Minecraft is YouTube’s top game of 2019 with 100 billion views
PewDiePie helps Microsoft’s title comfortably outpace its rivals
Minecraft is YouTube’s most popular game of 2019 with over 100 billion views on the video sharing platform.
YouTube revealed the most-viewed videos in several categories as part of its YouTube Rewind recap of the year, which actually covers January 1 to November 1.
Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg, who reached 100 million YouTube subscribers in August, helped propel Minecraft to the top of the game rankings.
His first ever YouTube upload was a Minecraft video and he recently returned to the series, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in May.
“[Minecraft’s] resurgence paralleled the decision by YouTube’s most subscribed creator, PewDiePie, to re-engage with the game in late June,” YouTube said.
“The month after PewDiePie posted ‘Minecraft Part 1’ — his first Minecraft video in years — uploads of videos related to the game reached an all-time high.”
YouTube’s most viewed games of 2019:
Minecraft (100.2 billion views)
Fortnite (60.9 billion views)
Grand Theft Auto (36.9 billion views)
Garena Free Fire (29.9 billion views)
Roblox (29.6 billion views)
Minecraft sales have topped 176 million and Microsoft said in September that the game attracts over 112 million players every month.
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