Video games are currently a hot topic on Twitter, with the coronavirus pandemic keeping people at home and eliminating other forms of entertainment.
The social network revealed Monday that it saw a 71% increase in gaming-related conversation volume and a 38% increase in unique authors in the second half of March, when social distancing measures were put in place.
For the U.S. specifically, Twitter said there was an 89% increase in conversation volume and a 50% increase in unique authors.
Conversations picked up following the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons March 20. New Horizons has been the most-tweeted-about game on Twitter globally so far in 2020, followed by Fate/Grand Order and Final Fantasy in second and third place, respectively.
Here are the 10 most-tweeted-about games on Twitter, globally, so far this year:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Fate/Grand Order
- Final Fantasy
- Ensemble Stars!
- Fortnite
- Monster Strike
- Granblue Fantasy
- Identity V
- Minecraft
- Knives Out
Looking at the last 30 days in the U.S., the most-tweeted about games were:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Call of Duty
- Final Fantasy
- Fortnite
- Fire Emblem
- Doom
- Super Mario
- NBA 2K
- Overwatch
- The Legend of Zelda
Twitter also ranked the countries that are tweeting the most about Animal Crossing:
- Japan
- United States
- Korea
- France
- Spain
Finally, switching gears to esports, Twitter ranked the most-tweeted about esports teams over the last 30 days:
- @FaZeClan
- @G2Esports
- @mibr
- @FNATIC
- @Cloud9
- @T1
- @TeamLiquid
- @Luminosity
- @paiNGaming
- @TSM
