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Surveys

2025 PHB Readers’ Survey Analysis — Part 2 💬

LJ

Howdy Poptropicanos! 🤟 It’s LJ popping in with Part 2 of the Readers’ Survey analysis. Today, I’ll be responding to some of the standout messages we received in the comment box at the end of our survey. I hope you guys enjoy!

I’m excited to see the results of this readers survey, considering it’s been 4 years since the last one, who knows how things might’ve changed! I keep coming back to Poptropica cause it’s not like the other internet games of its time, I used to play Moshi Monsters, Animal Jam sometimes Club Penguin, but they were all about the items and talking to people, the quests were always off to the side. But with Poptropica you get immersed in the story telling, the setting, the characters. There is really so much to explore, even today, having done all the islands multiple times. Which is where all the fan made stuff comes in, letting the Poptropica legacy live on, even though the game is in a state of limbo. That’s all I can think about adding, sorry for the ramble!

Hey, I appreciate your ramble! I also played several virtual worlds during my childhood, with Club Penguin and Poptropica being my top favorites. There is something uniquely appealing about Poptropica that has always made it special to me. 😊 I hope you found last week’s analysis engaging! Let’s hope we don’t have to wait another four years for a follow-up, haha.

Steamworks is the greatest island Poptropica ever came out with. It was the exact definition of Poptropica. People didn’t like it because they were isolated and had no one to talk to. You were allowed to make friends, or course, but, Poptropica was about using your brain to solve puzzles.

Ouch! I’ve been called out. In that case, you might want to pass on my 2010 ranking of the islands. Please don’t hate me. 😂

It always gets me down when I hear that Poptropica’s dead, or that the Pop Community is never gonna be big again. For so many years I never even knew such a community existed and it pains me to think that the entire train of fandom stopped before I even had the chance to start… But it lifts my spirit to see this website is still here, and that there are others like me who don’t want to give up on the spirit of Poptropica… So, I guess what I really want is to keep contributing to this site, and to see this website still standing for many more years to come.

I can’t deny my nostalgia for the era when both Poptropica and its online community were larger and more active. 🥺 However, a smaller group tends to lead to reduced chaos, which has been shown to be true. Let’s focus on the positive aspects and do our best to prevent the community and this site from fading away altogether. Long live the PHB! 🙌

The PHB’s Poptropica 17th Birthday Art Collab Collage

Note: My memory isn’t great, lol, but I think I have participated in every survey since 2016 and found the PHB in 2015 (or maybe earlier).

I come back to the PHB for several reasons. Most of all, probably nostalgia. Poptropica was my favorite game growing up, and even though there are no longer updates to the game, I like having a place where I can still enjoy Poptropica-related content in 2025. It is also nice to have a community of fellow Poptropicans that I can share my interest with. My favorite type of posts on the blog are probably news, theories/Popspiracies, interviews, games/puzzles (would love to see more of those – something to hold me over until the next Tribal Tournament, lol), and rankings/Pop 5’s. I love y’all, keep up the great work! Thank you for keeping this community alive.

Hey there old-timer! It seems we share several commonalities in our experiences with both the blog and the game. 🙂 I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying so much of what we do. I myself really like making rankings/Pop 5s and interactive games/puzzles (such as ImPOPtu! and Guess That Poptropican). You know what—I’ll try to keep them coming all year round!

I love the creativity here even when things aren’t coming out the stories of characters, player or in game npc’s the adventures themselves and in a decent sized community its fun to watch and take part in plus seeing a community for a game I’ve loved since the early 2010s makes me happy that there’s people who love it as much as I do!

I’ve taken a few breaks from the fandom here and there, but it’s so refreshing to come back and see everyone still enjoying each other’s company and discussing Poptropica. Whether it’s sharing memories from playing the game, coming up with theories for unanswered questions, expanding the Poptropica universe through stories and headcanons, or creating stunning visual art, the vibe has always been great. 😀

“The Villain Saga” fan fiction by Smart Bubbles
Magic Kid’s “Draw Your Poptropicans As Emoticons” Series
Invisible Ring’s Grand Western Realm
“Poptropica: Legends” fan game project by Hputerpop

The people keep me coming back. ❤

Same! Same! Same! The friendos! 💚 That, and my craving for writing and my tendency to get lost in nostalgia, haha.

Now that part 2 is complete, the analysis of the 2025 survey has officially come to an end! I really appreciate the passionate discussions and creativity within our small little community, and I’d also like to thank each of you for your continued support. Join in on more fun on the Poptropica Help Chat if you haven’t already and let’s keep the Poptropica spirit alive and flourishing together!

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2025 PHB Readers’ Survey Results 📊

LJ

Howdy, Poptropicanos! LJ here, presenting the results and analysis from the 2025 PHB Readers’ Survey.

