Minecraft was YouTube's Second-most Popular Search Query of 2022

Mojang's breakout smash Minecraft was ranked second in Google's list of the top YouTube searches of 2014, placing it immediately behind the word "music" in terms of search frequency.

According to Google, the word "Minecraft" was the most frequently searched on YouTube in 2014 than "movies." Gaming personality PewDiePie also ranked among the service's most popular searches in 2014, trailing queries for Disney's Frozen as well as for musicians Drake and Beyonce.

Google reports that users are more likely to search for gaming-related content and engaging with them more frequently even though a majority of the people surveyed do not consider themselves gamers. YouTube videos under the "Gamingcategory were listed on the top 10 most popular list of Google Search on a variety of days in October 2014.

"A Google Consumer Survey fielded in October 2014 of people who claimed to watch gaming videos on YouTube revealed that only a small portion of this group (37 percent) consider themselves gamers,'" the report states. "When asked about their motivations for watching gaming videos, users mentioned 'entertainment' and 'humor' as often as they were asked about 'learning new strategies' or 'game tips'.'"

The report continues: "We also wanted out why they watched videos by creators like SkyDoesMinecraft and PewDiePie. Quite a few fans answered"because they're hilarious!' Some even compared these videos to stand-up comedy. An up-and-coming gaming creator summed the excitement with this analogy: "You don't need to play soccer to enjoy it on television.'"
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