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Reports in the Esports & Streaming category.

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Live Streaming Trends Reports (Q2'24)

Live streaming viewership reached 8.5 billion hours in Q2 2024, representing a 10% year-over-year increase and the first significant growth surge since the post-pandemic decline.
Twitch’s market share of hours watched dropped from 70% in Q2 2023 to 60% in Q2 2024, while YouTube Gaming grew its share to 23.4%.
The streaming ecosystem is becoming less centralized, with the top 5% of streamers now holding 86% of the market share, down from 98% in 2019.

Streaming Market Analysis Global

Stream HatchetJun 2024

The Games We Watched: Lurkit’s Top 500 Streaming Report Q1 2024

The global game streaming market grew 10% year-over-year in Q1 2024, with the top 500 titles on Twitch generating 3.8 billion hours of watch time.
Market dominance by the top ten developers is softening, with their collective market share dropping from 63% to 59% compared to the previous year.
Grand Theft Auto V and League of Legends remain the market leaders, recording 479 million and 379 million hours watched respectively.

Streaming Market Analysis

LurkitMar 2024

Live-Streaming Trends Report: Q1 2024

Global live-streaming viewership reached 8.2 billion hours in Q1 2024, marking a 10% year-over-year increase and the first Q1 growth since 2021.
Twitch maintains a 69% market share, though its dominance is being challenged by YouTube Gaming, Kick, and Steam, the latter of which doubled its hours watched this quarter.
Twitch’s exit from South Korea triggered a successful migration of viewers to local platforms, specifically AfreecaTV and the rapidly growing Chzzk.

Streaming Market Analysis Global

Stream HatchetMar 2024

Top 500 Titles on Twitch 2023

The top 500 Twitch titles generated nearly 15 billion hours of watch time in 2023, with 50% of that total concentrated in just 11 games.
Grand Theft Auto V was the most-watched title of 2023, accumulating 1.3 billion hours of viewership.
Fortnite led the industry in creator engagement with 2.8 million unique channels, more than double the count of its nearest competitor.

Streaming Market Analysis Global

LurkitJan 2024

Save Point 2024: Recapping the Year’s Biggest Trends on Live Streaming

Simulcasting has become the industry-standard distribution model, with top creators achieving concurrent-viewer gains between 148% and 491% by broadcasting across multiple platforms simultaneously.
Co-streaming is now the primary driver of esports engagement, accounting for 44.4% of total viewership and 1.2 billion hours watched.
Kick experienced significant growth in 2024, surging 176% to reach 1.7 billion hours of viewership, bolstered by major events like the 1.4 million-viewer 'Stream Fighters 3'.

Streaming Market Analysis Global+1

Stream HatchetJan 2024

Save Point 2024: Recapping the Year's Biggest Trends in Live Streaming

The live streaming industry shifted toward a creator-led, multi-platform model in 2024, characterized by widespread simulcasting and the rise of alternative platforms like Kick following Twitch’s withdrawal from the Korean market.
Co-streaming has become a dominant force in competitive gaming, now accounting for nearly 45 percent of total esports viewership.
Large-scale, non-gaming spectacles like La Velada del Año 4 demonstrated that independent creators can now command millions of concurrent viewers, rivaling traditional broadcast media.

Market Analysis Streaming Esports+1

Stream HatchetJan 2024

Peak Play: Trends in East Asian Videogame Streaming H1 2023

Competitive esports, specifically MOBA and Battle Royale titles, drive over 50% of total viewership in the East Asian streaming market.
Honor of Kings remains the dominant force in China with 5.67 billion views, while VALORANT and Apex Legends lead in Japan and Korea with over 100 million hours watched each.
Key Opinion Leaders and VTubers are significant market drivers, contributing up to 15% of total viewership for major titles and successfully revitalizing older games.

Streaming Market Analysis Esports+1

Niko PartnersJan 2023

Video Game Streaming Trends Report: 2022 First Quarter

Twitch maintains a dominant market position, accounting for approximately 75% of all streamed hours and 80% of esports viewership.
Total hours watched in Q1 2022 declined 6% from the previous quarter, yet remains 66% higher than Q1 2020 and 140% above Q1 2019 levels.
A small segment of core viewers, representing only 7.8% of the total audience, generates two-thirds of all watch time and is 24 times more receptive to repeated advertising than casual viewers.

Streaming Market Analysis Esports+1

Stream HatchetMar 2022

Stream Hatchet Video Game Streaming Trends Report 2022 First Quarter Report

Twitch remains the dominant streaming platform with 75% of total market share, growing by 5% (286 million hours) in Q1 2022 despite a broader industry decline.
Total hours watched across all streaming platforms fell by 6% compared to Q1 2021, signaling a market correction following pandemic-era saturation and creator fatigue.
Core viewers who watch at least 5 hours daily represent only 7.8% of the total audience but account for two-thirds of all hours watched and are 24 times more likely to engage with ads.

Streaming Market Analysis Esports+1

Stream HatchetJan 2022

Consumer Insights: Games & Esports 2022

Gaming has become a primary entertainment ecosystem for 79% of the global online population, with Gen Alpha prioritizing gaming over social media and streaming video.
Consumer spending in the gaming sector is projected to exceed $200 billion in 2023, driven by a payer base that includes approximately 50% of Gen Alpha, Gen Z, and Millennial gamers.
Game worlds are increasingly used for social interaction rather than gameplay, with 75% of players and 44% of non-players utilizing these environments for non-gaming social engagement.

Market Analysis Player Demographics Esports+1

NewzooJan 2022

Games, Esports, Live Streaming, Cloud and the Metaverse: 2022 Trends to Watch

Cloud gaming is driving industry growth by bypassing hardware limitations, enabling publishers to deliver high-end experiences to mobile devices and legacy consoles.
The metaverse is evolving into a commercial ecosystem supported by significant venture capital, virtual real estate markets, and digital fashion integration.
Monetization models are shifting toward Web3.0 and blockchain-based player trading, despite ongoing consumer resistance to non-fungible tokens.

Market Analysis Esports Streaming+5

NewzooJan 2022

Global Esports and Live Streaming Market Report

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive led 2022 viewership with the PGL Major Antwerp recording 10.5 million hours watched and an average concurrent viewership of 96.7k.
Riot Games is shifting its Valorant esports strategy from high-cost franchising to a partnership model that eliminates franchise fees in favor of financial stipends.
Major esports titles including Dota 2 and League of Legends events generated over 20 million hours of combined viewership in 2022.

Esports Streaming Market Analysis+1

NewzooJan 2022

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