How far away is each footstep in Pokemon Go?

As of today, July 18th, 2016, the footstep function is broken, and has been broken for a few days now.  

The footstep counter is supposed to be one step away, two steps away, or three steps away depending on how close/far away you are.

There is a lot of debate on the internet about the exact values (Niantic won't give us exact numbers), but it appears that:

• No Footstep: 0m to 40m (the same as the distance you can trigger PokeStations and the like from)


• One Footstep: 40m to 75m


• Two Footsteps: 75m to 150m


• Three Footsteps: 150m to 225m

Once a Pokemon goes outside your circle range, it changes from 0 footsteps to 1 footstep.  This can be a helpful tool that you can use to track down Pokemon that are close to you.

Good luck with your Poke-hunting!