I'd think it would depend on how big your licks are more than anything... people with massive tongues may be able to pull it off in a couple hundred licks!
But I don't know much about it since I crunch early on...
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? The owl from the commercials never answered the question
Really want this answered huh. Well, here comes a day from my fourth grade where I answered this all.
Factors which will affect how many licks it takes:
-Size of tongue -Amount of spit -Duration of lick -How "hard" you lick it -Temperature of tootsie pop (melting/frozen) -Area which is being licked -What is "one lick" -How much of the center needs to be exposed
Depending on the answers to each of these questions, it could be one lick or thousands.