Twitch consumption almost doubles in Q2 2020

Rob Clapp

An overview of e-sports audiences across four major platforms since 2018.

The number of hours of content watched on Amazon-owned Twitch reached 5bn in the second quarter of 2020, according to the latest data from Streamlabs and Stream Hatchet. This is almost double (+90.3%) the amount of content watched in Q4 2019.

Across the four platforms, Twitch accounts for two-thirds (67.6%) of total hours viewed. YouTube Gaming Live follows at one-tenth (20.0%) while Facebook Gaming takes an 11.0% share of the total.

YouTube Gaming Live had 1.5bn hours of content watched in Q2 2020, an increase of 57.7% from the end of 2019. Facebook Gaming follows at 822m, up...

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