“2021 is another record year for conversations around Gaming on Twitter, confirming the essential place that Twitter represents for video game publishers, specialized media, the most popular streamers, esports teams, gamers and retailers. commentators“, Explain Twitter. According to the social network, more than 2.4 billion tweets were posted on the subject in 2021, an increase of 14% compared to 2020. The last quarter of 2021 was particularly active and constitutes a new record in terms of of video game discussions since the inception of Twitter. Note that these rankings are based on internal Twitter data collected between January 1 and December 15, 2021.
At the top of discussions in the world but also in France, the Genshin Impact phenomenon seizes the 1st place to the detriment of Animal Crossing: New Horizons which is however still present in this top 10. Also counting among the most mobile games. profitable of the year 2021, the action-RPG of miHoYo is ahead of Apex Legends, a battle royale popular around the world, and the mobile game Ensemble Stars, a male idol card collection game that you probably haven’t seen often in your thread. Just like Fate / Grand Order, whose aura has been based mainly on the Japanese public for more than six years now. Dominant force on Twitter without even being able to count on China, Asia is also represented by Knives Out, a battle royale signed NetEase Games, which is more talked about than the great Minecraft and Fortnite.
The most discussed video games in 2021
- Genshin Impact (@GenshinImpact)
- Apex Legends (@PlayApex)
- Ensemble Stars (@ensemble_stars)
- Final Fantasy (@FinalFantasy)
- Fate / Grand Order (@fgoproject)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (@animalcrossing)
- Knives Out (@game_knives_out)
- Minecraft (@minecraft)
- Project Sekai (@pj_sekai)
- Fortnite (@fortnitegame)
The countries that discuss video games the most
- Japan
- United States
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Brazil
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- UK
- France
- India
The most discussed video game events of 2021
- E3 2021 (@ E3)
- The Game Awards (@TheGameAwards)
- Xbox Games Showcase (@Xbox)
- Gamescom 2021 (@Gamescom)
- Summer Game Fest 2021 (@SummerGameFest)