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The debate over which console is the best is an age-old topic among gamers. When it comes to sales, the PlayStation 2 would be crowned the winner. But technological advancements since then have made it possible to create more capable consoles. Will there ever be a definitive winner?

Determined to close the case once and for all, TopRatedCasinos.co.uk used social media to which console is most popular among gamers. They calculated the number of mentions, hashtags and views on four leading social media platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and YouTube. Then each console was given a final score of “Social Popularity Points”.

The most popular consoles on social media

Rank To console Instagram score (/25) TikTok Score (/25) Reddit score (/25) YouTube Score (/25) Social Popularity Points (/100)
1 Playstation 4 25 25 25 23 98
2 Xbox One 24 23 23 19 88
3 Playstation 5 19 24 10 24 76
4 Nintendo Switch 21 19 6 25 71
5 Playstation 3 23 13 24 9 68
6 Game Boy 16 21 8 21 66
7 Nintendo Wii U 9 18 19 18 63
8 Playstation 2 13 15 20 14 61
9 Xbox 360 20 14 15 13 61
10 Xbox Series X/S 15 16 13 16 60

The Playstation 4 is the most popular console on social media, with a perfect score on Instagram, TikTokand reddit (25/25)and 23/25 on YouTube in total up to 98/100 in total. Released in November 2013, the PS4 is the fourth best-selling console of all time with 116 million on sale from July 2021.

The Xbox One follows in second place with 88/100. The console scored a near perfect 24/25 On Instagram, and 23/25 On TikTok and Redditbut was let down by a lower score on YouTube (19/25). The Xbox One, which released around the same time as the PS4 in November 2013, has sold less than half the number of consoles as its competitor at just over 50 million.

In the third is the Playstation 5 with a score of 76/100let down by his reddit score of 10/25, despite strong scores on TikTok and YouTube (24/25). Despite the console not having as much time as the top two to impress (released in November 2020), the console has been in huge demand since its release date and is said to have sold far more than its current quantity. 20 million units, if not for a worldwide shortage of the components to manufacture them.

Which console manufacturer is the best?

Rank Manufacturer Instagram score (/25) TikTok Score (/25) Reddit score (/25) YouTube Score (/25) Social Popularity Points (/100)
1 Play station 19 19 13 13 64
2 Nintendo 6 6 19 19 50
3 Xbox 13 13 6 6 38

Play station came out on top again with a total score of 63/100, taking the average score of the PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5 and PSP. The gaming brand scored highest on Instagram and TikTok of 19/25.

Nintendo came in second with a score of 50/100 inherited from the Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, GameBoy, DS, 2DS, 3DS, and the highest ranked of the group, the Nintendo Switch.

Xbox lowest ranked with an overall score of 38/100, inherited from the Xbox (original console), Xbox 360, Xbox One, and the Xbox Series X/S. Despite a higher score than Nintendo On Instagram and TikTok of 13/25, the low score of 6/25 On reddit and YouTube lower it.

Methodology

  1. TopRatedCasinos.co.uk has compiled a list of all game consoles from PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox using multiple sources.
  2. They then created a list of variants of each console to use as search criteria: for example, ‘playstation1’, ‘playstationone’, ‘ps1’, ‘psone’, etc.
  3. Each variation was typed into the Instagram hashtag function, the results noted and added up for each console.
  4. Each variation was typed into the TikTok hashtag feature, giving the total number of views videos tagged with that search criteria were viewed.
  5. Each variation was typed into redditsearch.io to see how often each console was mentioned in the r/Gaming and r/Games subs.
  6. The default name for each console was typed into YouTube and filtered by the most viewed videos. Videos were only used if they contained the console, contained information about the console, or came from an official account.
  7. Finally, each set of data was given a score of 0-25 and each console was given a score of 100 to rank their overall social popularity.
  8. All data is correct as of 24/07/2022, but subject to change.

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