Twitter: More Than 2.4B Gaming-Related Tweets Were Shared in 2021

The social network analyzed chatter on its platform

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Twitter Gaming took a look back at gaming-related chatter on the social network in 2021. Twitter said there were more than 2.4 billion gaming-related tweets in 2021, a 14% increase from 2020. The fourth quarter of 2021 was also the biggest quarter ever for gaming conversation on the platform.

The most-tweeted-about video games in 2021 were:

  1. Genshin Impact
  2. Apex Legends
  3. Ensemble Stars!
  4. Final Fantasy
  5. Fate/Grand Order
  6. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  7. Knives Out
  8. Minecraft
  9. Project Sekai
  10. Fortnite



Image from Twitter showing the top 10 most-tweeted-about video games in 2021

The countries that tweeted the most about gaming in 2021 were:

  1. Japan
  2. U.S.
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