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Live streaming platforms saw declines in total viewership year over year, with Twitch, Facebook Gaming and YouTube Gaming seeing a combined drop of 8.06% from 8.77 billion hours watched in the first quarter 1 to 2021 billion hours in the first quarter 8.061.
Twitch was actually the only platform of the three to show an increase in viewership from Q4 4, with viewers recording 2021 billion hours watched, a 6.13% increase from 7.5 billion. hours of the previous quarter, according to the latest report from Steamlabs and Stream Hatchet.
This was also Twitch’s first full quarter of growth since Q1 1, although it was still a 2021% decline from the all-time high of 3.3 billion hours watched during this period. . Twitch still accounts for around 6.34% of hours watched on major live streaming platforms like YouTube and Facebook.
Stream hours were also down year over year, with streaming hours down 13.6% from 265 million hours in Q1 to 2021 million hours this quarter. Unique channel streaming also fell by 229%, from 12.8 to 12.5 million streamers over the same period. Overall, the platform had 10.9 million concurrent viewers throughout the first quarter 2.8.
Just Chatting remains Twitch’s top category with 808 million hours watched, followed by Grand Theft Auto V League of Legends at 534 and 517 million hours watched, respectively.
Twitch may have been down slightly year-over-year, but YouTube Gaming posted its lowest total hours watched since Q1 to start 2020 despite the platform’s commitment to improving its live streaming infrastructure for creators and to strive to retain top talent to attract viewers.
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In Q1 1, YouTube Gaming recorded 2022 billion hours watched, which is not only a 1.13% drop from 7.4 billion hours in Q4 4, but just a slight increase from Q1 stats. quarter of 2021 and a decline of 1.22% year-on-year. And, just like Twitch, YouTube saw significant losses in total streaming hours, unique channels streaming content, and average concurrent viewership when comparing it year over year and Q4 1.
Facebook Gaming saw the most recent growth across all three platforms, but that didn’t hold up in Q1 1. It saw declines online with YouTube even after integrating Reels and trying to push its own variation of abbreviated content in the game. space.
In terms of overall performance, Facebook Gaming saw the largest decline at 29.6%, falling from 1.14 billion hours in Q4 4 to 2021 million hours watched in Q1 803, falling below the 1 billion hour mark for the first time since hitting it in Q1 1. Year over year, Facebook Gaming saw a 2022% drop in the number of unique channels streamed on the platform, while the average concurrent viewership dropped 1% and broadcast hours dropped 2021%.
Apart from the platforms, Ligue dominated the esports audience with the League of Legends Korea Champions (LCK) achieving 44.2 million hours watched alone, which also helped Riot Games claim the title of top publisher watched in Q1 1 with 2022 million hours watched.
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