Pocketpair has opened the Palworld Global Popularity Poll 2026, and the results will directly shape what lands in the next game update. If you have been putting off making your Pal preferences known, now is the time — voting closes on 28 September 2026 at 09:00 SGT.
What Is the Palworld Global Popularity Poll?
Every year Pocketpair invites the entire player base to rank their favourite Pals and human characters. The 2026 edition is the biggest yet: the official voting site lists all 288 Pals — including the 80 new additions and 84 variant forms introduced in the version 1.0 full release this July — alongside 16 in-game characters, nine of whom are the tower bosses players have been battling since Early Access.
The poll is live in 17 languages, open to anyone worldwide, and you do not need to own the game to cast a vote. Each person gets one submission: pick up to three Pals and up to three characters, plus designate a single favourite in each category. Filters by element type, work suitability, and when a Pal was introduced make it easy to navigate the large roster.
Your Vote Actually Changes the Game
This is not a cosmetic exercise. When the 2025 popularity poll wrapped, the results fed directly back into the game: the top-ranked character, Zoe, was later added as a recruitable ally in a subsequent update, and the three most-popular Pals each received exclusive commemorative skins. Pocketpair has signalled that the 2026 update roadmap is shorter in cadence than last year’s, making this vote “the most direct line players have into what actually lands” in the next major patch.
Singapore fans who have been logging in through Garena’s Palworld Online mobile version — or who put in hundreds of hours on PC and console during the 1.0 launch this July — have exactly the same voting weight as any other region. Southeast Asian players are a meaningful slice of Palworld’s global community, and a coordinated push here could put a regional favourite in the top three.
How to Vote
Head to 2026.palworld-vote.com, set your language from the switcher at the top (English, Japanese, and 15 other languages are available), and select your top picks. After submitting you can share a graphic of your choices directly to X or Bluesky — the Palworld community is already flooding both platforms with their lineups. Voting closes 28 September 2026 at 01:00 UTC (09:00 SGT). Results and any in-game consequences will be announced after the poll closes.
Check back on Game News for coverage of the poll results and whatever Pocketpair announces for the next update.