As of May 2025, users between the ages of ************** accounted for the biggest share of Twitch.tv users worldwide. During the measured period, users in this age group amounted to over ** percent of Twitch online audiences. Users aged between *************** were the second largest demographic accessing with Twitch.

This statistic illustrates the distribution of Twitch users in the United States. As of December 2024, * percent of 18 - 19 year old consumers do so in the U.S. This is according to exclusive results from the Consumer Insights Global survey which shows that ** percent of 20 - 29 year old customers also fall into this category.Statista Consumer Insights offer you all results of our exclusive Statista surveys, based on more than ********* interviews.

As of March 2025, approximately ** percent of Twitch users in the United Kingdom were aged between 20 and 29 years. By comparison, *********** UK users engaging with the popular live streaming platform were between 30 and 39 years.

Minecraft Statistics: The reports say that the gaming industry is expected to reach $431.87 billion by the year 2030. Since technological developments, not only there are laptops and PCs which are gaming-oriented but mobile devices have become compatible with many advanced games today. The recent release of the Harry Potter game ‘ Hogwarts Legacy is already doing its magic on the muggle world. These Minecraft Statistics include insights from various aspects that provide light on why Minecraft is one of the best games today. Editor’s Choice In Minecraft, 24 hours of the game is 20 minutes in real life. As of January 2023, the recorded number of players is 173.5 million. On average, 110,000 concurrent viewers are found on Twitch. Revenue generated from mobile downloads excluding in-game transactions counts for up to 41% of total Minecraft revenue. The Chinese edition of Minecraft has been downloaded more than 400 million times. To heal the players’ health healing potions have been used more than 1.1 billion times. Before launching Minecraft, the game was almost named a ‘Cave Game’. The game sometimes misspells its name by changing the order of words ‘C’ and ‘E’ with ‘Minecraft’. During the initial years of the pandemic, the database of total players increased by more than 14 million. The average age of a player is 24 years.

According to a survey conducted in March 2024, ** percent of U.S. adults aged 18 to 34 reported that they watched live stream videos several times a day. However, ** percent of U.S. adults aged 35 to 54 reported that they never watched live stream videos. Only ** percent of U.S. adults ** and older watched live stream videos several times a day. Going live: meet the streamers In May 2024, American YouTuber and gamer KaiCenat was the leading Twitch streamer worldwide – with **** million hours watched in the previous 30 days. As in the case of their audiences, most live streamers topping the ranking were men as of February 2022: less than *** in ** of the leading streamers on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook gaming was a woman. ********* was the leading female streamer on Twitch, with **** million hours between January and May 2023, while Texas-based Amouranth ranked fourth with **** million hours watched by global users in the first months of 2023. The streamer made news when she decided to join Kick exclusively, becoming the platform’s leading female streamer in July 2023 with around *** thousand hours watched during the month. Kick positioning Kick is a live streaming platform launched at the end of 2022 to compete with market leader YouTube Gaming and Amazon-backed Twitch. In the first quarter of 2023, Kick slid into the ranking of the most popular global live streaming platforms, with over ** million hours watched by global users. While the number remains less significant when compared to the ***** billion hours watched generated by YouTube, as well as the **** billion hours watched cranked up by Twitch, Kick has been aggressively marketing itself as a creators’ hub in order to attract more creative talents. In mid-August 2023, the company announced the opening of their first Creator Incentive program, designed to boost emerging streamers’ popularity and increase the platform’s visibility.

According to a survey conducted in October 2022, ** percent of U.S. live stream viewers aged 18 to 34 used YouTube Live for watching live stream video content. ******** was the second-most popular platform for live stream video. Live streaming growing potential The popularity of live streaming content has been linked to the online gaming and eSports world, with global users amassing almost ** billion hours watched across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook Gaming combined in 2020. Outside the gaming world, live news and sports have dominated the rankings of the most popular type of content for streaming services worldwide. However, several other sectors in the entertainment and e-commerce industries have benefitted from adopting live-streamed formats during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. From events to concerts, to so-called shoppertainment, users worldwide appear to be getting more comfortable with the live streaming video format. As of the third quarter of 2021, live videos presented an audience almost as large as how-to videos and tutorials, reaching more than ** percent of users worldwide. U.S. creators’ take on video While live streams might not yet be the easiest video format for creators to embrace, video is becoming an increasingly popular format for online content creators. In the United States, ***** in ** internet users say they have created video content to upload on the web or on social media platforms. Additionally, among those who made money from their video content online, an average of ** percent of creators earned between *** and *** U.S. dollars.

Call of Duty is a series of war first-person shooter video games. The series was created in 2003 by the studio Infinity Ward and published by Activision. Some of the first games in the series take place during the Second World War, while many of the following releases revolve around more fictional modern conflicts. Call of Duty: Warzone was released to the public in March 2020 as a free-to-play battle royale version of the beloved franchise. Streaming events of the shooter game were watched for a combined total of over 47.6 million hours in April 2025.

The League of Legends World Championship is an annual tournament hosted by Riot Games which pits the best League of Legends eSports players against each other for the chance to win a large amount of money. Since 2019, the League of Legends World Championships had an average prize pool of more than ********* U.S. dollars. The competition draws not just professional gamers but also avid fans of the game as well, as is evident from the large audience following the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final, which reached **** million peak concurrent viewers. Professional eSports players’ earnings Professional eSports players can earn a significant sum of money throughout their gaming careers. For instance, Lee Sang-Hyeok, who was the leading League of Legends player worldwide according to overall earnings, had won more than *** million U.S. dollars since he began his eSports career. Looking at other games as well, Johan Sundstein was the leading eSports player worldwide based on overall earnings, having received more than ********* U.S. dollars since he started playing Dota 2 professionally. Meanwhile, Sasha Hostyn, who is well known for her achievements playing Starcraft II, was the leading female eSports player based on career earnings, having pocketed more than ******* U.S. dollars since picking up the controller professionally. League of Legends on Twitch One way for eSports fans to tune in and watch their favorite gamers is using Twitch, a live-streaming platform which offers gaming video content in addition to various other forms of online entertainment. In the ** days preceding *************, Caedrel was the leading League of Legends streamer on Twitch, having amassed close to *** million viewership hours in that period. Focusing on the number of hours different games were watched within a week, League of Legends was the third most popular video game on Twitch as of ************, with Escape from Tarkov ranking first.