Social networking platform Twitter reported a 36% growth in tweets about gaming year-over-year, driven mainly by the newly released action role-playing title Elden Ring, Mihoyo’s Genshin Impact, and gaming leagues for first-person shooters (FPS) like Apex Legends and Call of Duty.
For the first time ever, there were more than 2 billion tweets about gaming were recorded globally in 2020. This is up 75% from 2019, with a 49% increase in unique authors.