Quarterly live streaming hours watched on major platforms 2019-2020
In 2020, live streaming took off as a popular online entertainment option as the global COVID-19 pandemic forced people to stay at home and look at new ways to occupy their time. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the total number of live streaming hours watched across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook Gaming amounted to 8.2 billion, almost double the amount than during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Total live streaming consumption reached new dimensions with a total of 27.9 billion viewing hours across all major platforms in 2020, representing a 78.5 percent increase over 2019.