We garnered a total of 47 responses this year, an unfortunate decline from our last time four years ago. Despite this, our community spirit is still very much present and thriving. Now let’s begin!

Which of our past surveys did you participate in?

To start, we’re always keen to know the number of long-term participants versus those who have joined in more recently. This year marks the first instance where none of the individuals who were with us in 2014 took part in this year’s survey. (Rip!) After that, a handful of folks joined in on taking the surveys in 2016, 2017, and 2018, and even more hopped on aboard with the next three. Still, for the majority of survey participants (over two-thirds!), it’s their first time.

What is your gender?

Like before, a majority of the blog’s visitors are female. Over the years, the proportion of viewers identifying as non-binary or outside the traditional male-female spectrum has risen by an average of 1% annually. Additionally, since 2019, there has been a steady increase in the number of male readers.

What is your age?

We were curious about your age next. As the game’s popularity fades into the past, it’s understandable that the fanbase has grown older in recent years. The latest survey reveals a marked decrease in readers aged 12 and under compared to four years ago. However, we’ve seen a growth in the number of readers in their twenties.

What country do you live in?

Our blog’s readership continues to come predominantly from the USA, capturing an incredible 81% of the survey takers, surpassing the majority from previous years. Two responded from Australia and India, while there was one each from Canada, Great Britain, and Brazil. While it’s wonderful to see our content reaching a global audience, it is a bit disheartening to see a reduction in the variety of countries we’re reaching compared to previous years.

If you live in the US, which state or territory?

This marks the first occasion that California didn’t claim the highest viewership ranking since we began conducting these surveys. New Jersey has taken the lead, which is interesting considering it hasn’t been in the top five in our past surveys!

When did you discover Poptropica?

It appears that most players first encountered Poptropica during its earlier years, yet 2020 stands out as a notable year for new players as well. Even more interestingly, some individuals only just found the game as recently as last year. I’m shocked, to be honest!

How often do you play Poptropica?

Next, we wanted to find out how regularly you play Poptropica. The results showed that around 45% of respondents fall into the least frequent categories, which isn’t too surprising under the circumstances. It’s great to see that some players (11.1%) still log in on a daily basis though!

When did you first find the PHB?

The largest portion of our current audience found the blog in the past year, with 2022 following closely behind. Welcome, y’all! 👋 It’s interesting to note that the years from 2020 onward were the most common responses to this question. On the flip side, we’re thrilled to have some readers who have been with us since the very beginning. We appreciate your loyalty. 👊

How did you find the PHB?

The majority of readers discovered the PHB through searching the web, which has always been the top answer for every survey. Some additional readers discovered our blog via another website. If you picked this answer, I’m interested to know where you came from, so feel free to comment below!

Where do you play Poptropica in 2025?

This was a “check all that apply” question, and most players are accessing Poptropica via Cool Math Games (62.2%) and Flashpoint (57.8%). Though Flashpoint is just a little lower in percentage, it’s impressive to reach that high considering it’s an unofficial method not endorsed by Poptropica. A small fraction (15.6%) of survey respondents no longer plays Poptropica at all in 2025.

How often do you visit the PHB?

It’s exciting to see that the most popular responses regarding how frequently readers visit the PHB are a few times a week (22.7%) and once a week (18.2%)! We’re grateful that our content is reaching and satisfying so many. 🙂

Which types of PHB posts do you enjoy?

We then inquired about the kinds of posts you enjoy seeing from us. (Please note that in the following chart, the percentages total over 100% because respondents were allowed to choose multiple answers.)

It’s great to see that rankings, reviews, games, and Pop Fan Artist Spotlights are generating a lot of interest, as those are the kinds of posts I often contribute to the blog. 😝 Also, many of our readers have always enjoyed stories, so fanfictions and My Place in Poptropica stories continue to be quite popular. If you’re looking for a fantastic fanfiction read, I highly recommend Smart Bubbles’ The Villain Saga, which is just kicking off its second season.

Sadly, given the state of Poptropica, I don’t anticipate breaking news becoming a frequent category on the PHB from this point forward, but you never know what might happen!

Besides the PHB, what portions of the Poptropica Help Network (PHN) do you regularly browse?

(Like the last question, the chart’s percentages total over 100% because respondents were able to choose multiple answers.)

The Poptropica Help Chat (PHC) has experienced the biggest percentage increase from before. Love to see it! There may be something special happening there soon. 😉 However, the Poptropica Wiki still remains the top choice, while @Poptropica_Help on Twitter/X has seen a big decline in viewership. I have the feeling a large portion of our community is not actively using that platform at all anymore.

Also, this is the first time we have included our @PoptropicaHare Instagram account in the survey. Thanks to those of you who are following us there!

