The Most Popular Friends Character Around the World Revealed!
It’s official! The Friends reunion has been announced, and all the stars are coming back. Home Essentials wanted to find out who really is the most popular Friends character around the world? Is it Joey? Ross, Phoebe? We analysed the number of online searches made across 15 countries. And we can reveal each country's favourite Friends character, and it’s no surprise really…
The hit TV sitcom Friends first premiered back in 1994. After ten series and 236 episodes, the show aired its final show in 2004. In the years between then and now, Friends has never ceased to gain popularity. A recent study showed that the popular American sitcom is now highly popular among teenagers around the world. It's funny to think that the latest generation of Friends fans were not even born when the show finished! Yet, it just goes to show what a classic, versatile series it was.
There have been rumours of a Friends reunion for many years. It's now 17 years since the Friends gang bid their final farewell, which made us wonder whether a potential return would ever happen. Just as we were beginning to give up hope, it was announced recently that a Friends reunion is definitely happening! We don't have long to wait either, as this one-off special is set to be released on May 27 2021.
Thanks to our Netflix binge watching sessions, it almost feels as though they never left us! "Friends: The Reunion", also known as "The One Where They Get Back Together" is not an extra episode of the series. So if you're eagerly to see what happened to Monica and Chandler after they moved away then you might be disappointed. "Friends: The Reunion" will see the Friends cast come together to explore the set, talk to the celebrity guests who appeared on the show and share behind-the-scenes footage.
It's difficult to watch a show for 10 years and not have a favourite character. This news of Friends returning to our screens has got us asking, who is the most popular Friends character around the world? Here are the Friends characters, ranked by the average number of searches. Did you guess correctly?
The hit TV sitcom Friends first premiered back in 1994. After ten series and 236 episodes, the show aired its final show in 2004. In the years between then and now, Friends has never ceased to gain popularity. A recent study showed that the popular American sitcom is now highly popular among teenagers around the world. It's funny to think that the latest generation of Friends fans were not even born when the show finished! Yet, it just goes to show what a classic, versatile series it was.
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There have been rumours of a Friends reunion for many years. It's now 17 years since the Friends gang bid their final farewell, which made us wonder whether a potential return would ever happen. Just as we were beginning to give up hope, it was announced recently that a Friends reunion is definitely happening! We don't have long to wait either, as this one-off special is set to be released on May 27 2021.
Thanks to our Netflix binge watching sessions, it almost feels as though they never left us! "Friends: The Reunion", also known as "The One Where They Get Back Together" is not an extra episode of the series. So if you're eagerly to see what happened to Monica and Chandler after they moved away then you might be disappointed. "Friends: The Reunion" will see the Friends cast come together to explore the set, talk to the celebrity guests who appeared on the show and share behind-the-scenes footage.
Who Is The Most Popular Friends Character Around the World?
It's difficult to watch a show for 10 years and not have a favourite character. This news of Friends returning to our screens has got us asking, who is the most popular Friends character around the world? Here are the Friends characters, ranked by the average number of searches. Did you guess correctly?
| Country | Character | Average searches |
| United Kingdom | Ross Geller | 623700 |
| Canada | Ross Geller | 218000 |
| USA | Ross Geller | 1055500 |
| Brazil | Joey Tribbiani | 632100 |
| France | Chandler Bing | 189200 |
| Spain | Joey Tribbiani | 154500 |
| Italy | Monica Geller | 407900 |
| Germany | Joey Tribbiani | 117800 |
| Norway | Ross Gella | 24500 |
| UAE | Joey Tribbiani | 41700 |
| South Africa | Ross Geller | 52000 |
| India | Monica Geller | 2172000 |
| Singapore | Ross Geller | 20520 |
| Australia | Ross Geller | 162300 |
| New Zealand | Ross Geller | 31000 |
