Is the English Pokemon theme song more well known than the Japanese version?


I was watching [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD6EQNfxPVg) of
the Japanese-YouTuber Hikakin beatboxing the first English Pokemon song. It
made me wonder: was the English dub theme song more well-known than the
original Japanese opening?




The following answer is based on the results I got on Google [from my country
(France)].

* * *

Keeping the following elements in mind, one can say that their popularity
level is more or less the same.

The comparison is made between the [first Japanse
theme](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Aim_to_Be_a_Pok%C3%A9mon_Master)
めざせポケモンマスター (Aim to be a Pokemon Master) and the [first English
theme](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Theme) "Gotta catch
them all." I take into account only the official versions.

**Google Trends**

>
> [![trends](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SHD4C.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SHD4C.png)
[code]

>     In red : the English, in blue : the Japanese
>  
[/code]

Except for the year 2005, the search trends looks to be pretty similar.

Surprisingly enough, the countries which searched the English opening on
google were the following ones :

>
> [![en](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bTovS.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bTovS.png)

For the Japanese opening, the searches come only from Japan.

>
> [![jp](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l2WOz.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l2WOz.png)

* * *

**Youtube**

[The most viewed youtube video of the Japanese
opening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ra3mURKgs) (in my country) views ~1
million views.

[The most viewed youtube video of the English
opening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVp-zIONsrs) (in my country) views ~1
million views




The following answer is based on the results I got on Google [from my country
(France)].

* * *

Keeping the following elements in mind, one can say that their popularity
level is more or less the same.

The comparison is made between the [first Japanse
theme](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Aim_to_Be_a_Pok%C3%A9mon_Master)
めざせポケモンマスター (Aim to be a Pokemon Master) and the [first English
theme](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Theme) "Gotta catch
them all." I take into account only the official versions.

**Google Trends**

>
> [![trends](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SHD4C.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SHD4C.png)
[code]

>     In red : the English, in blue : the Japanese
>  
[/code]

Except for the year 2005, the search trends looks to be pretty similar.

Surprisingly enough, the countries which searched the English opening on
google were the following ones :

>
> [![en](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bTovS.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bTovS.png)

For the Japanese opening, the searches come only from Japan.

>
> [![jp](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l2WOz.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l2WOz.png)

* * *

**Youtube**

[The most viewed youtube video of the Japanese
opening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ra3mURKgs) (in my country) views ~1
million views.

[The most viewed youtube video of the English
opening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVp-zIONsrs) (in my country) views ~1
million views

