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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 25 in the world

Games and esports

Video games, launches and competitive gaming.

Share of the world’s attention
0.7%
Change
–
12 weeks

A third what people search for on Google, a third what they read on Wikipedia, a third what the news covers: attention, not market size. Games, for one, are played far more than they’re searched for or read about. How it’s measured

Not the leading theme in any country this week

Where it splits peopleAlways online Logging off

Games and esports · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

What its reading is made of this week, part by part

99.6%Video games

Total100.0%

Select a part to open it or see what people read in it

Most read in Video games

  1. Grand Theft Auto VI

    No. 1 · 394.6k views
  2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

    No. 2 · 178.9k views
  3. Grand Theft Auto

    No. 3 · 112k views
  4. Grand Theft Auto V

    No. 4 · 98.9k views
  5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

    No. 5 · 82.9k views

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 4.4m page views · Open in the explorer

Inside Culture & entertainment

Every area’s share of its reading this week; this theme’s in colour

62.1%Movies & TV

Total100.0%

In colour: counted in this theme

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 281.7m page views · Open in the explorer

How big it is

Published figures, each from its source

  • US$201.6bnGlobal games market, 2025Mobile US$113.3bn · Console US$44.7bn · PC US$43.6bnNewzoo

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 1% or moreNo data

Reading and news · 231.7m · Indicative

New and growing

Phrases new or growing in this week’s English-language headlines, against the 2 weeks before

  1. Sony

    New

    6 headlines · 5 outlets

    Sony earnings: PS5 tops 97.9 million sold, Wolverine at 2.4 milliongamereactor.eu

  2. Fortnite

    New

    5 headlines · 3 outlets

    Starši, pozor! Otroci stike z neznanci navezujejo tudi pri spletnih igrah, kot so Roblox, Minecraft in Fortnitevecer.com

  3. Square Enix

    New

    4 headlines · 3 outlets

    Square Enix Sequel to PS1 Exclusive Game Now Available on Nintendo Switch for $2comicbook.com

  4. Zelda · Ocarina

    Rising

    28 headlines · 24 outlets

    Box Art Brawl: The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Ultimate Showdownnintendolife.com

  5. RPG

    Rising

    4 headlines · 4 outlets

    PS5 Open-World RPGs With The Best Postgame Contentgamerant.com

  6. Xbox Series

    Rising

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    PS5 vs Xbox Series Sales Comparison - September 2026vgchartz.com

Games and esports

Most popular games

What sells most on Steam this week, and what earns and is downloaded most on the App Store, across every country with a chart. Open a game for its photos, news and where it ranks.

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Games and esports

Most AI-exploited art styles

Which looks AI image-making leans on most, so you can pick ones that stand out. For each style: how many Bluesky posts naming it are tagged #aiart against #art, and how many AI models on Hugging Face are made to copy it.

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Games and esports · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

The TikTok videos, Instagram posts and YouTube videos about this theme the most-liked Bluesky posts shared this week, and the topics trending on Bluesky.

Trending on Bluesky

Topics Bluesky lists as trending this week (worldwide, mostly in English)

Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one)

Games and esports

Discussion

Games and esports · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

Its tone against its usual, and each feeling against the average news

As usual

Tone +0.57 · usual +0.55

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

  • Anxiety0.6×
  • Fear0.8×
  • Anger0.7×
  • Sadness1.0×

Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.

News · 5.2k · Solid
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