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GAME STREAMING REPORTCOVID-19 Impact on Streaming Audiences

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With the outbreak of a global pandemic, audiences are racing to streaming platforms like Twitch, YouTube Gaming, Mixer and Facebook to watch esports and influencer live streams.

On Average, Weekly Viewers of gaming live streams have Increased by 67% year over year. Most notably, that growth has accelerated across the last four weeks, an increase of more than 100%.

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Audiences of Gaming Platforms increase by 67%Average Viewers watching Video Game live streams on Twitch YouTube Gaming Mixer and Facebook

WEEKLY AVERAGE VIEWERS

3.5M

1.7M1.7M

2.3M

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Gaming Live Streams are becoming the premier destination

for esports and video game enthusiasts. Year-over-Year

watch time has increased by 35%.

More than 50% of all gaming content is watched on Twitch –

viewers have watched 15% more hours this on Twitch year.

YouTube Gaming seizes 22% of the gaming live stream

market. From Q1 ‘19 to Q1 ‘20 viewers watched 51% more

gaming live streams.

Facebook is growing the fastest! Viewers watched 900%

more gaming live streams inf Q1 ‘20.

Mixer viewers are watched 8% less gaming streams in spite

of securing an exclusive partnership with Ninja.

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Facebook Seizes 11% of Gaming platform market share

HOURS WATCHED

76%

20%65%

22%

11%

3.6B

4.9B

Total Hours Watched of Video game live streams on Twitch YouTube Gaming Mixer and Facebook

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VALORANT is a new tactical FPS from publisher

Riot Games. While the game is still in beta, it is

breaking live streaming records.

During its first 4 weeks of video game streaming, it

has amassed over 323M hours watched. That’s 2X as

many as Apex Legends the 2nd biggest launch in

Video Game Streaming.

During the 2nd Week of streaming VALORANT

generated 131M Weekly hours watched. That’s 1M

more hours watched than all of the other Top 5

Games in their second week.

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Valorant is the Biggest Live streaming Game launch ever

HOURS WATCHED

Video Game Live Stream Hours Watched on Twitch YouTube Mixer and Facebook across the first four weeks.

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The Worlds of Music and Gaming are colliding. Audiences on

streaming platforms like Twitch are tuning into major esports

events to watch their favorite artists perform.

Recently, Travis Scott, an American Rap Artist, appeared inside

of Fortnite for an in-game concert. Influencers like Tfue,

the top Twitch influencer, streamed the event for their fans. The

collective reached a Peak audiences of over 2.8M viewers,

making it the biggest music gaming crossover ever.

Riot Games, publisher of League of Legends focuses its music

crossovers around esports events. During the 2018 and 2019

World Finals, Riot unveiled virtual pop groups like KDA and True

Damage featuring real world artists like Madison Beer and Keke

Palmer making them the largest Music x Esports cross over at

1.3M viewers.

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Travis Scott and Fortnite Breaks Gaming Records

2.8M

1.9M

1.3M 989k

301k

PEAK VIEWERS

Music X Gaming Peak Live Stream Viewers on Twitch YouTube Mixer and Facebook

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INCLUDED GAMES: iRacing, F1 2019, Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione, Project CARS 2, Forza Motorsport 7, rFactor 2, Project CARS

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Esports Racing Grows by Nearly 1000% from 2019 to 2020Racing Video Game Live Stream Hours Watched on Twitch YouTube Mixer and Facebook

Esports meets real worlds Racing in sim titles like

, iRacing, rFactor, and Assetto Corsa. Fans of

Formula 1 and Indycar are flocking to Twitch to watch

their favorite racers take on gamers.

Audiences of these racing games have grown

dramatically year over year, increasing from

LIVE STREAMING HOURS WATCHED

6.7M

3.9M

1.2M1.2M0.7M0.7M0.7M0.7M

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