Neither ELDEN RING nor Wordle were the most popular games on Twitter so far this year

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It is incredible that the first half of 2022 has already passed; in fact, at the time of publishing the note only 47% of the year remains. The first 6 months have not passed in vain, but there have been several events that have given much to talk about in terms of video games and Twitter has just revealed what has been the most popular on its platform.

The company reported that from January to June 2022, approximately 1.5 billion (1.5 billion) video game-related tweets were recorded on the platform. These figures may seem usual, but the truth is that it is a number that broke records.

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According to Twitter, this is the half of the year that has given the most talk on the platform in terms of video games. The company reports that there was a 36% increase in tweets compared to the same period, but last year, and attributes it to major events in the industry, such as the past Summer Game Fest, Xbox Games Showcase and State of Play, competitions esports Call of Duty, VALORANT Y Counter-Strike: Global Offensiveapart from colossal launches, such as ELDEN RING.

This means that if users continue at this rate, the maximum number of gaming tweets per year (2.4 billion) will be exceeded, recorded precisely in 2021. Everything seems to indicate that this will happen, since several events are coming up in the second half of the year such as gamescom 2022 Opening Night Live, Tokyo Game Show 2022, The Game Awards 2022, and esports competitions and title launches such as Xenoblade 3, God of War Ragnarok, Bayonetta 3, Gotham Knights, Hogwarts LegacyY Modern Warfare 2 (2022).

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Which games gave the most to talk about so far in 2022 on Twitter?

Interestingly, although ELDEN RING was one of the most anticipated games, it did not manage to appear in the first place, nor wordlewhich kicked off 2022 as the viral game of the year, were able to make the list.

This position was reserved for Genshin Impacta title that is not willing to give up the crown it won in 2021. As you can see below, there are important changes, since neither Fortnite neither Minecraft neither Animal Crossing: New Horizons managed to secure a spot on the list, but the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildwhich has not debuted yet.

Apparently yes wordlewhich was a viral phenomenon, failed to beat Genshin Impacteverything seems to indicate that no one will be able to take away the crown in the remainder of 2022, except with all the news and its anniversary that is approaching the super successful HoYoverse title.

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Another interesting detail is that Mexico appears in the countries that participated the most in the first half of the year, a novelty if we take into account that this list does not usually change much, but the Latin American country managed to appear by displacing France from the list of the first 10.

As for esports, the teams that gave the most talk were Loud Esports, Karmine Corp and Crazy Raccoon; On the other hand, the professional players that generated the most discussions were FalleN, TenZ and Nobru.

Gaming celebrities were not far behind, as streamers like Colon, Sapnap and Dream also gave a lot to talk about. There were also several Spanish-speaking figures, precisely Ibai Llanos (4th place), Juan Guarnizo (5th place), AuronPlay (6th place), Felipe Neto (7th place) and Rubén Gundersen, better known as El Rubius (10th place).

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