How much taller is Pikachu than an iPhone 16?
Pikachu measures 40 cm (15.7 in) from the ground up, and an iPhone 16 measures 14.8 cm (5.81 in) from the ground up. An iPhone 16 would have to grow by 171% to match Pikachu, which is 2.71 times its height. Take 2 iPhone 16s stacked up and you reach 29.5 cm (11.6 in), still 10.5 cm (4.13 in) short of Pikachu; one more would overshoot by 4.28 cm (1.69 in). Pikachu and an iPhone 16 are both written in tens of centimetres, so the 2.71-to-one gap has to be read off the digits rather than off the unit.
| Object | Real size | Axis measured | What the figure covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikachu | 40 cm 15.7 in |
Height | Ground to highest point |
| iPhone 16 | 14.8 cm 5.81 in |
Height | Ground to highest point |
Both figures, Pikachu and iPhone 16, come from the Size It Up measurement set, one real-world size and one measured axis per object, last checked in September 2026; outline provenance is listed on the sources page.
Why this one is hard to judge by eye
Pikachu has never been measured, only stated: the figure comes from its source and moves when the source is redrawn, while an iPhone 16 can be checked with a tape, so this pair sets a decision against a measurement. Pikachu is drawn about 5.07 times as wide as an iPhone 16 as well as 2.71 times its height, so the area it takes in the frame grows faster than the figure anyone quotes. Both shapes fit in a single glance here, which ought to make 2.71 to one obvious between Pikachu and an iPhone 16, and it is not: at this size the eye compares whole outlines while the figures above compare one axis.
What each figure covers
Pikachu. Pikachu is quoted at its official entry height, unchanged since 1996. Forty centimetres is smaller than almost every drawing of it suggests.
iPhone 16. Phone heights are fixed to a tenth of a millimetre because cases are made to them. It is the most precisely specified object in this set and the one that dates fastest.
Pikachu and an iPhone 16 are both quoted as a height, which is what makes the ratio above a like-for-like figure.
What else is about that size?
Measured the same way, Pikachu at 40 cm sits within a tenth of Woody at 40 cm, A3 Paper at 42 cm and Emperor Zurg at 38 cm. iPhone 16 at 14.8 cm has Patrick Star at 15.2 cm, Mr Potato Head at 14 cm and Ostrich Egg at 15.6 cm for company, within a tenth. Swapping any of those in for Pikachu would move its ratio to an iPhone 16 by less than 10%.