Twitch enjoys 23% monthly rise in watch hours as people stay home

Between February and March, streaming service Twitch saw a whopping 23% rise in watch hours as the global pandemic kept people home, reports. These figures are to be expected, judging by the situation with other services like YouTube, Facebook Gaming, and Mixer, which all saw a boost in users and watch hours for the same period. Many countries are in a lockdown state, and people are left with a limited choice of entertainment.

Watch hours are 17% up compared to the previous quarter, there’s a 19.5% increase of returning viewers, and 33% rise in unique channels. It appears that people are ...