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Nintendo Switch And Animal Crossing Are Japan’s Most Used Gaming Hashtags On Twitter In 2020

Earlier this year, Animal Crossing: New Horizons made its debut on Nintendo Switch and exploded in popularity – especially during a global pandemic keeping many at home. Having swept the sales charts as one of Nintendo’s most successful Switch titles so far, it now looks like the game has also been keeping the internet’s attention for quite a big chunk of this year!

Twitter Japan has published the results of #ThisHappened for 2020 – which lists the most popular topics on its platform, from 1 January 2020 – 15 November 2020. In particular, the hashtags “Nintendo Switch” and “Animal Crossing” (“あつまれ どうぶつの森”) emerged as the two most used gaming-related hashtags within Japan!

Both also saw a lot of use worldwide. Namely, Twitter Japan also revealed that “Nintendo Switch” and “Animal Crossing” were the fourth and fifth most-used hashtags worldwide overall!


All in all, it seems like the Switch and Animal Crossing: New Horizons have made quite a splash around the globe! We’ll just have to see if both can maintain their popularity into 2021!

GALA-MOS

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