The video game streaming trends report 2020 summarises the central trends from online streaming across the computer games landscape. Information, insights and trends included in the report include:
- Weekly streaming hours watched, by platform (i.e. Twitch, Facebook Gaming, YouTube Gaming)
- Hours watched per quarter and by platform
- Analysis of YouTube Gaming’s explosive growth
- The emergence of Facebook Gaming
- Top 10 games of the year (by hours watched)
- Top 10 streamers watched (by hours watched)
- Top 5 female streamers (by hours watched)
- Streamer audience demographics and Twitch channel owner gender profile
- Video game advertising
- Mobile game streaming hours watched
- Top 5 esports tournaments (by hours watched)
- US Election Day streaming summary
- Streaming platforms moving beyond just gaming content
- The rise of politics streaming
Headline trends in the report include:
- Video game live streaming hours watched grew 69% in 2020
- League of Legends surpassed Fortnite as the most popular video game in live streaming, generating nearly 2 billion hours watched
- 30% of video game viewers are female, yet only 2% of the top 250 Twitch influencers are female
- Politicians are leveraging gaming ecosystems to reach young audiences who have disconnected from traditional media sources. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reached a peak of 438K viewers streaming Among Us
Click here to read the video game streaming trends report 2020.
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