I wanted to see which protagonist and rival were the most popular. I'm going by danbooru and I'm counting remake rivals and protags as one generation like trace and another character I'm forgetting…Elaine I guess.
Gen 1
>Red 5.3K
>Blue 2.9k
>Leaf 2.6k
>Green 1.4k
>Elaine 315
>Chase 156
>Trace 86
I'm surprised red was the most popular and I'm surprised trace even had results. I'm gonna assume most of red's results were just generic trainers that looked like red.
Gen 2
>Gold/Ethan 3.2k
>Lyra 2.6k
>Silver 2.1k
>Kris 1.8k
Gen 3
>May 7.4k
>Brendan 2.4k
>Wally 397
I'm always surprised by how little attention Wally gets.
Gen 4
>Dawn 8.2k
>Lucas 1.4k
>Barry 848
The male rivals are fucking struggling I'm typing this as I look the characters up and I just know cheren is gonna be in the double digits
Gen 5
>Rosa 7.2k
>Hilda 6.7k
>Hilbert 2.8k
>N 2.4k
>Bianca 1.7k
>Nate 1.4k
>Cheren 1.3k
>Hugh 611
I forgot Hugh existed and it looks like so did a lot of people.
Gen 6
I bet Serena's number is gonna be fucking massive.
>Serena 4.9k
Her and Ash almost have the same amount of results.
>Calem 1.6k
>Shauna 550
>Tierno 116
>Trevor 108
Gen 7
>Selene 4.5k
>Elio 1.7k
>Gladion 1.6k
>Hau 1.2k
Just for fun I'm gonna throw in Lillie
>Lillie 7.9k
Gen 7
>Marnie 7.0k
>Gloria 6.0k
>Hop and victor have the same amount 1.5k
>Bede 1.4k
>Klara 834
>Avery 218
Gen 9
>Kieran 4.6k
>Juliana 3.0k
>Carmine 2.2k
>Florian 2.1k
>Nemona 1.8k
>Arven and Penny have the same amount 1.3k
Legends Arceus/ZA
>Akari 3.4k
>Rei 928
>Taunie 139
>Harmony 105
>Paxton 68
>Urbain 56
I wasn't surprised at all to find out dawn was the most popular protagonist but Marnie being the most popular rival is nuts she gets hard carried her design