Videos on YouTube have no shortage of popularity, and video game-related content in itself is growing through the roof, between designated Let’s Play videos, pieces produced by top-tier broadcasters, and more. Newzoo recently conducted a study that breaks down just how popular the Top 20 Game Franchises fare on the video channel.

Titled the Octoly-Newzoo Top 20 Game Franchises on YouTube, the report breaks down the deeper links between game brands, fan-created content and video streaming.

Video game views in general continued to rise to an all-time high, as fan-created videos accounted for 97.6 percent of all views on the channel back in March 2015. The total views of overall rankings multiplied incredibly over February’s numbers, rising 1.5 billion to 12.3 billion, a gain of 14 percent.

Out of all videos, ones related to Ubisoft’s Just Dance generated the most with 169 million views, 98.7 percent consisting of fan-generated content.

One other franchise that continues to move forward is Nintendo’s Super Mario series, which gained over 100 million views over the one month period, reaching a total amount of 547 million views. Again, most of the content came from fan-generated content, especially when an unlicensed high-definition version of Nintendo’s classic Super Mario 64 arrived on the Internet. Even though the game was eventually taken down, views continued to pour in for the content, keeping Mario’s success at an all-time high.

Microsoft’s Halo series continues to be a big draw on the video front, with triple the view rates at the beginning of this year. Between fan-related content on the multiplayer front, footage from the previously held beta for Halo 5: Guardians, and new trailers, it managed to gain 127 million views for March — up from the 42 million for February. This interest is expected to keep going, between last week’s release of Spartan Strike and Spartan Assault on iOS, and, of course, the release of Guardians coming later this year.

Other games that were hits on this chart include zombie-related titles like DayZ and Arma, as well as the survival horror game Five Nights At Freddy’s, with videos spanning across all three releases. Minecraft is also a huge draw in the community, with 3.9 billion monthly views.

The general ratings breakdown shows Minecraft at number one, followed by Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto in second place with nearly 1.4 billion views. The rest of the top 20 consists of Five Nights At Freddy’s (1.27 billion), Call of Duty (851 million), EA’s FIFA franchise (770 million), Garry’s Mod (690 million), League of Legends (667 million), Super Mario (547 million), Counter-Strike (362 million), DOTA 2 (282 million), Clash of Clans (259 million), Battlefield (177 million), Just Dance (169 million), Arma (156 million), World of Tanks (134 million), DayZ (134 million), Team Fortress (131 million), Halo (127 million), Mortal Kombat (123 million) and Destiny (118 million).

Not every franchise is benefiting, however. Angry Birds managed to drop out of the top 20, and Clash of Clans also lost some interest, despite being a strong seller on the mobile front.

 

 

The full report can be found here.