Gaming video content market - Statistics & Facts
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In the following 5 chapters, you will quickly find the 31 most important statistics relating to "Gaming video content market".
Statistics on the topic
The leading platforms for viewing gaming video content are YouTube and Twitch. YouTube Gaming channel, which has taken the video game market by storm since its launch in August 2015, was considered the primary source for gaming content for a long time. Today, with a 44 percent viewer reach, YouTube maintains its position among the biggest global outlets for gaming videos. At the same time, Amazon-owned live streaming platform, Twitch, with contents aimed at the most dedicated high spending gamers, accounted for the largest share of market revenue. The platform was founded in 2011 as a spin-off of the streaming platform Justin.tv, and focuses on video game playthroughs, broadcasts of eSports competitions and, more recently, creative content, where users are able to interact during live chats broadcasted in real time. Recent figures, however, show that in comparison to YouTube Gaming Live, Twitch has a larger number of streamers, as well as a higher number of viewers. In terms of user age distribution, both platforms fare similarly. In fact, 16-24-year olds accounted for 37 percent of both YouTube’s and Twitch’s audiences as of late 2016.
Alongside branded content, popular online gaming personalities help drive much of the traffic for gaming videos. As of March 2018, video game commentator Luis Fernando Flores, who goes by the pseudonym Fernanfloo, had the most popular YouTube gaming channel with over 26 million subscribers. Around the same time, the the second most popular channel on Twitch was riotgames, devoted to League of Legends, with 2.73 million followers.
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Viewing habits
Streaming and tipping
YouTube
Twitch
Important key figures
The most important key figures provide you with a compact summary of the topic of "Gaming video content market" and take you straight to the corresponding statistics.
U.S. market
- Number of gaming video content viewers in the U.S. in 2017181mn
- Share of U.S. gamers who regularly watched Let's Play videos and streams in 201630%
- Most watched type of gaming video content in the U.S. in 2015Trailers
- Let's Play - 2nd leading content influencing U.S. gamers to try new games in 201629%
- GameSpot ranked among top sources to watch gaming related content in the U.S. in 20162nd place
YouTube & Twitch
- Leading YouTube gaming channel as of 2019, by subscriber countJuegaGerman
- Share of global YouTube users watching game trailers on the platform as of Q4 201621%
- Share of women among global YouTube Gaming users as of Q3 201632%
- Leading age group among YouTube Gaming users worldwide as of Q3 201616-24 years
- Most watched game on Twitch in 2018Fortnite
- Share of women among Twitch users worldwide as of 201718.5%
- 2nd leading age group among Twitch users worldwide as of Q3 201625-34 years
- Share of U.S. Twitch viewers accessing the platform on a daily basis in 201538%
