Most Watched Esports Teams March 2023
TSM climbed to the top of the most-watched esports organizations leaderboards last month with 14.6M hours watched. TSM generated 13.5M hours watched in March through
April 12, 2023
TSM climbed to the top of the most-watched esports organizations leaderboards last month with 14.6M hours watched. TSM generated 13.5M hours watched in March through
NRG was February’s most watched esports organization generating 17.1M hours watched. NRG generated the bulk of their watchtime from their content creators; 12.5 of NRG’s
January The top 10 esports organizations in live streaming leaderboard saw some big changes in January 2023. This month saw a significant increase in representation
Mobile games have become a staple in the gaming and entertainment industry because of their accessibility and the increasing quality of the games developed as
Luminosity was once again the top esports organization by combined esports and content creation hours watched in November. With almost 18 million hours watched in
VCT Boosts Esports Live Streaming Viewership The Valorant Champions Tour, which wrapped up in September, had a big effect on the top esports organizations in
CS:GO saw the highest percentage of viewership of any top 10 game in live streaming last quarter from esports. Over half of the game’s viewership
While live streaming hours watched declined 15% from Q2 2021 to Q2 2022, esports hours watched is only increasing. From H1 2021 to H1 2022,
LUMINOSITY TOPS CHARTS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH Despite a slight drop in viewership for its top content creator xQc, Luminosity once again led all esports
More and more brands are advertising in esports and partnering with organizations as they expand their reach in the live streaming industry. Most esports teams
Stream Hatchet has released the 2022 Brands in Gaming and Esports Report, covering the state of advertising and brand sponsorship in live streaming. We dive
Apex Legends has once again risen to one of the Top 10 Games in the live streaming space for the first time since Q3 2021.
League of Legends: Wild Rift has been out for over a year and a half and has seen some great success among casual and esports
ESL Gaming and FACEIT, two of esports biggest event organizers, were recently purchased in a $1.5 billion deal by Savvy Gaming Group. The merger is
Recently, car brands like Honda have become widespread in the gaming industry and are racing towards sponsorship deals that promote brand affinity.
India’s gaming and esports market continues growing with the help of BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA’s release.
Major brands are moving towards marketing within the video game and esports communities!
YouTube Gaming dominated sim racing esports viewership with 758K hours watched between 2019-2020!
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This week, Stream Hatchet analyzed the top esports organizations in Q3 2020 based on cumulative roster viewership in combination with esports viewership. The esports organization
Call of Duty esports have undergone quite the overhaul in the past year with the CoD League taking on a geolocated franchise model, much like the Overwatch League. In addition, the league, previously known as the Call of Duty World League, had its broadcasts move from Twitch to YouTube, making it so that the fresh new league had a new home as well.
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Is there Room for Non-Gaming content on Live Streaming Platforms? Twitch is not only about Gaming anymore. Recent trends have shown the growth of Non-Gaming
Ever since the dawn of the esports era, Rocket League has secured its position as one of the most watched and loved games. The unique
Escape From Tarkov (EFT), developed by Russian company Battlestate Games, has increasingly carved out a unique niche in the gaming world. Set in the fictitious
EVO, or Evolution Championships Series, has seen considerable growth over the years. First started in 1996 as a Street Fighter tournament, EVO has morphed into
Naraka Bladepoint, the brainchild of 24 Entertainment, a game developer from China, hit the gaming world on August 11, 2021. The game was an addition
Battlegrounds Mobile India has shown dramatic growth on live-streaming platforms since it has been unbanned in India at the end of May. From June 1
Historically video game showcases have been some of the most anticipated events in live-streaming. In the cessation of major gaming showcases like E3 ceasing operations,
Live streaming is a burgeoning industry that saw incredible growth in the last several years, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 saw peak viewership
Live-streaming has seen a spike in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, making it one of the largest new opportunities for brand
