During the month of November, Twitch hit a brand-new milestone with the most viewers in the platform's history watching content. With how much the streaming service has been in the news recently with the current protests of the DMCA strikes, it’s no wonder that the viewership, along with multiple other milestones, has ticked up.
This isn’t the first time that Twitch has been reaching some major steps on its platform. Throughout the year there has been a steady uptick of people coming to the popular entertainment platform. Back in October, there was a massive surge in hours that resulted in a new all-time peak, but it seems that November has already taken over that slot with a new record.
In the new State of Stream from November 2020 at Stream Elements, Twitch reported that while there was only a .5% month-over-month increase, it was still enough to bring in another milestone of nearly 1.7 billion hours watched. While some games did experience a drop in viewership, like Among Us or Grand Theft Auto 5, new games saw a major increase in views with releases that sparked viewership, like Minecraft’s Star Wars DLC that became available to purchase. That resulted in a 60% change in viewership for that particular game. Just Chatting has kept its number-one spot among the most-viewed content, with nearly 228 million hours watched – but that is an all-time high. There has also been a new streamer that has topped the charts over xQcOW, and that is Gaules, who has now sat atop the streaming charts three times. Another new streamer that has made his way into the top 10 is Sykkuno, popularized with his lets plays of Minecraft and Among Us.
With everything that has happened over the last couple of months, many beauty/entertainment people have also taken to Twitch to promote their content – which has lead to an intense growth in viewership. This isn’t the first time that new content and users that have come to Twitch have suddenly overtaken the platform, and with how things currently are, it wouldn’t be a surprise if some of these channels and topics became much more popular in the years to come.
Despite the issues that have been happening to Twitch lately, whether it’s about the current DMCA scandal or that they’re trying to become more inclusive with modern language, there’s no denying that no matter what, viewers are still turning in to watch. Twitch has become a major entertainment hub for people who want to see their favorite gamers and or influencers, all the way up there with the likes of YouTube. And it seems that it’s not going anywhere for a very long time.
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Source: Stream Elements