Twitter has shared more stats related to gaming tweets for Q1 2022 (Jan. 1 to March 31), and in Canada, Wordle has topped the charts for the most mentions.
There were nearly 800 million tweets in Q1 related to gaming (up 52% year-over-year), with the most tweet volume related to Sony’s acquisition of Bungie, followed by the Elden Ring launch day, Activision’s Blizzard acquisition and the new season of Fortnite.
The top five games tweeted about in Canada were Wordle, Genshin Impact, Final Fantasy, Elden Ring and Fortnite. When it came to the most tweeted about games globally, Genshin Impact led the way, followed by Wordle in second place.
#DYK Wordle was the game w/ the most Canadian Twitter mentions during the first three months of 2022
Top 5 for 🇨🇦
1. Wordle
2. Genshin Impact
3. Final Fantasy
4. Elden Ring
5. FortniteMore 2022 🎮🚀📈👾 insights below from Twitter Gaming boss @RdotChadha https://t.co/0Jwktz9mWP pic.twitter.com/zBCWFzQdf0
— Cam Gordon (@cam_gordon) April 5, 2022
Wordle is a simple game that requires users to guess a five-letter word in six tries, and has since gone viral and remains popular. It was created by Josh Wardle, who then sold it to the New York Times in January.