The new live streaming service, Kick, has made a name for itself in the gaming space, quickly attracting some of the biggest names in the
The second annual Twitch Rivals Squid Craft Games wrapped up on March 5th, crowning English-speaking creator sapnap, a member of the Dream Team, as the
February saw a lot of Gaming activations thanks to some popular game titles being released early on in the month. PlayStation The top of our
On February 11th, Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) reached a peak of 1.320M players on Steam, breaking its previous record of 1.308M players set in
Stream Hatchet is pleased to announce the release of our 2022 Yearly Video Game Live Streaming Trends Report. In the report, we cover game streaming
Top 3 Peak Female Streamers QTCinderella had the highest peak viewership for all female creators on Twitch in 2022. Her Streamer Awards event was able
The Esland Awards for 2023 has concluded setting this year’s highest peak viewership so far. The annual award show showcasing the Spanish-speaking community was able
Headphones are a staple in both the gaming and live streaming space across all types of creators. Many influencers incorporate a gaming headset or a
The Guard, a non-franchised American VALORANT team, have claimed their first victory of the year at the first North American Lan, the “Ludwig x Tarik
Tesla was the most mentioned car brand on Twitch in November. Tesla was able to generate 207K Twitch chat mentions last month which was a
In the live streaming space it’s common knowledge just how dominant the Just Chatting category is on Twitch. However, when looking at the whole picture
The 2022 Game Awards premiere tonight on major live streaming platforms and will award the best of the best publishers, developers, designers, and more working
Disney+ is November’s leader for video streaming services in Twitch chat, clocking in at 260K mentions last month. While also having the benefit of being
The Overwatch League concluded its 2022 run this month and garnered 12.5 million hours watched across live streaming platforms. The playoffs for OWL ran from
Ludwig hosted his Subathon 2.0 event on November 18-20. For 50 hours Ludwig was trapped inside a 12 x 12 ft glass box in the
The newest game in the God of War series, Ragnarök, had an extremely successful launch this week, both in retail sales and across live streaming.
League of Legends Worlds Pushes Them to #1 League of Legends jumps up 2 spots to reclaim the top spot in gaming for all of
Stream Hatchet is pleased to announce the release of our Video Game Live Streaming Trends Q3 2022 Report. In the report, we cover game streaming
V Rising, the vampire survival game from Stunlock Studios, boosted its game engagement over the Halloween weekend with several marketing strategies deployed both in-game and
AMD leads the charts for the most-chatted about computer parts brand on Twitch in September with almost 160K mentions. AMD has held onto this spot
KaiCenat has quickly become one of the fastest growing content creators on Twitch in 2022. This year alone he’s gained over a million followers on
Overwatch 2 launched on October 4th for PC and all major consoles 3 years after its initial reveal at Blizzcon 2019. In the first week
The mobile game market is projected to grow to $338B by 2030, according to Straits Research. For brands looking to invest and advertise in the
The newest creator-made game show, Juiced, made its debut on September 30th to a peak audience of 124K viewers. The show, hosted by top Twitch
For the first time since May of this year, GTA V was knocked out of the top games in live streaming spot. The open-world game
Red Bull still leads the charts this month as the top energy drink by chat mentions on Twitch live streams with 148K mentions in September.
Twitter is an essential communication tool for gamers to keep their fingers on the pulse of gaming media. Whether it’s a Game Publisher, Tournament Organizer,
This week’s Live Streaming #Ads of the Week were dominated by Gundam Evolution and Coinbase. Gundam Evolution Takes the Top Spot Bandai Namco partnered with
This week’s winners for Live Streaming #Ads of the Week are Ubisoft, NBA 2K23, and NordVPN. Ubisoft Forward Takes the Top Spot Ubisoft took the
Coinbase and VISA’s logos have seen a boost in live streaming presence in August. Combined, they took up 83% of the total credit card and
Activision and Infinity Ward hosted Call of Duty: NEXT on Thursday, September 15th and announced big updates regarding their Warzone and Modern Warfare games. The
In recent years, beauty and personal care brands have started to pay more attention to the video games and esports industry as a place to
Who is Kyedae Kyedae Shymko, who goes by Kyedae on Twitch, is a popular live streamer and content creator for the esports organization 100 Thieves.
