Minecraft Beats Pokémon, Zelda And Animal Crossing To The Prize Of "World's Leading Fandom"

Ya bc I think they can get kinda creepy. (Better then fortnite's)

Who's surprised, with Minecraft being the best-selling game of all time

I tried Minecraft with a relative for about 1 1/2 months.

What ever floats your boat.

Lol people are mad.

Was never my thing, sorry. I'm not into that kinda game. DnD however...

It’s honestly a great game with a relatively ok fanbase compared to some of those games. I haven’t really played it in years but I appreciate the positive mindset it encourages for kids.

Minecraft's recent vitalization (with the DreamSMP being the latest example) definitely has a part in this. Pokemon and Animal Crossing are probably also in the top spots thanks to all of their successes and news in the past year

The harmony across the design of Minecraft is exemplary. It also benefits from leaning into the universal themes of survival and creativity, never getting in the way of players who create their own emergent stories (or as my daughter has shown me, in recent fandom, serial narratives like in Dream SMP).

The Mojang teams that continue to work on it made one big false move with their initial battle update, but have settled into an understanding of how to protect the core elements while adding new features.

I come back to it every once in awhile and it remains a joy to discover new additions and the systems have only got better with time, in my opinion.

I just think those core universal elements and good shepherding of the game over time naturally lead to a huge active fanbase.

This is fascinating, but it has to be skewed by the methodology. There's no way in Hell Rick and Morty's fandom is bigger than Star Wars. I know Star Wars is waning in popularity, but no.

This is measuring current hype, not actual fandom. Joining a subreddit is not the same thing as being a fan.

Zelda at number 5 is a bit of a shock and Breath of the Wild has to be the reason. In fact, for games the common feature seems to be an expressive, somewhat open, experience (except Pokemon). Which makes sense as the fans express themselves with the games.

@JasmineDragon Maybe they take points away for large sections of toxicity within the fandom?

Star Wars is number 12, btw. (and I am a huge Star Wars fan that is accepting of just about all of it)

Ayyy we got my Zelda, Dnd, and Marvel all in one place, if only star wars was top 10

Star Wars suffered greatly from the new trilogy. It being as high as number 12 is thanks to the Mandalorian and the legacy of the originals.

Well you don’t normally read about Minecraft fans harassing the developers, whining like small children when their favourite character isn’t included in the latest version or forever harping on about the fabled ‘meta game’ so it’s no surprise it beat Pokémon.

Eck. Minecraft is great, but the issue is with Dream. shudders And I though K-Pop Stans where bad...

@Nameless_Shame And the Prequel memes.

Avatar is 9th? Suprising, but nice.

So actually all their saying is that Minecraft is popular on the internet, not real life.

Amazing to see that Star Wars is not in the top ten......probably due to the damage Disney has done to the franchise?

I’m shocked and appalled that Dark Souls isn’t anywhere on that list. I’m gonna go yell at a cloud, now.

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It IS the best selling game of all time, after all. As for everyone saying how creative and good it is, coming from someone who put 700 hours into it last year, I agree to disagree.

Doctor Who is at number 44 so at least it's counted...

And all it took was the same Ash had to go to be a Champion (look like ****)

Minecraft being at the top isn't very surprising. It's the best selling game of all time, and it's infinitely replayable. Also, it's been released on every platform known to man since the PS3 and 360.

@Krisi Avatar?

Edit - I had no clue what The Last Airbender was. I just searched and voila, "Avatar: The Last Airbender".

I'm old. I have never played Minecraft and have no desire to. I hear kids talking about it all the time though so I'm not surprised. I am surprised that Fortnite isn't on there or Among Us which popped up like a storm this year. I use games as a getaway from my busy life and that getaway lasts about 15-20 minutes at a time. I like games I can get in and out of quick. Mario Kart, Smash, Splatoon, Chess, I just picked up Pokemon Snap and that's cute and fun. I hope as some of you say, Minecraft develops minds because I fear video games do the opposite for many kids if parents aren't the type to regulate their play and only use it as a treat after they've finished their studies.

I don't play Minecraft anymore, but I've put hundreds of hours Into it growing up and it holds a special place In my heart so I'm glad to see it at the top.

@Ghostbusterluigi

DnD, baby! Been playing every weekend for about 3 years now, mostly DMing. Still love it

@SkullDragr

100% give Avatar a viewing. The second series, Korra, is decent. But The Last Airbender is chef kiss beautiful

I'm pretty sure "Highest Grossing Media Franchise" is a much more prestigious title than "World's Leading Fandom", but okay. 😂

Not a Minecraft fan. I just found it to be boring. The single player base game mode (surviving, crafting, and defeating the ender dragon- no mods) was not really fleshed out, and I don’t want to spend countless hours in creative mode just building things especially if it’s something that I can’t do anything with in the real world. It was somewhat fun when coop was involved, but I quickly moved on to other games that kept my attention. Also, the fanbase who keeps overhyping it as being the “greatest game ever” and then criticize anyone who disagrees just flat out annoys me (you can say the same thing about any fanbase, but Minecraft’s fanbase just seems worse).

If anything, Minecraft is not really much a game (as there was no real end goal, which is why the ender dragon was added), as much as it is just a toy. In this sense, I guess I can see why it’s super popular, but it’s not for me.

You would think it would be time for a game to take over from Minecraft? Although I guess the game is making plenty of money for Microsoft subsidising Game Pass so I can't complain.

Does this have any significance anyway

@SkullDragr Avatar is absolutely my favorite thing in media that's not a video game. And I can't really say I grew up with it. It's just a wonderfully written, wonderfully told, wonderfully imaginative story with wonderful characters and settings. Everyone should see it at least once. I made several of my friends (grown men that don't really watch cartoon series) huge fans.

@Entrr_username Not really. But I always found statistics fascinating.

Minecraft has the unique advantage of running on virtually every game console and PC made in the last decade and a large collection of tablets and phones too.

It's a great game. And it's nice that a game that lacks micro transactions and is about building things, instead of shooting things, is number 1!

I played the heck out of it years ago. But I really only enjoy it with friends anymore. Single player just gets old at this point.

The last air bender? Seriously
Can't take this list seriously, I honestly don't get the appeal of gta online and Minecraft

It’s a powerhouse, you can’t deny that. It’s super flexible, it has different ways to play, so it has multiple fandoms in it, thus accounting for its massive popularity

It's not my thing. Watching my niece play it put me to sleep, especially with that music playing in the background. Little wonder that Sakurai had to mine spinoffs for fight-worthy music when he ported Minecraft to Smash.

That having been said, I fully realize that it's just a factor of my having aged out of the generation that would enjoy this more. I'm not going to deny or begrudge its popularity.

From my younger relatives there’s been burn out and dissatisfaction with Fortnite this year so Minecraft and Ark have been back in fashion.

Considering Steve broke Twitter when he was added to Smash, this does not surprise me one bit.

Legend of Korra was worth it just for the updated elemental demonstrations in the intro. Beautiful choreography.

The fact that Zelda is in 5th surprises me a lot. Perhaps I've been underestimating it too much because of the split fanbase.

@Nameless_Shame And Clone Wars Season 7 / Bad Batch as well I would assume.