YouTube’s Most Watched Gaming Video in 2015 was a Clash of Clans Ad

The “end of the year” train keeps on chugging, and YouTube — who launched their YouTube Gaming brand this year — has just launched an interesting handful of stats into the world. Chief among those? The most watched games-related video of 2015 was the Clash of Clans Superbowl commercial starring Liam Neeson.

The commercial has seen 83 million views at the time of this writing. That’s more than the next three entries on the list (Real GTA, Star Wars Battlefront Reveal Trailer and Five Night’s at Freddy’s 3 Teaser Trailer) combined.

Also of note? The #6 trending position belongs to the upcoming mobile game Pokemon GO! — an augmented reality title that promises to let gamers capture and battle Pokemon in real world spaces.

While there’s not much else mobile to speak of (agar.io and the two most recent FNAF games made the Most Popular Games list), Clash of Clans taking the top spot is proof in the pudding that a Superbowl commercial and a big star offer more than enough juice to get people talking.

Jim Squires

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Jim Squires is the Editor-in-Chief of Gamezebo. Everything you see passes his eyes first, so we like to think of him as "the gatekeeper of cool stuff." He likes good games, great writing, and just can't say no to a hamburger. Also, he is not a bear.