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Gree FIre is the most popular game in the world. How frequently do you play it?
The firm says they have used Ahrefs to determine the most popular mobile games for 181 different countries around the world. The results showed that Free Fire is the most popular game in around 50 countries.
Furthermore, Freedom Mobiles says that battle games are the most popular genre of games in the highest number of countries, 101. Free Fire is the most popular mobile game by global search volume as well, with 12.86 million searches per month compared to 2.83 million for Subway Surfers. Brawl Stars is the most popular mobile game in 15 out of 42 European countries.
Subway Surfers is the most popular mobile game in 22 out of 44 African countries. The firm says that they have discovered different parts of the world have different preferences when it comes to mobile gaming. Out of the 181 countries involved in the story, 23 different mobile games were deemed to be the most popular in at least one country.
| RANK | GAME | GENRE | COUNTRIES AS TOP SEARCH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Free Fire | Battle | 50 |
| 2 | Subway Surfers | Endless Runner | 30 |
| 3 | Brawl Stars | Battle | 19 |
| 3 | PUBG Mobile | Battle | 19 |
| 5 | 2048 | Puzzle | 12 |
| 6 | Bubble Shooter | Arcade | 10 |
| 7 | Coin Master | Adventure | 7 |
| 7 | Mobile Legends | Battle | 7 |
| 9 | Minecraft: Pocket Edition | Open World | 5 |
| 10 | Call of Duty: Mobile | Battle/Shooter | 4 |
As you can see, three out of the top four most popular mobile games (measured by the number of countries in which they are the most searched game) are all battle-style games, with Subway Surfers as the exception. Free Fire is developed by Vietnamese game company 111 dots studio and it was released in 2017. Though the game has been banned in India back in February, it continues to be the most searched mobile game in 50 other countries around the world.
Freedom Mobiles says that the data collected is based on November 2022.