike exists in ongoing search interest and nostalgia, but nothing has matched that 2016 U.S. moment in sheer mainstream intensity.