55 Amazing Twitch Stats and Facts (2019) | By the Numbers

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Craig Smith June 15, 2015 Comments Off

Last Updated 07/20/19

Here is a look at some amazing Twitch stats and facts. You’ll find out more about the industry leader in video game streaming below.

Twitch has only been around for about eight years, 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.

So what did Amazon get for all those $$$? The numbers are pretty amazing for a “niche” platform. Apparently, there are a lot of people interested in live streaming video games. Here are some of the more interesting Twitch stats I was able to dig up. As always, I will be updating this post semi-regularly, so be sure to check back in the future for new and updated stats.

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

What is Twitch?

Twitch is the world’s leading social video service and community for gamers. Each day, millions of community members gather to watch, talk, and chat about shared interests. Twitch’s video service is the backbone of both live and on-demand distribution for all types of content, including the entire video game ecosystem, the creative arts, vlogging (IRL), and more. Twitch also runs TwitchCon, the annual convention for celebrating the Twitch community. (source)

Twitch Stats

How many people watch Twitch?

140 million monthly unique viewers

Last updated 12/5/18

Number of Twitch Daily active users:

Last updated 3/23/19

How many people stream on Twitch?

2.2 million monthly broadcasters

Last updated 3/23/19

Twitch’s share of the video game streaming market:

Last updated 7/15/19

Percentage of Twitch viewership that is mobile:

Last updated 1/1/16

Amount of gaming content that has been livestreamed on Twitch:

241 billion minutes

Last updated 2/11/16

Number of Twitch partner channels:

27,000 partners

Last updated 12/5/18

Amount that Amazon reportedly bought Twitch for:

Percentage of Twitch users that spend more than 20 hours a week watching videos on it:

Last updated 6/19/16

Average amount of time spent by users on Twitch daily:

Last updated 3/23/19

Average simultaneous viewers on Twitch:

Last updated 9/30/16

Number of inactive old Justin.tv Twitch usernames that were released in November 2017:

Number of Twitch Affiliate Program members:

248,000 members

Last updated 12/18/18

Total number of clips on Twitch:

Last updated 2/6/18

Number of times Twitch users have interacted with extensions:

1.5 billion times

Last updated 3/21/18

Amount of content viewed on Twitch in 2018:

434 billion minutes

Amount of content viewed on Twitch in Q1 2019:

2.7 billion hours

Largest Twitch content viewing month to date:

January 2019 (948 million hours)

Last updated 4/19/19

Amount of hours Twitch affiliates broadcasted in 2017:

Last updated 4/24/18

Number of chat messages that have been sent in Twitch affiliate channels:

5.7 billion messages

Last updated 4/24/18

Number of times Twitch affiliate streamers have been clipped:

Last updated 4/24/18

Total minutes watched on Twitch in 2016:

Total unique streamers on Twitch in 2016:

Total chat messages sent on Twitch in 2016:

Most used emote on Twitch in 2016:

Kappa, with 413 million

Total bits cheered on Twitch in 2016:

Total whispers sent on Twitch in 2016:

Most popular game on Twitch that was released in 2016:

Total number of videos broadcasted on Twitch per month:

Last updated 12/31/14

Percentage of Twitch users that are millennials:

Last updated 9/24/15

Number of whispers sent on Twitch:

Last updated 5/5/16

Percentage of Twitch traffic that is viewing esports:

Last updated 4/6/16

Total amount of video watched on Twitch in 2015 (in years):

459,000 years worth of video

Total amount of video watched on Twitch in 2015 (in minutes):

241,441,823,059 minutes worth of video

Average number of concurrent viewers on Twitch in 2015:

550,000 viewers

Peak number of concurrent Twitch viewers in 2015:

Peak number of concurrent Twitch broadcasters in 2015:

Average amount of time spent on Twitch per viewer per monthly:

421.6 minutes per month

Last updated 1/1/16

Most watched game on Twitch in 2015:

League of Legends

Number of messages sent on Twitch in 2015:

Average number of messages sent per minute on Twitch in 2015:

17,446 messages per minute

Percentage of Twitch monthly viewership that is driven by esports:

Last updated 10/25/18

Top organizer on Twitch:

Last updated 6/10/16

2nd biggest organizer on Twitch:

Last updated 6/10/16

Number of hours of esports watched on Twitch from August 2015-May 2016:

803.7 million hours

Number of simultaneous viewers for Twitch’s E3 2016 content:

925,000 viewers

Percentage of Twitch users that are male:

Last updated 2/17/18

Percentage of Twitch users that are not male:

Last updated 2/17/18

Percentage of Twitch users that between ages 18-49:

Last updated 6/19/16

Total number of time spent watching videos on Twitch by users per month:

16 billion minutes

Last updated 12/31/14

Average number of Twitch Creative monthly viewers:

Last updated 11/9/15

Number of monthly unique Twitch broadcasters:

1.5 million broadcasters

Last updated 12/31/14

Average age of a Twitch user:

Amount Twitch raised for charity in 2015:

Amount Twitch raised for charity in 2016:

Amount Twitch has raised for charity to date:

Last updated 7/20/17

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):

ninja
shroud
tfue
imthemyth
themyth

Last updated 6/10/19

Top 5 most-viewed Twitch streamers (source):

riotgames
shadbasemurdertv
ninja
beyondthesummit
esl_csgo

Last updated 6/10/19

Amount of Teamfight Tactics Twitch users watched in its first week:

15.2 million hours

Amount of live hours watched on Twitch in Q1 2019:

2.76 billion hours

Amount of live hours watched on Twitch in Q2 2019:

2.72 billion hours

Most popular game on Twitch in the first half of 2019:

League of Legends