

The total number of hours streamed on YouTube Gaming has decreased from 12.6 million hours in Q2 to 11.1 million in Q3. Total hours jumped from 622.4 million in Q1 to 6777.2 million in Q2, but have since plateaued out to 675.9 million in Q3. Hours watched on YouTube Gaming barely changed between Q2 and Q3. In Q2 it has 1.95 million channels, which almost doubled to 3.9 million in Q3.

This is backed up by the number of unique channels that have popped up on Mixer over the last three months. While fewer people seem to be watching on average, creators are making almost three times as much content. Mixer saw 11.3 million hours streamed in Q2, which rocketed up to 32.6 million hours in Q3. This could be a drop off in his views, or a drop off from the streamers that gave Mixer a go at the start of the quarter.īut while hours watched has dropped off slightly, total hours streamed on Mixer has almost tripled in Q3. However, Q3 has seen a 10 per cent decline to 90.2 million hours watched despite the streamer's presence.

Mixer racked up 83.5 million hours watched in Q1 and 100.9 million hours in Q2 after Blevins' partnership with the platform. While Blevins' move to Mixer saw a surge in hours watched, his presence on the platform hasn't been enough to keep it ticking upwards it seems. In Q1 2019, over 100 million hours of content was streamed on the platform, and that decreased in 89.6 by Q2.

Twitch saw 87.3 hours streamed in Q3.īlevins' departure from Twitch didn't affect streaming hours on the platform as much as expected. However, while YouTube Gaming amassed more hours than Mixer, Mixer saw almost triple the amount of hours streamed which suggests that more streamers are checking out the platform. YouTube Gaming Live amassed 675.9m, and Mixer accumulated 90.2m. Twitch remains the most-watched platform by a considerable margin, racking up 2551.4m hours watched during Q3, which is an increase on its 2.43 million in Q2. It also includes data provided by Newzoo. Streamlabs' report takes a deep dive into the state of each platform during Q3. Q3's biggest shakeup was caused by Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins, who announced on August 1st that he would be leaving Twitch and heading over to Microsoft's Mixer, where he now streams exclusively.īlevins' presence on the platform has created millions of new views and users on Mixer, as well as opportunities for smaller streamers to be seen by new eyes. Streamlabs released its quarterly report this week, which details significant changes and trends in the streaming space over the last three months.
