Overwatch 2 Twitch Viewership Has Plummeted

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Overwatch 2 recently debuted with Blizzard launching a closed beta for the online multiplayer shooter sequel. The developer pulled out all the stops for Overwatch 2's debut, partnering with a significant number of high-profile Twitch streamers. Around 1.5 million concurrent viewers tuned into Overwatch 2 when it started, an astonishing number for any game. But in a shocking turn, Overwatch 2's Twitch viewership has plummeted in a way that may never have happened before. Its Twitch viewership has shrunk to a fraction of previous totals.

Twitch viewership for Overwatch 2 has tumbled to a surprising low over the past week, despite the closed beta only being available for just over a week. The average Twitch viewership over the past week is down to around 11,500. Current viewership is closer to 6,000 or 7,000. While a massive drop from 1.5 million viewers was expected, since that'd be impossible to maintain, the new viewership levels are bleak.

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To add some perspective to the situation, the current top-streaming game on Twitch is Grand Theft Auto 5 with nearly 500,000 viewers. Overwatch 2's current 6,000 viewers have it ranked as the 62nd most-watched category, just above Konami's eFootball 2022. Most of those viewers are coming from a single channel, French streamer FefeGG and his 3,500 viewers. No other Twitch streamer has more than a thousand viewers.

In all fairness to Overwatch 2, there's a partial reason for why its viewership is so low on Twitch. That's because Blizzard is more heavily focused on YouTube due to a contract for streaming the Overwatch League on the platform. Most viewers are either watching the Overwatch League on YouTube or