And that brings us to the end of the 2025 survey analysis. Thank you everybody for your participation! All of your feedback is greatly appreciated and will be taken into account as we continue to make more content for you all. 😊

What do you think about the results? Leave your thoughts in the comments below! I might consider conducting another survey next year as well. Pop on y’all!

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📢 Calling all Poptropicans for the 2025 Readers’ Survey!

LJ

Howdy, Poptropicanos, this is LJ! It’s been four years since we last conducted a readers’ survey here on the PHB, and within that time our content, audience, and even Poptropica itself has evolved quite a bit.

The purpose of this survey is to gain insights into our readership and to gather your valuable feedback! What types of Poptropica-related content would you like to see on the PHB? Share your suggestions and answer additional questions through the Google form, which will be accessible for two weeks, until March 1.

With just 13 questions, this survey won’t take up more than five minutes of your time. Your responses will remain anonymous unless you opt to disclose your identity in the comment box at the end. Take the Readers’ Survey now!

You can look forward to seeing the results by the end of March. Thanks, everybody! I’ll catch up with you all soon. 🍀

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2021 PHB Readers’ Survey Results 📱📊

LJ

Howdy Poptropicans! It’s LJ here to bring you the awaited 2021 PHB Readers’ Survey results and analysis.

Last month, I announced our annual survey where we ask a selection of questions related to you and your experiences with Poptropica and the PHB in order to get to know you better. Over the duration of three weeks we amassed a total of 115 responses! Here’s what we came up with…

Which of our past surveys did you participate in?

To start, we like to ask which of our past surveys you’ve partaken in. As usual, the percentage gets smaller as you go back through the years — however, 2014 has increased from last year (perhaps there are more people revisiting). On the flip side, a big portion of you said this was your very first time participating: the biggest percentage of new readers yet. Welcome!

(Note that the percentage total goes above 100% due to the ability to select more than one answer.)

What is your gender?

Gender-wise, females dominate our viewer base with almost double the amount of males. The gap is a little smaller though. Females make up 62% and males make up 30%. Our viewers that identify as something other than male or female is about the same with just over 7%.

What is your age?

15-18 year-olds remain the largest group at 30% and the 22 or older group remains the smallest with a mere 5%. For the first time ever, the 6-11 year-olds have surpassed the 12-14 year-olds and the 19-21 group has dropped from second to fourth as compared to 2020.

What country do you live in?

The United States continues to be the nation where most of our readers live by a wide margin, followed by Canada, India, Great Britain, and Australia, in that order. Although the numbers may be small, it’s cool to see that we reach people from all around the globe — especially in Europe and Asia! Maybe we’ll see African and South American countries again next time.

If you live in the US, which state or territory do you live in?

For those of you who are in the US (which includes about 67% of you), we asked which state you lived in for a more thorough idea of where you guys are located. California takes the number one spot with 11 survey responders residing there, which makes sense considering the golden state has the highest population in the country. In a surprising twist, though, North Carolina comes in second with 7 people beating out Georgia, which has 6, as well as Florida and New York which each have 5. Texas is also home to 5 PHB readers who took the survey.

When did you discover Poptropica?

Next, we have the Poptropica/PHB-related questions. First we asked when you discovered Poptropica. 2020 was surprisingly the #1 answer with a whopping 16%! (Maybe the pandemic had something to do with that?) 2012 comes next at about 10% with 2008, 2011, and 2019 not too far behind at nearly 9%. It’s also worth noting that one of our survey takers discovered the game only this year in 2021. I totally didn’t expect these results at all, but I’m happy there are a lot of new players!

How often do you play Poptropica?

So we know when you guys discovered Poptropica, but how often do you play it? It looks like most of you are playing either a few times a day or a few times a week — two of the more frequent options — which is more often than any other year of respondents. Overall, though, all of the sections are pretty equal.

Are you a member on Poptropica?

As for membership, the sections are not so equal. Over 84% of Poptropicans currently do not have membership. About 25% of those non-members used to be members whereas about 20% plan to become one sometime in the future. The biggest percentage (38%), however, goes to those who answered “never have and never will”. The remaining 16% are paying members.

When did you first find the PHB?

Now, we asked about when you found the PHB. These results also shocked me. More of you found the PHB in the last 4 years (2018-2021) than the 10 years (2008-2017) prior, and by a lot too! 2020 stands at first with almost 24% alone and 2021 stands at second with 15%. It’s great to have all of you new readers join us! Most of the lowest percentages belong to 2008, 2009, and 2010 respectively.

How did you find us?

As usual, a large majority of you found us through searching the web, presumably searching for island guides. Although all of the other options are miniscule in comparison, I think it’s still interesting to see that we’ve caught people’s attention in various different ways. At an increase from previous years, 14% found us through another website which could be attributed to the Poptropica creators featuring some of our posts on the Creators’ Blog.

