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 09, 2015 12:17 am
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

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

Comments

DeluxeHazardPosted: Sat. Jan 10, 2015

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

-GoldCoast-Posted: Sat. Jan 10, 2015

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

AdamuPosted: Sat. Jan 10, 2015

This does not suprise me as all you see on youtube's popular videos are mine craft Vids or gta haha

IntPosted: Sat. Jan 10, 2015

Wow, I thought it sort of died down last year, but maybe that's because I haven't been following it?

XboxPosted: Sat. Jan 10, 2015

Wow thats crazy, But a lot of people do like the game.

GrownPosted: Sat. Jan 10, 2015

Does not surprise me this game is just to much fun for me lol.

OXTPosted: Fri. Jan 09, 2015

I thought it was the #1 or that may just be in Holland.

TomPosted: Fri. Jan 09, 2015

well all I see is minecraft on youtube. Dont see how that games that fun anymore. maybe like 2 years ago it was still good.

BruPosted: Fri. Jan 09, 2015

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.

AP5Posted: Fri. Jan 09, 2015

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

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