This here is a side project that I've worked on just for fun. It runs ad-free! The site does include affiliate eBay merch links — if you happen to buy something, a small commission helps keep the site running. If I receive any kind of donation, it'll go directly to keeping this site up. This site was the product of "Pikalytics is taking a while to update its usage stats." So instead of waiting, I made this site.
It comes from Pokemon Showdown's Monthly Usage Stats, the same place as Pikalytics!
Once a month. Near the beginning of the month when Showdown releases its usage stats.
Starting September 1st 2024, Pokemon Showdown DOES show Tera Data. Previously, this used to be based off public replay data.
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The in-game usage data (the "[Champions] In-Game" formats) is not from Pokémon Showdown, and it is not from a third-party API. We capture it ourselves: an automated system runs the game and reads the in-game Battle Data screens directly, one Pokémon at a time, for both Singles and Doubles.
Every night. A full sweep covers all 235 ranked Pokémon in both formats and takes about two and a half hours, after which the site picks up the new numbers. Each Champions page shows when the data was captured, so you always know how current it is.
The game publishes usage as a rank rather than a percentage, so the graph tracks that rank over time — higher on the chart means more popular that day. It shows one point per nightly capture, so it is short for now and grows by a day each night.
Every value is read off the screen, so it is checked rather than trusted. Move, item, ability and nature names are matched against the list of what is actually legal, and stat spreads are verified against the game's 66-point budget. Pokémon the game lists under one shared name — the four Gourgeist sizes, the two Meowstic, the Paldean Tauros breeds — are told apart from their sprites and movepools rather than guessed.
MunchStats is not affiliated with Pokémon, Nintendo, GAME FREAK, Creatures Inc., or The Pokémon Company.
Only publicly available replays from Pokemon Showdown. We do not collect private replays. If a replay should not be shown, please contact us.
Every 12 hours automatically.
No. Due to memory constraints, only the last month of replays is available.
The teams on the Teams page come from the community-run VGCPastes repository spreadsheet. Follow them for new tournament-proven teams, pokepastes and rental codes.
Online tournament results, standings and open teamsheets come from Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com), the platform where most competitive online VGC events are hosted.
Official tournament data (Regionals, Internationals, Worlds) is collected from public pairings and roster pages on RK9.gg, the official events' tournament software.
Champions in-game usage data is captured from the game itself by MunchStats — see the Champions FAQ above.