# PlayStation beats Xbox to become the most popular console

URL: https://technosports.co.in/ps-beats-xbox-most-popular-console/  
Published: 2022-08-05  
Updated: 2022-08-05  
Author: Rahul Roy

The debate over which console is the best is an age-old topic amongst gamers. If it comes down to sales, then the PlayStation 2 would be crowned the winner. But the technological advances since then have allowed for more capable consoles to be created. Will there ever be a definitive winner?

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

## The most popular consoles on social media

| **Rank** | **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** | **Gameboy ** | 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, TikTok**, and **Reddit**  (**25/25)**, and **23/25 on YouTube **totalling up to **98/100 overall.** Released in November 2013,  the PS4 is the fourth best-selling console of all time with **116 million** sales as of 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 Reddit**, butwas let down by a lower score on **YouTube (19/25). **Released at roughly the same time as the PS4 in November 2013, the Xbox One  has sold less than half the amount of consoles as its competitor at just over **50 million**.

In third is the **PlayStation 5** with a score of **76/100**, let down by its **Reddit** score of **10/25, **despite strong scores on **TikTok **and** YouTube (24/25). **Despite not having nearly as much time as the top two  to make an impact (released in November 2020), the console  has been in red hot demand since its release date, and would have sold many more than the current amount of **20 million** units if not for a global 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** | **PlayStation** | 19 | 19 | 13 | 13 | **64** |
| **2** | **Nintendo** | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | **50** |
| **3** | **Xbox** | 13 | 13 | 6 | 6 | **38** |

**PlayStation **came out on top again with an overall score of **63/100, **taking the average score from thePS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, andPSP**. **The gaming brand scored highest on** Instagram **and **TikTok **with **19/25. **

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

**Xbox **ranked the lowest with an overall score of **38/100, **taken 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 **with **13/25, **the low score of **6/25 **on **Reddit **and **YouTube **lets it down. 

## Methodology

1. *[TopRatedCasinos.co.uk](https://www.topratedcasinos.co.uk/) compiled a list of all gaming consoles from PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox using multiple sources.*
2. *They then created a list of variations of each console to use as search criteria: e.g., ‘playstation1’, ‘playstationone’, ‘ps1’, ‘psone’, etc.*
3. *Each variation was typed into the Instagram hashtag feature, the results noted down and totalled for each console.*
4. *Each variation was typed into the TikTok hashtag feature, giving the total number of times videos tagged with those search criteria were watched.*
5. *Each variation was typed into redditsearch.io to find how many times each console was mentioned in the subs r/Gaming and r/Games.*
6. *The standard name for each console was typed into YouTube and filtered by most viewed videos. Videos were only used if they featured the console, information about the console, or came from an official account.*
7. *Finally, each set of data was assigned a score from 0-25 and each console was given a score out 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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