Punch 🐒 • Emotional Support • Caring for Others

Punch the Monkey 

• Search interest in the Ichikawa City Zoo, where Punch lives is currently at a record high with “where is punch the monkey” being a breakout search over the past week

• Macaques are at a 15+ year high and “what kind of monkey is punch” is the top trending “what kind of…” in the past week

• “why was punch rejected by his mom” is a breakout “why was…” question in the past week, and “why do monkeys reject their babies” is the top trending “why do monkeys…”

• “monkey plush” is over 5x more searched than “olympics plush” over the past week

Emotional Support 

• “monkey plush” has now reached an all-time high in the U.S. and “emotional support monkey” more than doubled over the past week

• Monkey was the top trending “emotional support …” searched followed by dumplings and hoodie in the past week. “Emotional support meaning” has also reached a record high this year

• “stuffed animal” is one of the top 10  “is it normal to sleep with…” of all time and “security blanket” is now at a record high

Caring for Others 

• “punch monkey update” was a breakout search and the top trending top searched with “update.” Punch Monkey was one of the top trending “live streams” searched over the past week

• “has punch been accepted” and “did punch get adopted” were breakout searches over the past week and one of the top trending questions about Punch is “is punch the monkey ok”

• “cuddle therapy” is breakout search in the past month, and “how to hug” hit an all-time high in 2026

• “Feel better” and “feel less lonely” were the top searches for “how to make someone feel…” of all time in the U.S.

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