There were over 2 billion tweets about gaming in 2020, up 75% from 2019, and those tweets came from more people, with a 49% increase in unique authors.
With Covid-19 putting the kibosh on in-person gatherings and events, some of the industry’s biggest moments and developments played out on the social network.
Gaming was the sixth-most-followed topic overall on Twitter in 2020, and the most followed gaming topics for the year were:
- Gaming
- Gaming news
- Esports
- Gaming influencers
- Playstation
- Fortnite
- Call of Duty
- Minecraft
- Animal Crossing
- Xbox
The countries that tweeted the most about gaming last year were:
- Japan
- U.S.
- South Korea
- Brazil
- Thailand
- U.K.
- France
- India
- Philippines
- Spain
The year’s most-tweeted-about games were:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Fate/Grand Order
- Disney: Twisted-Wonderland
- Final Fantasy
- Fortnite
- Ensemble Stars!
- Knives Out
- Genshin Impact
- Apex Legends
- Identity V
The most-tweeted-about gaming events were:
- The 2020 Game Awards
- The Future of Gaming on PS5 Event
- Tokyo Game Show 2020
- Niconico Net Chokaigi 2020
- Xbox Games Showcase
The most-tweeted-about gaming personalities were:
- @IbaiLlanos
- @Rubiu5
- @Jack_Septic_Eye
- @Ninja
- @pokimanelol
- @timthetatman
- @BadBoyHalo
- @Technothepig
- @GeorgeNotFound
- @Corpse_Husband
Conversation about esports was up 14% on Twitter last year compared with 2019.
The year’s most-talked-about esports events were:
- League of Legends Worlds 2020
- EVO Japan 2020
- CBLoL Split 2 Finals 2020
- Call of Duty League 2020 Championship
- Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020
The most-tweeted-about esports teams were:
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
- mibr
- Fnatic
- paiN Gaming
- T1
- Cloud9
- Furia
- Flamengo Esports
- 100 Thieves
And the most-tweeted-about esports athletes were:
- @Mongraal
- @benjyfishy
- @scump
- @bugha
- @mitr0
- @fer
- @zayt
- @FalleNCS
- @TACOCS
- @Clayster
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