Here is a look at some amazing Twitch stats and facts including number of Twitch users and much more. You’ll find out more about the industry leader in video game streaming below. As always, I will be updating this post semi-regularly, so be sure to check back in the future for new and updated stats.
What is Twitch?
Twitch has only been around for about a decade, but they certainly have done a great job building a gigantic, loyal audience, while staying somewhat under the radar of the mainstream tech media. They didn’t, however, sty off the radar of some of the industry heavyweights, as Amazon won a bidding battle last year and purchased Twitch for almost $1 billion.
Twitch Facts
- Twitch Website: twitch.tv
- Year Twitch tv launched: June 2011
- Twitch.tv Creators: Justin Kan and Emmett Shear
- Twitch Current Owner: Amazon
- Twitch Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
How many people watch Twitch?
Monthly Twitch viewership time:
1.77 billion hours (October 2023)
Daily Twitch viewership time:
57.2 million hours (October 2023)
How many people stream on Twitch?
31 million monthly creators (June 2023)
Amount that Twitch paid out to streamers in 2022:
Percentage of Twitch viewers that are aged 16-34:
Most watched Twitch category:
Number of games that had at least 1 billion hours watched on Twitch in 2021:
3- GTA V, League of Legends and Fortnite
Number of first-time Twitch streamers in 2020:
Number of Twitch app installs in 2020:
Record for monthly Twitch viewing:
2 billion hours watched in March 2021
Record for most concurrent viewers for a Twitch streamer:
TheGrefg (2.5 million concurrent viewers on January 11, 2021)
Twitch’s increase in total watch hours once the coronavirus lockdowns began:
Twitch’s share of the video game streaming market:
Number of Twitch partner channels:
27,000 partners (December 2018)
Amount that Amazon reportedly bought Twitch for:
Average amount of time spent by users on Twitch daily:
Number of inactive old Justin.tv Twitch usernames that were released in November 2017:
Number of Twitch Affiliate Program members:
248,000 members (December 2018)
Total number of clips on Twitch:
Number of times Twitch users have interacted with extensions:
1.5 billion times (March 2018)
Amount of content viewed on Twitch in 2020:
Amount of content viewed on Twitch in 2018:
Largest Twitch content viewing month to date:
November 2020 (1.7 billion hours) (December 2020)
Amount of hours Twitch affiliates broadcasted in 2017:
Number of chat messages that have been sent in Twitch affiliate channels:
5.7 billion messages (April 2018)
Number of times Twitch affiliate streamers have been clipped:
Number of monthly active Twitch viewers in the US for 2020:
Current number of Twitch viewers in the US:
Percentage of Twitch monthly viewership that is driven by esports:
Percentage of Twitch users that are male:
Percentage of Twitch users that are not male:
Average age of a Twitch user:
Number of channel views for Twitch’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers marathon:
12.9 million total channel views
Peak number of viewers for Twitch’s Mighty Morphin Power Ranger marathon:
Top 5 most-followed Twitch streamers (source, 2023):
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- ninja
- auronplay
- ibai
- rubius
- xQc
Top 5 most-viewed Twitch streamers (source, 2023):
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- sadd0ta
- Miwulik
- JohnPitterTV
- AdinRoss
- aboedmxtest
Amount of Teamfight Tactics Twitch users watched in its first week:
That’s all for now. Be sure to check back soon as we update all video game stats as soon as more are provided.