Pokemon is the Japanese media franchise Wikipedia still ranks as the world's highest-grossing, and Google Shopping interest for that keyword sits at 85 of 100 for the week of October 24 2026. That reading is up 21.43% from 70 on October 17, up 46.55% from 58 on September 26, and up 97.67% from 43 on October 25 2025, per Trends MCP get_growth on google shopping pulled October 27 2026. The 261-week series peaked at 100 on November 26 2022. Pokemon.com dated the TCG 30th Celebration expansion to September 16 2026.
About Pokemon
Pokemon is a Japanese media franchise of video games, animation, films, manga, and a trading card game that Wikipedia, retrieved October 27 2026, still estimates as the world's highest-grossing media franchise, with official brand management sitting at The Pokemon Company.
Pocket Monsters Red and Green, developed by Game Freak from Satoshi Tajiri's concept, shipped for Game Boy in Japan on February 27 1996, with Nintendo as publisher and Creatures as co-owner. Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak formed Pokemon Center Co in April 1998 and renamed it The Pokemon Company in October 2000. Pokemon.com dated 30th Celebration to a worldwide tabletop launch on September 16 2026, with over 150 cards, 30 Pikachu rares, 30 Classic Collection reprints, and two Futuristic rare cards by YOSHIROTTEN. Pokemon.com's October 1 2026 roundup then dated Mini Tins, an Enhanced 2-Pack Blister, and a six-pack Booster Bundle to October 2, a Deck Crafter's Collection to October 23, and Espeon ex and Umbreon ex Battle Decks to October 30. Nintendo is the publisher query on this site.
What the time series shows
Google Shopping interest for pokemon is 85 for the week of October 24 2026, up 47 percent from 58 on September 26 according to Trends MCP, on a 261-week series whose all-time high of 100 printed on November 26 2022.
Last eight weekly prints are 48, 44, 66, 58, 62, 64, 70, and 85. The 66 on September 19 is the first Saturday after the September 16 street date. The series then held 58, 62, 64, and 70 rather than collapsing, then printed 85 the week that covers the October 23 Deck Crafter's Collection. Ninety-day change from 36 on July 25 is +136.11%. Same-week 2025 was 43 on October 25. Same-week 2024 was 36 on October 26, which is also the chart start. An earlier 2026 crest printed 84 on April 18. July 11 2026 printed 35. Week-over-week sample standard deviation on the last 52 weeks is 15.09 percent, across 52 non-zero baselines, with 27 up weeks, 20 down weeks, and 5 unchanged. Google Shopping trends is the source page for this index.
Why the page charts Google Shopping
A collectible people buy when a TCG set launches should be checked on shopping first, and Google Shopping for this keyword is the series that still clears 20 percent over 7 days and 25 percent over 30 days with a readable climb after a July floor of 35.
That source printed 85 on October 24, up 21.43% from 70 over 7 days and up 46.55% from 58 over 30 days, with last-52 week-over-week sample standard deviation 15.09%. Google Search for the parent keyword pokemon printed 47, down 7.84% over 7 days from 51 and down 17.54% over 30 days from 57, so Search fails the rising bar. Seasonal context: Halloween. Same-day shopping neighbors: pokemon tcg 100 (+270.37% over 30 days from 27), nintendo switch 2 91 (+213.79% from 29), pokemon cards 69 (+25.45% from 55), pokemon go 20 (+5.26% from 19). Amazon Best Sellers by Category Toys Games, as of 2026-10-26T04:01:36Z, listed a 50-plus official Pokemon cards collection at rank 15.
get_time_series with source google shopping and the stored keyword is the call behind the chart: 261 weekly points from 2021-10-30 through 2026-10-24, stored as {date, value} with no smoothing. get_growth on the same pair, windows 7D, 30D, and 1Y, is the headline math: 70 to 85 (+21.43%), 58 to 85 (+46.55%), and 43 to 85 (+97.67%). Mixing a Search index with the Shopping 85 would invent a story the APIs do not tell.
A copy-paste pair for Claude or Cursor:
get_time_series source="google shopping" keyword="pokemon"
get_growth source="google shopping" keyword="pokemon" percent_growth=["7D","30D","1Y"]
REST is the same body at https://api.trendsmcp.ai/api with Authorization: Bearer and mode set to get_time_series or get_growth.