Favorite fictional bears in the UK 2016

This statistic shows the results of a survey on the most popular fictional bears in the United Kingdom (UK) as of October 2016. The survey found that Winnie the Pooh was the best-liked fictional bear with 22 percent of respondents indicating A. A. Milne's children's book character as their favorite. Paddington Bear and Baloo from 'The Jungle Book' ranked second and third with 15 and nine percent, respectively.

Which of the following is your favorite fictional bear?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Winnie the Pooh	22%
Paddington Bear	15%
Baloo (Jungle Book)	9%
Yogi Bear	8%
Rupert the Bear	8%
Ted	4%
Fozzie Bear (The Muppets)	4%
Bungle (Rainbow)	2%
Po (Kung Fu Panda)	2%
Iorek Byrnison (His Dark Materials trilogy)	2%
Reginald Koala (American Dad)	0%
None of these	14%
Don't know	10%

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Release date

October 2016

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

October 14, 2016

Number of respondents

2,901 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Today is the 90th anniversary of the first Winnie the Pooh book. Which of the following is your favourite fictional bear?"

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