New research from Casino.org has taken a deep dive into total sales, critic ratings, search volume and Twitch views to discover the world’s – and every country’s – most-loved gaming franchise.
Animal Crossing is officially revealed as the UK’s favourite gaming franchise.
See the results here: https://www.casino.org/blog/the-most-loved-gaming-franchises-in-the-world/
The world’s most-loved gaming franchises
Rank | Franchise | Average franchise critic score | Total sales of base games | Annual Worldwide Franchise Google Search Data | Franchise Lifetime Peak Viewers on Twitch | Most Loved Franchise Score /10 |
1 | Super Mario | 88.2% | 299,475,000 | 39,936,900 | 2,926,742 | 8.15 |
2 | Call of Duty | 84.5% | 301,460,000 | 88,361,000 | 1,623,046 | 8.09 |
3 | Grand Theft Auto | 90.1% | 193,500,000 | 31,787,020 | 1,020,005 | 5.84 |
4 | The Legend of Zelda | 89.2% | 93,100,000 | 18,513,800 | 2,431,115 | 5.73 |
5 | Assassin’s Creed | 80.8% | 93,000,000 | 89,036,300 | 721,736 | 5.50 |
6 | Mario Kart | 87.0% | 177,860,000 | 13,322,600 | 1,361,952 | 5.24 |
7 | Pokémon | 85.8% | 187,760,000 | 15,220,200 | 1,257,588 | 5.18 |
8 | The Last of Us | 94.0% | 24,000,000 | 55,619,000 | 631,357 | 5.17 |
9 | Animal Crossing | 84.8% | 62,550,000 | 78,359,700 | 284,906 | 5.00 |
10 | Sonic the Hedgehog | 76.5% | 61,420,000 | 41,571,900 | 1,907,064 | 4.60 |
- After being around for 35 years, Super Mario is ranked the world’s most loved franchise with nearly 3 million Twitch views and 300 million sales!
- Starting in 2003, Call of Duty has seen the highest total sales of all the franchises- over 301.46 million games sold, however it just falls behind in Twitch views and average critic score earning it second place in the world’s most loved games.
- Taking the third spot is Grand Theft Auto with one of the highest critic scores but much lower sales than the top two franchises.
Animal Crossing is the most searched franchise in the UK
While Call Of Duty has been searched for by the most number of countries (29), Animal Crossing emerges as the favourite for 24 countries – including the UK, US and Australia.
Most Searched Franchise | Number of Countries |
Call of Duty | 29 |
Animal Crossing | 24 |
The Witcher | 8 |
The Last of Us | 6 |
Super Mario | 3 |
Sonic the Hedgehog | 3 |
Assassin’s Creed | 1 |
Diablo | 1 |
You can see the results of the research by clicking here.
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