In 2024, Twitch audiences watched nearly 21 billion hours of video content on the streaming platform, down from an all-time high of 24.3 billion hours of watch time in 2021.

From January to November 2024, the most popular gaming category on Twitch was Grand Theft Auto 5 with approximately 1.3 billion hours of content watched worldwide. Just Chatting was ranked first — the general conversation category accumulated more than 2.8 billion hours of global watch time worldwide.

Tumblurr was the most popular Italian-language Twitch channel as of April 2025, with nearly 2.98 million viewership hours in the past month. Twitch streamer TheRealMarzaa ranked second with over 1.47 million hours, followed by DarioMocciaTwitch, who had roughly 627 thousand viewership hours.

League of Legends is a free online battle arena game. The objective of this game, in almost all game modes, is to destroy the enemy Nexus. The game is not only popular among players, but also among eSports viewers. League of Legends events on the video streaming service Twitch were watched for a combined 78.9 million hours in April 2025.

Twitch is an online video streaming service which allows eSports and gaming fans to watch their favorite gamers play a variety of online video games. The most viewed game on the service in May 2025 was League of Legends — the competitive MOBA game attracted 5.3 percent of all hours watched in the measured 7 day period.

In April 2025, streamer and political commentator HasanAbi was the most popular just chatting streamer worldwide on Twitch with a watch time total of seven million hours in the preceding 30 days. Zackrawrr ranked second with 6.65 million watch hours in total during the same period.

In December 2024, German VTuber Shylily was the most popular female Twitch streamer, with approximately 1.8 million hours of watch time during the measured period. Emiru was the second-most popular female Twitch streamer, with about 1.76 million hours watched within the preceding 30 days.

During the first quarter of 2025, over 77 percent of total live stream watch time hours on Twitch were generated through gaming content. On TikTok, livestreaming was more popular for non-gaming genres, as the platform registered more than 87 percent of its watch hours through non-gaming content. The share of non-gaming content watch hours on YouTube Live was 86 percent.

As of November 2024, AmazonMusic was the most watched channel that streamed music on Twitch with a total of 3.24 million hours of watch time in the last year. Viewers of channels' streaming music content on Twitch increased drastically during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

As of December 2024, Mythic Talent was the most watched team on Twitch, having accumulated 35.95 million hours of watch time in the preceding 30 days. Loaded was ranked second with 20.53 million hours of content watched during the observed period.

Assassin's Creed Shadows was officially launched on March 20, 2025. The game, published and developed by Ubisoft, is the latest installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise and is set in feudal Japan. After the original release date for the game was pushed back several months, some streamers had the chance to play the game in Early Access from March 18 to 19. In total, AC: Shadows generated more than 4.09 million hours of watch time on Twitch during its early access period.

In the third quarter of 2022, YouTube Gaming Live generated a cumulative 1.17 billion hours of content watched, representing a four percent decrease from the corresponding quarter of the previous year. In January 2021, notable streamer Valkyrae (real name: Rachel Hofstetter) left Twitch for an exclusive streaming contract on YouTube and in May 2022, she re-signed with YouTube, signaling a vote of confidence in the platform. Despite YouTube Gaming's efforts to retain talent, the platform experienced its lowest number of hours watched since the beginning of 2020.

Roblox was the most popular video game on TikTok in 2024, accumulating 13.26 billion views on Roblox-related video content. Meanwhile, Fortnite was the second-most popular game on the platform, with 10.76 billion video views. Trending games on TikTok With its high user engagement that can make or break careers, TikTok is a popular indicator of what will become popular in certain entertainment and culture sectors. It comes as no surprise that the trending games on TikTok are a mix of current blockbuster releases as well as multiplayer audience favorites. A January 2024 survey of mobile gamers in the U.S. and Canada found that 39 percent of respondents used TikTok to discover and discuss mobile games. Currently, Twitch is the most prolific streaming platform for video gaming content. The most popular video game releases generated millions of watch time hours on their release day, with Black Myth: Wukong ranking first among 2024 video game releases with nearly 5.6 hours of watch time on its launch. Streaming video games on TikTok TikTok also enables users to live-stream content, and creators can also stream video games, specifically. According to TikTok, gaming creators can use TikTok’s own tool, LIVE Studio, to start streaming content once they reach certain qualifying milestones with their accounts. TikTok Live is a growing competitor to Twitch and YouTube Live, with mobile titles such as PUBG Mobile, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and Garena Free Fire consistently ranking among the most popular games being live-streamed on the platform.