{"id":4623,"date":"2020-11-24T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2022-03-31T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T09:22:36","slug":"twitch-hit-13b-hours-watched-in-2020-almost-90-more-than-youtube-and-facebook-gaming-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/2020\/11\/23\/twitch-hit-13b-hours-watched-in-2020-almost-90-more-than-youtube-and-facebook-gaming-combined\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch Hit 13B Hours Watched in 2020, Almost 90% More than YouTube and Facebook Gaming Combined"},"content":{"rendered":"
With 2.1 million average viewers and over 4.7bn hours watched in the third quarter of 2020, Twitch continues dominating the global game streaming industry.<\/p>\n
According to data gathered by Safe Betting Sites Canada<\/a>, the popular live streaming platform hit 13bn hours watched between January and September, almost 90% more than YouTube Gaming and Facebook Gaming combined.<\/p>\n Twitch Accounted for 65% of All Streaming Hours Watched in 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n With millions of people choosing an online video to get information about their favorite games, especially amid the coronavirus lockdown, the year 2020 delivered new records in the number of hours eSports<\/a> fans spent watching the gaming titles on the popular video-sharing platforms.<\/p>\n Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook gaming reached a total of 4.9bn hours watched between January and March, a 16% increase compared to December 2019 figures, revealed the StreamHatchet data. In the second quarter of the year, this figure surged by 55% to 7.6bn. Statistics show Twitch witnessed the most impressive growth in this period, with its users watching a total of 5.1bn hours, almost 60% more than in the prior quarter.<\/p>\n