This archive report was first published on 13 July 2021.
Published on July 13, 2021, data from Safe Betting Sites reveals a significant growth in Twitch viewership from March to June 2021.
According to the data, the total number of hours watched on the streaming platform Twitch from March 2021 to June 2021 amounted to 8.69 billion hours, a 35.84% increase from the same period in 2020.
The gaming industry experienced an uptick in engagement in 2020 as a direct result of lockdowns during the pandemic, and the numbers from the first half of 2021 show that the momentum from the previous year has carried over.
April 2021 registered the highest average concurrent viewer count with an estimated 3.11 million viewers, surpassing the highest number of average concurrent viewers in 2020, which was set in April 2020 at 2.49 million viewers.
The number of hours streamed also increased by a significant amount one year from the outbreak of the pandemic, with a total of 325.69 million hours streamed on Twitch from March to June 2021, a 25.79% increase from the same period in 2020.
Additionally, the number of active streamers on Twitch increased from an average of 6.71 million per month in 2020 to 9.07 million per month in 2021, with March 2021 registering the highest number of active streamers at 9.6 million.
Rex Pascual, eSports editor at Safe Betting Sites, commented on the growth of Twitch and the gaming industry, stating, "Twitch and the gaming industry it is part of had been growing steadily even prior to 2020’s pandemic. But the increase in engagement from the lockdowns added further fuel to an industry with explosive potential. Twitch and the rest of the gaming industry are expected to build on this momentum even in the post-pandemic years as shown by 2021’s H1 numbers."
