Black Friday gaming releases and trends

Happy Thanksgiving week! Let's talk about the November heavy-hitters dominating the Twitch.tv charts. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet dropped Nov 18. 2022 and as of Nov. 21 it is the second highest selling console of all time. However clips of users glitching through the game have gone viral, leading players to

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Horror games that will spook Twitch chat this Halloween

ahh! so scary D: only the bravest Twitch streamers could play these!

Despite Rocky Launch, Overwatch 2 Finds Success

It's no secret that the general attitude surrounding Overwatch 2 was questionable and mostly negative following its initial announcement. The negative sentiment stemmed from the perception of Overwatch 2 by some fans and critics as essentially a glorified update to the original game, utilizing the same character assets, maps, and

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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King hits 366,000 peak viewership

This week, both veterans and new players had the opportunity to experience it again with the re-release of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Wrath Classic’s release absolutely crushed viewership numbers for the rest of September with over 42.1 million viewer hours.

Twitch Recap of EVO 2022

Another year, another bout of fighting game mayhem at EVO (The Evolution Championship Series), the annual esports event which focuses exclusively on fighting games. Normally a yearly endeavor, EVO 2022 was the first in-person event since 2019, due to complications presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. EVO also presents an excellent

Looking at 156,000 chat messages from Summer Game Fest 2022

With E3 gone until 2023, the primary gaming industry showcase everyone tuned into was Summer Game Fest 2022. They featured segments from indie games, Netflix, Epic Games, Xbox, CAPCOM, and more! Here at Gamesight, we utilized our sophisticated algorithm in order to aggregate and analyze all of the Twitch.tv

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Stray: The Pick of the Litter with Over 104,000 Twitch.tv Streams

Comfy gamers and cat fans, rejoice!

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CS:GO PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Draws in Millions of Viewers

Pew pew pew, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [https://store.steampowered.com/app/730/CounterStrike_Global_Offensive/] (CS:GO) just wrapped up it's most recent major tournament, which took place in Antwerp this year. PGL Major Antwerp 2022 [https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/PGL/2022/Antwerp] concluded on Sunday, May 22nd, after 2

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What Fortnite's Recent "Zero Build Mode" Has Done to its Twitch Viewership

Unless you've been sleeping for the past 2 weeks, chances are you've heard of Fortnite's [https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/home] new game mode, Zero Build Mode. This mode drops players into the game without the ability to build structures or farm materials. Zero Build Mode also gives players

Twitch Viewership Comparison of February's Biggest Releases

Wow. What an incredible month for gaming. With some big releases like Horizon Forbidden West, Dying Light 2, and, of course, Elden Ring. There were even bigger surprises in games like Lost Ark. Given the release timing of Elden Ring, we're going to only be looking at the first 3.

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Elden Ring Reaches 870k Concurrent Twitch Viewers on Release

Elden Ring [https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/elden-ring] has finally arrived. One of the most anticipated games of the past few years entered the gaming arena with gusto, with 668,381 players currently on Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/] as of writing this post. It also received numerous 10/10

Lost Ark Has Second Largest Twitch Peak Viewership for a New Release

Another day, another hype train. The most recent east to west game port, Lost Ark [https://www.playlostark.com/en-us], co-developed by South Korea companies Smilegate RPG [https://www.smilegate.com/en/] and Tripod studio [https://lostark.game.onstove.com/Main], hasn't even had it's official western release yet. But

Top 10 Twitch Streamers in January 2022

New challengers approach as we continue our top 10 Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/] streamers series for January 2022. We'll be taking a look at each streamer's top 3 streamed games during that time, noting any new streamer additions/movements to the top 10 from the previous month. We'll also

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Pokémon Legends: Arceus Sets 72 Hour Viewership Record for Pokémon Games

Pokémon's [https://www.pokemon.com/us/] next iteration of game, Pokémon Legends: Arceus [https://legends.pokemon.com/en-us/], released last Friday to applause from many, and minor complaints from the rest. Fans seem to generally approve of many of the changes that Arceus has brought into the fold, such as

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Migrating from Twitch? Audience Engagement is Key, But Not Enough

Audience engagement alone is not a useful predictor of migration success – the viewership patterns of an engaged audience are an equally important consideration.

Viewership Analysis of AGDQ 2020, 2021, and 2022

AGDQ 2022 reportedly had the highest donation amount raised for any Games Done Quick event in history with $3,439,822.85, beating out AGDQ 2020's record of $3,164,002.

The Top 5 Twitch Streamers and Top 5 Streamed Games of 2021

With arguably the most vibrant and widespread competitive scene amongst all games, the League of Legends World Championship (Worlds 2021) set the all time record for concurrent viewers on Twitch at 3,111,854.

Proven Approach for Selecting Influencers

Considering our company and platform is built around using our own proprietary data funnel for many of these operations, replicating our exact step-by-step process would be difficult. The overall philosophy, however, largely remains the same regardless of available tools.

The Top 10 Twitch Streamers in November 2021

New challengers approach, rankings shift, and new streaming stats are copy/pasted over the old ones, here's your November top 10 streamer list.

Twitch Viewership Metrics for Recent Pokémon Releases

After compiling the numbers, BD/SP has been the most successful, measurable Pokémon release on streaming platforms since we've started collecting data.

Initial 24 Hour Twitch Viewership Data Across FPS Big 3

We'll be doing another analysis of these 3 FPS giants early next week, when we have a little more data to work with. But until then, here's to another amazing fall release block!

Historic Esports Weekend: League of Legends Breaks Twitch Peak Viewership Record

To recap, it was an absolutely historic weekend for video games and esports all around.

Twitch Viewership Statistics for Horror Games During the Halloween Season

Ah yes, Halloween; the time of the year where everyone dresses up as characters from whatever popular show just finished airing (Squid Game). As we finish with the spookiest time of the year, let's take a look at just how drastically the Halloween season can affect the Twitch charts. As

The Top 10 Twitch Streamers for October 2021

In what will be the first blog post in a series we hope to continue at the beginning of every month, we'll be taking a look at the top 10 Twitch streamer's for each previous month ranked by total viewer hours.

FPS Giants Compete For Holiday Season Attention, A Twitch Analysis of Halo Infinite, Call of Duty: Vanguard, and Battlefield 2042 Betas

The 3 main AAA FPS shooter franchises (Halo, Call of Duty, and Battlefield) all had betas over the past few weeks. The purpose of this piece is to highlight and compare the data of their Twitch viewership over their beta durations while providing insight into what those numbers mean.