Twitch’s audience has increased since the pandemic began. The audience increased to 5 billion hours of observation between April and June, which is a huge increase, no matter how you look at it: it has increased more than 50 percent since the first quarter of 2020, and it has increased more than 60 percent hundred in the same three months. in 2019. The metrics come from the latest streaming industry report from StreamElements and Arsenal.gg.
The last quarter report hinted that this increase was approaching. In May, the companies reported a 45 percent increase in the audience for the entire live streaming industry between March and April. But this latest report shows that those big gains held up for the next few months, even as people began to have more flexibility to go out and had much more to pay attention to in the world.
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Facebook Gaming saw an even bigger surge than Twitch, though overall it’s still a much smaller service. The audience increased 75 percent quarter-over-quarter and 200 percent year-over-year. However, it’s still about a fifth of Twitch’s size in terms of total hours watched. The audience is likely to increase further next quarter, with Mixer closing and directing streamers and viewers to Facebook.
Another sign that Twitch has become a respite during the pandemic: StreamElements notes that the “Travel and Outdoors” service category almost tripled in terms of hours observed in June compared to January.
