There were some 1 billion tweets about gaming worldwide in 2018, and Twitter shared a look at some of the topics that generated the most buzz on its platform last year.
The countries and regions that tweeted the most about gaming in 2018 were:
- Japan
- U.S.
- U.K.
- France
- Korea
- Spain
- Brazil
- Canada
- Mexico
- Germany
The most-tweeted-about games last year were:
- Fate/Grand Order
- Fortnite
- Monster Strike
- Splatoon
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Granblue Fantasy
- Ensemble Stars
- Super Smash Bros.
- Overwatch
- Final Fantasy
2018’s most-tweeted-about esports athletes were:
- Seth Abner
- Félix Lengyel
- Juan DeBiedma
- Yiliang Peng
- Ian Porter
- Gabriel Toledo
- James Clayton Eubanks
- William Peter Hjelte
- Dillon Price
- Thomas Paparratto
The esports franchises that drew the most mentions on the social network last year were:
- FaZe Clan
- OpTic Gaming
- Cloud9
- FNATIC
- TSM
- Houston Outlaws
- Dallas Fuel
- G2 Esport
- London Spitfire
- Team Liquid
Finally, the most-talked-about gaming events on Twitter in 2018 were:
- E3
- Tokyo Game Show...
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