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Twitter has released statistics about video game-related tweets from 2021. According to Twitter, there were \u201cmore than 2.4 billion Tweets about gaming, up 14% year over year and a more than 10x increase from 2017.\u201d And Japan remained number one on the \u201cCountries Tweeting the Most About Gaming\u201d list, followed by the United States and South Korea. Japan was at the top of the list in 2020<\/a> as well.
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1. Japan
2. United States
3. South Korea
4. Thailand
5. Brazil
6. Philippines
7. Indonesia
8. United Kingdom
9. France
10. India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list of \u201cMost Talked About Video Games\u201d is as follows.
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1. Genshin Impact<\/em>
2. Apex Legends<\/em>
3. Ensemble Stars!<\/em>
4. Final Fantasy<\/em>
5. Fate\/Grand Order<\/em>
6. Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/em>
7. Knives Out<\/em>
8. Minecraft<\/em>
9. Project Sekai<\/em>
10. Fortnite<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lineup makes sense since both Genshin Impact<\/em> and Apex Legends<\/em> are hugely popular in Japan. Japanese games such as Ensemble Stars!<\/em>, Fate\/Grand Order<\/em>, and Project Sekai<\/em> made it onto the top 10 as well, along with the Final Fantasy<\/em> series and Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/em>. NetEase Games\u2019 battle royale game Knives Out<\/em>, is also popular in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What surprised us the most was the list of \u201cMost Talked About Gaming Creators.\u201d Colon<\/a>, a Japanese content creator with 1.16 million YouTube subscribers, is at the top of the ranking. Junichi Kato<\/a>, who has garnered popularity over the past two years and was subject to multiple controversies in 2021 due to his discriminatory remarks about race, gender, and persons with disabilities, made it to the top 10.
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1. Colon
2. AuronPlay
3. Felipe Neto
4. Ibai Llanos
5. Dream
6. GeorgeNotFound
7. Corpse Husband
8. Sapnap
9. BadBoyHalo
10. Junichi Kato<\/p>\n\n\n\n


You can check out the rest of Twitter\u2019s statistics here<\/a>.

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