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Library/Campaign/Monobank’s “Hunt for Lemons”
Grade B20 sourcesHIS-00753

Monobank’s “Hunt for Lemons”

Campaign · 2025 · Notable

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Foxtrot said the in-app lemon hunt sold over 400 bowl sets in a day.

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Полювання на лимони від monobank: як гра стала вірусом українського маркетингу | Медіа Inweb
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У «Фокстрот» відзвітували, скільки салатників «Сицилійський лимон» вдалося продати завдяки акції monobank
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Spread Score

How it works
Reach53ContagionNo data yetBreadth40Velocity73Longevity1346

Numbers

Campaign impressions (award-entry claim, lower bound)
25M
Self-reported · ADC*UA Awards (monobank entry)
Peak date
Week of Oct 17, 2025
Oct 16 ’25 to Week of Oct 17, 2025
Platforms
6
Started on Group chats
Origin
Seeded
Finance

Mechanics

  • Mystery & lorePrimary
  • Response chain
  • Brand pile-on
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop

How it spread

Trace the origin

Monobank launched a prize hunt across its app. Users and brands made lemon memes as traffic disrupted banking. Foxtrot reported a bowl-set sell-out. The bank later reported millions of participants and added partner prizes.

Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

Google searchesOct ’25NovDecJan ’26FebPeakGroup chatsThreadsInstagramRetailOpen webPress
Group chatsThreadsInstagramRetailOpen webPress

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Timeline (16)

  1. October 2025

    Oleh Horokhovskyi precursor · Oct 15 ’25

    Horokhovskyi teased something important for the following day without revealing the hunt.[1]

    Полювання на лимони від monobank: як гра стала вірусом українського маркетингу | Медіа Inweb
  2. Oleh Horokhovskyi seed · Oct 16 ’25

    Horokhovskyi launched the in-app lemon hunt and announced prizes for collecting hidden lemons.[2]

  3. Oleh Horokhovskyi owner response · Oct 16 ’25

    Horokhovskyi said some app functions stopped working as customers searched for lemons.[3]

Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
  1. 2026-10-16Added 2 numbers · Revised 5 numbers
  2. 2026-10-14Added: 16 events, 20 sources · Score 46 · Fact-check passed (34 claims)
Origin
Seeded
Sector
Finance
Region
UA
Campaign impressions (award-entry claim, lower bound)
25M
Self-reported · ADC*UA Awards (monobank entry)
Evidence
Grade B

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Google searchesOct ’25NovDecJan ’26FebPeakGroup chatsThreadsInstagramRetailOpen webPress
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  1. October 2025

    Oleh Horokhovskyi precursor · Oct 15 ’25

    Horokhovskyi teased something important for the following day without revealing the hunt.[1]

    Полювання на лимони від monobank: як гра стала вірусом українського маркетингу | Медіа Inweb
  2. Oleh Horokhovskyi seed · Oct 16 ’25

    Horokhovskyi launched the in-app lemon hunt and announced prizes for collecting hidden lemons.[2]

  3. Oleh Horokhovskyi owner response · Oct 16 ’25

    Horokhovskyi said some app functions stopped working as customers searched for lemons.[3]

  1. owner response · Oct 16 ’25

  2. owner response · Oct 16 ’25

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