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Gaming video content platforms revenue worldwide 2018
Revenue of leading platforms for viewing gaming video content worldwide in 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
The statistic presents data on the revenue of leading platforms for viewing gaming video content worldwide in 2018. According to the estimates, Twitch generated approximately 1.6 billion in revenues, accounting for 31 percent of gaming video content platform revenues in the measured period. The total revenue for all platforms that year reached 5.2 billion U.S. dollars.
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The statistic presents data on the revenue of leading platforms for viewing gaming video content worldwide in 2018. According to the estimates, Twitch generated approximately 1.6 billion in revenues, accounting for 31 percent of gaming video content platform revenues in the measured period. The total revenue for all platforms that year reached 5.2 billion U.S. dollars.
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Gaming video content refers to digital videos and live streams related to all things gaming, including recorded gameplay, reviews and anything that engages the gaming community.
Revenue includes advertising, donations and subscriptions.
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Gaming video content refers to digital videos and live streams related to all things gaming, including recorded gameplay, reviews and anything that engages the gaming community.
Revenue includes advertising, donations and subscriptions.
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- Gaming video content (GVC) revenue worldwide from 2016 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Gaming video content (GVC) market revenue worldwide in 2017, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)
- Number of gaming video content (GVC) viewers worldwide from 2016 to 2018 (in millions)
- Revenue of leading platforms for viewing gaming video content worldwide in 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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- Average number of concurrent viewers on YouTube Gaming Live and Twitch from 2nd quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2018 (in 1,000s)
- Leading platforms for viewing gaming video content worldwide in 2017, by number of viewers (in millions)
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- Distribution of gaming video content (GVC) viewers in the United States in 2017, by gender
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- Average amount gamers spent on gaming and related content worldwide as of March 2018, by type (in U.S. dollars)
- Average number of concurrent streamers on YouTube Gaming Live and Twitch from 2nd quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2018 (in 1,000s)
- Number of quarterly active streamers on Mixer worldwide from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2018 (in 1,000s)
- Video streaming tipping volume recorded on Twitch from 3rd quarter 2016 to 1st quarter 2017 (in million instances)
- Video streaming tipping revenue recorded by Streamlabs from 2nd quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Video streaming tipping volume recorded by Streamlabs from 2015 to 2018 (in million instances)
- Number of hours of gaming video content (GVC) viewed on selected streaming platforms worldwide in 2018 (in million)
- Share of gaming video content creators who are not paid for their work in selected countries worldwide as of March 2018, by gender
- Number of quarterly active streamers on YouTube Gaming worldwide from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2018 (in 1,000s)
- Most viewed YouTube channel owners of all time as of January 2019, by views (in billions)
- Most popular YouTube gaming channels as of April 2019, ranked by number of subscribers (in millions)
- Leading Overwatch League teams on YouTube worldwide as of February 2018, by number of followers (in 1,000s)
- Number of minutes spent watching content on Twitch worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in billions)
- Number of quarterly active streamers on Twitch worldwide from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2018 (in millions)
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