Twitter has released a report on how games affected tweet traffic in 2021. According to the data, in 2021, tweets in the ‘games’ topic reached the highest number, with more than 2 billion tweets. Genshin Impact has become one of the most talked-about topics on Twitter.
According to the report, Twitter’s gaming thread coverage increased by 14% compared to 2020. 2.4 billion tweets are roughly ten times the number of tweets in 2017. Rishi Chadha, Head of Gaming Content at Twitter, wrote in a blog post:
“The gaming community around the world has returned to the scene of face-to-face esports events. Publishers have released new games like Halo Infinite, and media outlets have expanded the scope of the space. NFTs have become a hot topic. People from all over the world came to Twitter to talk about this.”
In the same blog post, the most talked-about games on Twitter in 2021 were listed as follows:
- 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)
Genshin Impact became the favorite of the year on Gaming Twitter. Also, events like E3, The Game Awards, and Gamescom have been other gaming titles that received a lot of tweets.
The most talked-about esports teams on Twitter are as follows:
- LOUD esports (@LOUDgg)
- FaZe Clan (@fazeclan)
- paiN Gaming (@paiNGamingBR)
- G2 Esports (@G2esports)
- Fnatic (@fnatic)
- Furia (@FURIA)
- 100 Thieves (@100Thieves)
- DetonatioN Gaming (@team_detonation)
- T1 (@T1)
- Team Liquid (@TeamLiquid)
Ranking of the countries that tweet the most about the games:
- Japan
- United States of America
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Brazil
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- United Kingdom
- France
- India
In Twitter’s report, top 10 rankings are made in many other areas, but detailed data are not disclosed specifically.
