Minecraft was YouTube's second-most popular search query of 2014

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Mojang's breakout hit Minecraft took second place in a Google-issued list of the most popular YouTube search queries of 2014, ranking immediately behind the word "music" in terms of search frequency.

According to Google, the word "Minecraft" was more frequently searched on YouTube in 2014 than the term "movies." Gaming personality PewDiePie also ranked among the service's most popular searches in 2014, trailing queries for Disney's Frozen and for artists Drake and Beyonce.

Google reports that user searches and engagement for gaming-related content are rapidly rising, even though many surveyed users don't necessarily identify as gamers. YouTube videos in the "Gaming" category hit the service's Top 10 Trending list on 25 different days in October of 2014.

"A Google Consumer Survey fielded in October 2014 of people who said they watch gaming videos on YouTube revealed that only a portion of this group (37%) considers themselves 'gamers,'" the report states. "When asked about their motivations for watching gaming videos, viewers mentioned 'entertainment' and 'humor' as often as they mentioned 'learning new strategies' or 'game tips.'"

The report continues: "We also wanted to find out why they watch videos by creators such as PewDiePie and SkyDoesMinecraft. Quite a few fans answered, 'Because they're hilarious!' Some even compared these videos to stand-up comedy. An up-and-coming gaming creator summed up interest with the following analogy: 'You don't have to play soccer to enjoy it on TV.'"

Posted: Jan 08, 2015 11:17 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2015/01/08/minecraft-was-youtubes-second-most-popular-search-query-of-2014/

Comments

GrownPosted: Mon. Jan 12, 2015

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DualWield Doesn't surprise me with all little kids playing it.

Every post I see you've made so far is incredibly negative, what gives? :S

His post is not really that negative but more so true, it is mostly little kids playing Minecraft now.

FlutterPlebPosted: Mon. Jan 12, 2015

DualWield Doesn't surprise me with all little kids playing it.

Every post I see you've made so far is incredibly negative, what gives? :S

Songjiho89Posted: Mon. Jan 12, 2015

It is true that the word "Minecraft" search is the most in games, but I do not play this game League of Legends

DualWieldPosted: Mon. Jan 12, 2015

Doesn't surprise me with all little kids playing it.

lm_CrankedPosted: Sun. Jan 11, 2015

Mainly cuz of Mianite with Syndicate, Jeriicho, firefoxxx, and captain sparkle

Island-TimePosted: Sun. Jan 11, 2015

Wow, is it bad i have never played minecraft haha

MethylaminePosted: Sun. Jan 11, 2015

I have minecraft, I just don't play it much. It gets repetitive for me...

StaggiePosted: Sun. Jan 11, 2015

DeluxeHazard Minecraft is incredibly simple yet it is one of the most popular games of all time. This baffles me.

It's because everyone has that inner kid, Its like Lego, you just can't not have fun.

MissPosted: Sat. Jan 10, 2015

-GoldCoast- I thought no one played minecraft anymore tbh. this actually suprised me.

More than half of my friends list is usually on it, lol.

EarnPosted: Sat. Jan 10, 2015

Goth
AP5 minecraft is a good game dont get me wrong but i feel that it can get very boring after a while like any game but its just quite repetitive i can see how it has so many searches though because its community is growing day by day i wonder what the most searched was because im thinking it might be league of legends

I agree, its fun for a while and was a good idea but you run out of things to do on it and it gets really boring.

Yeah, I'm alright with it on PC because there's tons of different gamemodes on servers like Prison for example but on Xbox it can be very boring cause you just do the same stuff.

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