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2015's Top 10 Video Games on YouTube and More Revealed

Plus, YouTube reveals the most popular gaming videos of the year.

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It's that time of year again. Time for big companies like YouTube to announce year-end lists of what was most popular during the latest year. YouTube has now published lists of the top games and gaming videos for 2015.

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YouTube's most popular games list for 2015, based on views and total watch time for games released in the past year, is topped by--you guessed it--Call of Duty: Black ops III. Rounding out the top five are FIFA 16, Five Nights at Freddy's 3, Ark: Survival Evolved, and Agar.io. See the full list below.

2015 Top Overall Games

  1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  2. FIFA 16
  3. Five Nights at Freddy's 3
  4. Ark: Survival Evolved
  5. Agar.io
  6. Five Nights at Freddy's 4
  7. Fallout 4
  8. Mortal Kombat X
  9. Batman: Arkham Knight
  10. Until Dawn

YouTube also shared a list of the "top trending" gaming videos for 2015. Based on views, shares, comments, and likes (among other things), the list includes trailers, fan-made videos, and let's plays. Clash of Clans' Super Bowl ad from February tops the chart, while that amazing "Real GTA" video landed at the No. 2 spot. You can see the complete top ten list below.

2015 Top Trending Gaming Videos on YouTube

  1. Clash of Clans: Revenge (Official Super Bowl TV Commercial)
  2. Real GTA
  3. Star Wars Battlefront Reveal Trailer
  4. Five Nights at Freddy's 3 Teaser Trailer
  5. WARNING: YOU WILL DIE | Five Nights at Freddy's 3 - Part 1
  6. Discover Pokémon in the Real World with Pokémon GO!
  7. Fallout 4 - Official Trailer
  8. Elders Play Grand Theft Auto V (Elders React: Gaming)
  9. Halo VS Call of Duty
  10. Final Fantasy VII - E3 2015 Trailer | PS4

Finally, YouTube shared some new facts about YouTube's gaming community. First, 30 percent of YouTube gamers (those who watch gaming videos on YouTube at least once a month) are women, while 35 percent are aged 35 and up. YouTube's study, which included a survey of close to 5,000 people aged 18-54, confirmed that 47 percent of YouTube's gaming community are now parents.

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