The social media platform Twitter, also known as “The Vestibule of Hell” and “The Root of All Evil,” has now announced in a blog post which gamers were tweeted about the most in 2021. Among the content creators, those from the Minecraft phenomenon Dream are leading the way. In esports, surprisingly, the young pros from Fortnite dominate.
Who are the biggest content creators in gaming worldwide? The list of the top 5 places is international:
Colon is a content creator from Japan. He is primarily active on YouTube, where one of his most successful videos is about Mario Maker. However, Colon is also active as a musician in the “J-Pop” genre.
AuronPlay comes in at number 2; the 33-year-old Spaniard is one of the biggest Twitch streamers in the world. With 11.1 million followers, he has the second-largest channel on Twitch – only Ninja has more followers from his Fortnite days. AuronPlay streams everything: Minecraft, GTA, Rust, Among Us.
In third place is Felipe Neto, a 34-year-old Brazilian. He is a vlogger, actor, and comedian on YouTube. He has 43.6 million subscribers on the video platform and has been active there for ages. As a Brazilian, he lamented the 1-7 defeat at the 2014 World Cup in his own country against Germany. When he deals with gaming, it involves games like Outlast or Minecraft.
In fourth place is the Spaniard Ibai, who, like AuronPlay, is a successful Twitch streamer. Ibai focuses a lot on events, plays everything that is popular, such as Minecraft, LoL, or Rust. Spain has a very lively Twitch scene.
The top 5 is completed by the mysterious Minecraft streamer Dream, who never shows his face. Dream is absolutely leading in the English-speaking world when it comes to the gaming bubble. When he makes announcements in Minecraft about which mob should be added to the game, it gets heard. He is especially popular with young fans and has built a network around his private server Dream SMP. Dream also won the award for “Content Creator of the Year 2021,” even though he was caught cheating.
In the next spots, there are three more Minecraft streamers from Dream’s environment:
- GeorgeNotFound – a Minecraft streamer
- Corpse Husband – a content creator with a covered face and deep voice. He had his breakthrough on YouTube in 2021.
- Sapnap – another Minecraft streamer
- BadBoyHalo – the fourth Minecraft streamer in the group
- Junichi Kato – a Japanese YouTuber and streamer
Teenagers from Fortnite dominate esports on Twitter
Who are the biggest esports athletes on Twitter? Among esports athletes, it is not necessarily the “best players” who are at the top, but rather relatively young players from Fortnite:
In first place is Mongraal, a hot-headed Brit known for his outbursts. Viewers have watched the 17-year-old grow older and more mature over the years…
In second place is Bugha (featured image), who had his star moment in 2019 when he won the Fortnite World Cup and $3 million in prize money. At that time, he was 17. He was tweeted about the second most as an esports athlete.
In third place is Benjiyfish from the Fortnite scene. He made headlines as a 15-year-old because his mother took him out of school so he could play Fortnite in peace at night. Benifishy predicted in January 2021 the end of esports in Fortnite, but became the number 3 esports athlete on Twitter in 2021.
In fourth place is Scump, the first from the Call of Duty scene. We previously reported about him on MeinMMO because he drove TimTheTatman crazy at an event. It was a lot of fun for everyone involved, except for the streamer, who complained: He is about to turn 30, is going bald, just wants his peace, and now this guy is publicly ruining him.
In fifth place is the legendary LoL ADC Rekkles, a “veteran” who is already 25 years old. He is now moving to the second league.
Shooters dominate esports on Twitter
In sixth place is the 20-year-old Brazilian Nobru. His game is Free Fire, a battle royale for mobile devices.
In seventh place is another Brazilian. The 30-year-old FalleN is a pro in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
From a different generation is the Spaniard Mixwell. The 20-year-old was once a pro in CS:GO but switched to Valorant in 2020 and is now among the leading professionals in Riot Games’ shooter.
Another big name in Valorant is Canadian Tenz. He once made headlines for a spectacular transfer.
At number 10 is the Ukrainian s1mple, regarded as the best CS:GO player of all time, who struggles to stream on Twitch for 2 minutes without getting banned.
What are the most important games on Twitter? There is a noticeable Asian preference. The biggest game is actually Genshin Impact, followed by Apex Legends, Ensemble Stars, Final Fantasy, and Fate/Grand Order, a mobile game known for its notorious monetization from Japan.
Minecraft is only in eighth place, Fortnite only in tenth.
In which countries is gaming tweeted about? The fact that Twitter is not just a medium for gaming in the English-speaking world is also evident in the countries where there are the most tweets about gaming: Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Brazil, along with the USA, make up the top 5.
Gaming is bigger on Twitter than ever
What else is there to say? In total, there were 2.4 billion tweets about gaming in 2021 – 14% more than in 2020 and 10 times more than in 2017. Especially in the fourth quarter of 2021, there were tweets about games more often than ever before, Twitter joyfully chirps.
Twitter attributes this to the boom in NFTs. Moreover, they specifically mention Halo Infinite.
Germany, Austria, or Switzerland do not appear anywhere on these lists. Apparently, we are not as tweet-crazy about gaming as other regions and countries.
MontanaBlack or HandOfBlood should really get a move on for 2022:
MontanaBlack wants to leave Germany: “That’s 400,000 € more in my account”
