Fortnite on top: Analyzing Unique Channel Growth on Live Streaming Platforms
It is hard to deny that Fortnite has been, ever since the release of the game, one of the pillars of the live streaming industry,
October 25, 2023
It is hard to deny that Fortnite has been, ever since the release of the game, one of the pillars of the live streaming industry,
Square Enix released the newest game in their Final Fantasy franchise, FFXVI, over a month ago on June 22nd, with great success. The game’s shift
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
In the ever-evolving landscape of video games, the impact of streaming platforms cannot be overstated. BattleBit Remastered, a game released on June 15th, 2023, has
On Wednesday, March 22nd, Valve announced the upcoming summer release of Counter-Strike 2, to be built on Source 2. They also announced a limited test
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
Chess.com Chess has reached a new level of popularity in 2023. According to Chess.com, January 20th had the most active members playing chess on their
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
As livestreaming continues to expand, Ibai Llanos once again stands at the forefront of innovating the livestreaming experience with his new competition, the Kings League.
Some of the most popular video game events in recent years have included metaverse-like experiences, the newest craze in the gaming technology sphere. Virtual concerts
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
In its first week of release, Nintendo’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet reached #1 in the live streaming charts with 36.8 million hours watched. It also
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.
Gaules takes the Top Spot on the Streaming Leaderboards For the first time in 3 consecutive months, xQc has fallen from the #1 spot in
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
On October 21st YouTube Gaming live streamer Ludwig threw one of the largest Super Smash Bros. tournaments in live streaming. The event was able to
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
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
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
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
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
Nintendo’s first Indie World Showcase of 2022 premiered on Wednesday, May 11th. In the 26-minute broadcast, Nintendo aired trailers for 12 upcoming indie games, and
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
Fortnite’s newest Chapter 3 season 2 was released last week, with the removal of one key feature: building. An update soon after added a Zero
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
tldr; Platform war streamers who switch from Twitch to YouTube Gaming tend to see short-term dropoff in peak viewership, but after a few years, gains
The trend of speedrunning games experienced huge growth across all major live-streaming platforms, with over 230K speedrun stream titles since 2019!
India’s gaming and esports market continues growing with the help of BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA’s release.
2021 live stream viewership has increased by an average of 49% compared to 2020.
Live streamers are growing their audience by taking advantage of social media platforms like TikTok.
Beginning in 2020, Australia has steadily emerged as a major region for video game live streaming.
YouTube Gaming dominated sim racing esports viewership with 758K hours watched between 2019-2020!
Resident Evil Village had major success on live streaming platforms. Peak viewership was at an all-time high for the franchise during the game’s launch!
Live streaming hours watched across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook Gaming increased 80% in Q1 year-over-year.
The top live stream sessions of March 2021 featured Free Fire channels on YouTube Gaming and xQc on Twitch.
Over 50% of the Battle Royale viewership on western platforms in Feb ’21 was produced on Twitch.
The CDL’s second season is already showing increased viewership YoY after the 2021 Opening Weekend.
The latest top ten live streaming categories were led by Just Chatting, League of Legends, and GTA V for the second consecutive week.
Just Chatting continues to reign over all other categories with League of Legends and GTA V rounding out the top three.
The 2021 Call Of Duty League Kickoff Classic reached 107K peak viewers, an increase from the 2020 Launch Weekend peak of 105K viewers.
Rust explodes with viewership for the second consecutive week to knock off Just Chatting as the most watched category.
Six out of the top ten peak streams between December 7th – December 13th came from non-English channels.
The popular mobile game reached new heights this year as it secured massive market share across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook Gaming. This week, Stream
Dream streamed on both YouTube and Twitch, successfully reaching top 5 influencer peak viewers on each platform. Dream has been one of the fastest growing
The new free-to-play RPG game made some waves on streaming platforms following its release reaching over 14M hours watched. Genshin Impact has taken the western
TL;DR: Garena Free Fire and PUBG Mobile secure two of the most watched games across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook Gaming. Mobile gaming continues to
TL;DR: The inaugural CDL season was capped off with a record-setting Champs weekend as the league set a new personal peak viewer record after switching
TL;DR: India generated the most viewership of PUBG Mobile live streamed content on YouTube Gaming but the game is now banned in the country. PUBG
TL;DR: YouTube continuing to climb as the platform saw an increase of 5.9% in hours watched in July. In the wake of Mixer shutting down,
TL;DR: Shroud, Dr Disrespect, and Ninja all made impressive comebacks over the last few weeks averaging over 100k viewers with ease. It isn’t news that
TL;DR: Just Chatting led all categories, Dota 2 drops out of the top ten, and VALORANT climbs back onto the list. In last week’s Top
YouTube scores a Massive Media Deal, what’s the current market share?
Cohh & Corsair, Myth & Epic Games, AdmiralBahroo & Iceborne
Based on the grow rate trends of CouRage’s audiences, we’ve made a few predictions around Valkyrae.
