Niantic Recap 2021

Niantic just released its recap of exploring the world together in 2021 with some interesting facts including:

Niantic Key Highlights:

• 7 billion km walked

• 3.8M new wayspots added

• Five acquisitions, two new games and a Lightship developer platform launch

Ingress

• 872 million Resonators deployed

• 2.9 million Kinetic Capsule Programs completed

• 354 billion XM recharged to Portal Jumpers

• 43 million Drone flights flown

New features and events including:

C.O.R.E., NL-1331X US Summer Tour, Dronenet Layer, Niantic Social

Pokémon GO

• 12 billion gifts sent

• 2.9 billion Eggs hatched

• 4.8 billion Team GO Grunts defeated

New features and events including:

Collection Challenges, GO Tour: Kanto, Remote Raids, 5th Anniversary, Postcard Collection

Pikmin Bloom (in two months)

• 113.9 million Pikmin grown

• 63.8 million flowers planted

• 338 billion steps walked

To learn more about Niantic’s activities and accomplishments this year, please visit the blog post.