How often do you visit the PHB?

When it comes to how often you guys visit the PHB, the three most regular choices are the ones with the highest amount of answers and that makes me quite happy. 😊 “A few times a week” garnered 30% of the answers, “a few times a day” got 27%, “once a day” got 20%, and after that it’s pretty much chronological.

What types of PHB posts do you enjoy?

Poptropica news remains to be our most popular post category with over three quarters of readers saying they enjoy those kinds of posts. Next, with 55%, would be Spotted Dragon’s Community Creations series, with contests very close behind at 54%. Pop 5 lists, Reviews, and Maryann’s The Villain Saga (a new and ongoing fan fiction) are also very favored.

(Note that the percentage total goes above 100% due to the ability to select more than one answer.)

Besides the PHB, what portions of the Poptropica Help Network (PHN) do you regularly browse?

A fewer number of participants answered the question about our Poptropica Help Network facets, but still a good amount nonetheless. The Poptropica Wiki continues to be the most visited, though its current connection to the PHN is ambiguous since our partnership was first formed when the wiki was hosted on Wikia (now known as Fandom, where the current Pop Wiki is hosted). The PHC comes second, and the We-Love-Poptropica DeviantArt group afterward.

(Note that the percentage total goes above 100% due to the ability to select more than one answer.)

Anything else you’d like to add?

Your feedback is of the greatest importance to us, and what better way to get that through the long answer text box? Here are a few of the comments we received, and our responses:

I love to have competitions and psst!!…it’s me DD or Dangerous Dragon!

A good amount of you said something similar, and that’s evident based off the 54% on the chart about which PHB posts you enjoyed. Since posting the survey, we’ve had a fun Guess That Poptropican contest (answers here), and another one is on its way! We also have other contests planned for the near future. Stay tuned!

I’d like to see more stuff on hidden facts about islands that we don’t realize. like how Survival was based on The Most Dangerous Game, or how Pelican Rock was based off Alcatraz island. That would be really interesting 😀

We love references like these! We’ve covered the similarities between Escape from Pelican Rock and Alcatraz Island as part of our Pop Places IRL series, as well as written about The Most Dangerous Game and Survival Island. Plus, each of our Island Guides comes with a trivia section for more fun facts. You might wanna check them out!

Island trivia

Can you tell me how to access the other episodes of Poptropicon, Survival, etc. (besides just the first one) on Poptropica.com? I have looked and I just don’t see a way and when I browse the internet about it nothing comes up. But I know they exist, soooo, yeah.

You can play the other episodes of all episodic islands on the Poptropica mobile app! But if you want to play them on your computer, you’ll need to use the unofficial Flashpoint version of Poptropica, accessible through idk’s Old Island Directory which we link to on the PHB’s Glitching page. Right now, it’s only available for Windows, but support for Mac and Linux may happen in the future.

When will there be another island added to Poptropica’s website?

Just to clarify, we are not an official Poptropica site — just devoted players like yourself. However, we do have some details. Though we don’t have an exact date to look forward to, the first winner of Poptropica’s Dream Island contest, Fairy Tale Island, is set to release before this summer (if the creators keep their word this time). We even have sneak peeks!

I would like to see some more parties and contests on the PHB.

Not only do we have more contests coming soon, but we also have a few exciting parties lined up. Get ready to party it up over the next few months! It’s going to be a blast. 🎉

That concludes this year’s survey analysis! I hope this was as insightful for you as it was for me.

What did you think of the results? I definitely have a better idea of the content you want to see going forward.

Thank you for participating and thank you for reading as always. I expect for you to join me in the 2022 readers’ survey too. 😉 Pop on!

– LJ 🍀 

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📣 Your voice matters: Fill out the 2021 PHB Readers’ Survey! 📮

LJ

Howdy, Poptropicans, it’s LJ! Can you believe it’s already time for our yearly readers’ survey? Time really does fly.

I’ve noticed a lot of new community members pop up over the last half year or so, which makes me extra curious of what the current statistics are. Plus, we want your feedback! What type of Poptropica content entices you the most? Do you have anything you’d like to see on the site that we’re not already executing? Or are you just suffering from boredom and need to kill a couple of minutes?

The survey is here for you, and will be open until Saturday, April 10. That gives you 3 weeks to fill it out if you’re an expert procrastinator like me and need the extra time to get started. There are only 13 questions, though, so it should only take about 5 minutes to fill out — if not less. Your identity will remain anonymous unless you choose to share it in the comment box at the end. Anyhow, happy survey taking.

Expect to see the results up sometime in late April or early May. That’s it for today. Thanks for reading as always and I’ll talk to you guys in the next one.

– LJ 🍀