According to a report, Twitch saw an increase in activity in October, with analytics showing that around 1.9 million hours of content was watched by viewers, an increase of 19% over last year. It suggests that the platform is seemingly on the rise, although the figures don’t go into why there has been an increase recently, but it does show that this is the highest that’s been reached since the start of summer. The analysis was conducted by Rainmaker.gg, a partner of streaming service StreamElements.
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Compare this to the figures for Facebook’s streaming platform Facebook Gaming, in which last month the site recorded 512 million hours of viewing, an increase of 61% year-over-year. While this is still a huge figure, it obviously pales in comparison to Twitch’s. However, given that Facebook didn’t enter the streaming ring until 2018, the platform has some catching up to do, and is also likely competing with YouTube as well.
On top of the overall figures, and the sheer amount of hours that people have been dedicating to Twitch, the report also goes on to talk about which games were the most popular to watch. MOBA games such as League of Legends and Dota 2 were among the top four channels, with the former having an increased viewership of 98% racking up a total of 205 million hours, and the latter increasing by 189%, all for October.
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Source: Gamesindustry.biz