Candy, cookies, and other sweets are popular with most age groups. While fast food and chips might be some of the most chatted about food
Who is Shroud Michael Grezesik, better known as Shroud, is a living legend in esports. Shroud is a former professional CS:GO player and currently is
Who is Peter Park Peter Park is a popular Twitch streamer who joined the esports organization 100 Thieves as a content creator, part of their
This weeks #ads of the week winners are MultiVersus, Sony, and Honda. MultiVersus returns to ads of the week for the second week in a
Ludwig Ahgren is one of the most well known gaming creators in the world. Ludwig started his live streaming career in 2018, streaming popular Nintendo
Aim Lab, an aim training game from publisher State Space, is quickly becoming one of the most active brands in esports and live streaming. The
This weeks #ads of the week features two sponsors; NordVPN and Multiversus NordVPN generated not one, but two of the most watched sponsored streams this
As livestreaming and esports has become more mainstream, non-gaming brands are rushing into gaming to reach young consumers where it matters. According to NewZoo 70%
Esports and content creation organization FaZe Clan became a publicly-traded company last week, under the stock ticker, FAZE, with hopes to increase their reach and
VALORANT reached the top game in live streaming last week with 36 million hours watched across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook Gaming between July 11th
YouTube Gaming star Ludwig hosted another successful creator event this weekend, Mogul Money Live, sponsored by HyperX Gaming. From appearances on Ludwig’s YouTube channel, HyperX
This week we’re previewing Stream Hatchet’s 2022 Brands in Video Gaming and Esports Report. The report is perfect for brand marketers and marketing agencies looking
This week’s Live Streaming #Ads of the Week leaderboards have arrived. They feature Gamer Supps with Pestily; The Boys with PaulinhoLOKObr; and Softgiving, Capital One
On June 7th, 2022, OTK (One True King) announced their new partnership with LA and Ukraine-based tournament operator, WePlay Esports. The content creation powerhouse will
Stream Hatchet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Engine Gaming and Media, Inc., today announced that it has launched Stream Hatchet Brands, a tool and comprehensive database
After looking at the data, we’ve concluded that the most popular day of the week to stream Battle Royale games is Sunday. On average, viewers
The PGL Major Antwerp CS:GO tournament ended last weekend and racked up some incredible stats on live streaming platforms. Gaules, the popular Brazilian streamer, co-streamed
This week, Stream Hatchet is taking a look at fan engagement with sportswear brands in Twitch chat. We’re looking specifically at English language channels for
On Monday, May 16th, Gaules broke his own viewership record while co-streaming the PGL Antwerp Major with a peak concurrent viewership of 684k. The peak
A total of 2.45 billion hours of video game live streaming were watched across all major platforms in April 2022, down about 5% from March.
With the rise of video game live streaming in the last few years, automotive brands have been increasingly active on Twitch and other platforms. Sponsoring
After three years on Twitch, Sykkuno announced he is switching to YouTube Gaming. May 1st was dubbed “Sykkuno Day” by streamers and fans to celebrate
Stream Hatchet has released our Video Game Live Streaming Trends Q1 2022 Report. We look into the past and current state of the live video
Topping the #Ads of the Week charts this week were Mizkif with Hello Fresh, xGuiRy with Rustcases, and ElMariana with Coca-Cola. In first place, Mizkif
This week’s #Ads of the Week has activations from two video games and one non-endemic brand in the live streaming space. Coming in first place
There was a tight race for this week’s #Ads of the Week, with all three activations hitting close to 42,000 hours watched. Sykkuno eked out
Garena Free Fire was banned in India last week due to the app’s connections to China. The battle royale game is not the first to
Lost Ark, Amazon Game’s newest MMORPG, has been breaking records across the board since its release last week. In just 24 hours after the free
The February 9th Nintendo Direct was full of new game announcements for later this year. Missing from the lineup, however, was news about Metroid Prime
Bungie, the creator of the Destiny franchise, was recently purchased by Sony Interactive Entertainment, with the stipulation that Bungie will remain independent and games will
Garena Free Fire eclipsed Fortnite as the most watched battle royale across Twitch and YouTube Gaming with 1.08B hours watched YTD!
The latest #Ads of the Week featuring Swagg, Mizkif, and HasanAbi in partnership with Doritos, Old School Runescape, and Far Cry 6!
Twitch, YouTube and Facebook are typically the platforms that come to mind when marketers think of where to reach gaming audiences. While these platforms do
The latest #Ads of the Week featuring TimTheTatman, shroud, and Fextralife in partnership with Current, Zero Hour, and Splitgate!
