What's your
favorite pokemon?

It began as a saying passed around the community and slowly became the heart of the whole series: every pokemon is someones favorite. Not the strongest, not the rarest, not the one that wins tournaments — just the one that stuck with you. This is a collective Pokédex built to prove that line true for all 1,025 pokemon, one honest declaration at a time, and to show that every single one of them is everyones favorite pokemon in somebody's eyes.

That question matters more in 2026 than ever. The series' own anniversary campaign is built around the exact same prompt — celebrities from Lady Gaga to Trevor Noah have stood in front of cameras to name the one they love. The point they keep landing on is the one favoritepokemon is made to demonstrate: no matter who you are, there is a pokemon for you. A favorite pokemon isn't a ranking of power. It's a small, personal story you've been carrying since you were a kid.

How to declare your favorite pokemon

Getting your pick onto the board takes about ten seconds. Search for any creature by name or by its Pokédex number, pick a trainer name, and — this is the part that makes it worth doing — leave a sentence about why it's your favorite. Maybe it's the starter you chose at age eight and never traded away. Maybe it's a shiny you hunted for three weeks straight. Maybe it's an odd, overlooked little design from a region nobody talks about, the kind that never lands on a "most popular pokemon" list but somehow became your favorite pokemon anyway. Every reason is welcome, because every favorite has a story behind it.

The one rule is what gives the whole thing meaning. A pokemon nobody has claimed yet stays hidden as a black silhouette — you see only its number, not its name or shape. To light it up, you have to actually recognize it. That single design choice turns a plain favorite pokemon poll into a genuine test: can the community, together, prove that all 1,025 of them are loved by at least one real person — that there really is an everyones favorite pokemon thesis to defend?

Why the most loved favorite pokemon might surprise you

If you only know the franchise from the outside, you'd expect the leaderboard to read Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo, in that order. It doesn't. The people who go out of their way to declare a favorite pokemon tend to be the most devoted fans, and devotion rewards character over fame. Designs with personality and a good story — like Bulbasaur at the top — climb far higher than the household mascots. That gap between "most famous" and "most loved" is exactly what makes the ranking worth reading. It isn't a measure of who's strongest. It's a measure of who's genuinely treasured.

The forgotten favorites

The quietest, most moving part of favoritepokemon lives at the bottom of the list. Open an underrated, single-fan pokemon and you'll usually find the most heartfelt note on the entire site waiting there. The person who travels all the way to a fan-made page to speak up for a creature nobody else remembers isn't doing it for clout. They mean it. That's the whole thesis in one image: somewhere out there, the pokemon you'd never put on a favorite pokemon of all time list is the single most important one to somebody.

So pick yours. Browse the most loved favorite pokemon to see how the rankings stand today, open the full Pokédex of all 1,025 to read the reasons trainers left behind, or jump straight to a favorite Gen 1 pokemon. Every pokemon is someones favorite. This is where you say which one is yours — and help prove the everyones favorite pokemon claim.