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StreamElements released its latest monthly report, covering the state of streaming in June. According to this report, YouTube Gaming and Twitch are starting to diverge in types of content. While Twitch’s numbers fluctuate somewhat, Facebook Gaming is on the rise.
According to data from Rainmaker.gg, StreamElements’ analytics partner, Twitch is still at the forefront of live streaming. The number has fallen slightly – from 1.8 billion hours of viewing in May to 1.7 billion in June. But throughout the year the numbers decrease somewhat, partly because the viewers go outside again. Facebook Gaming especially sees a big increase: it went from 350 million hours viewed in May to 425 million hours viewed in June.
YouTube Gaming still lags behind Twitch in terms of live streaming content, but is doing well on its own. Oddly enough, it seems that one of the ways the two services differ is that YouTube Gaming shows a preference for mobile gaming. The top 10 on YouTube includes games like Garena Free Fire, Battlegrounds Mobile India, and Mobile Legends Bang Bang. None of those games are in the Twitch top 10 list.
Other changes include the growing popularity of VTubers on YouTube. Two VTubers, Kuzuha and Kanae, broke into YouTube’s list of top 10 streamers. On Twitch, streamer ibai barely made it to first place xQc thanks to his recent boxing event La Velada Del Año II. He set a Twitch viewership record with approximately 3.5 million concurrent viewers during the event.
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