Which video game tattoos are the most popular in the world? Hard to say. By relying only on hashtags on Instagram, Casino.org has identified a possible list of the most popular series and characters in the industry immortalized in ink form.
According to the results of this “survey”, the series Pokemon leads the way with 195,504 Instagram posts for the hashtag #pokemontattoo. The second most important series is The Legend of Zelda with three times fewer publications for the hashtag #zeldatattoo. The podium is completed by Super Mario Bros. and the hashtag #mariotattoo.
Here is a Top 10 of the most popular video game tattoos on the social network by series:
| Position | Series | Hashtag | Total Instagram Posts |
| 1 | Pokemon | #pokemontattoo | 195,504 |
| 2 | Legend of zelda | #zeldatattoo | 59 155 |
| 3 | Super Mario | #mariotattoo | 19 628 |
| 4 | Kingdom Hearts | #kingdomheartstattoo | 10,731 |
| 5 | Final fantasy | #finalfantasytattoo | 9754 |
| 6 | God of war | #godofwartattoo | 6855 |
| 7 | Bioshock | #bioshocktattoo | 5994 |
| 8 | fallout | #fallouttattoo | 5983 |
| 9 | The witcher | #witchertattoo | 5815 |
| 10 | Halo | #halotattoo | 5440 |
When it comes to video game characters, Pikachu is the most tattooed on the planet. Unsurprisingly, Mario comes in second. As for third place, it was less obvious to predict with Kratos de God of war. Here are the popular characters when it comes to video game tattoos:
| Position | Character | Series | Keyword | Hashtag | Total Instagram Posts |
| 1 | Pikachu | Pokemon | Pikachu | #pikachutattoo | 21,492 |
| 2 | Mario | Super Mario | Mario | #mariotattoo | 19 628 |
| 3 | Kratos | God of war | Kratos | #kratostattoo | 5539 |
| 4 | Crash Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot | #crashbandicoottattoo | 5440 |
| 5 | Sonic the hedgehog | Sonic the hedgehog | Sonic the hedgehog | #sonictattoo | 4597 |
| 6 | Chun-Li | Street fighter | Chun-Li | #chunlitattoo | 3659 |
| 7 | Yoshi | Super Mario | Yoshi | #yoshitattoo | 3463 |
| 8 | Pac-Man | Pac-Man | pacman | #pacmantattoo | 3153 |
| 9 | Spyro | Spyro | Spyro | #spyrotattoo | 3115 |
| 10 | Kirby | Kirby | Kirby | #kirbytattoo | 2574 |