Twitch August viewership lower than July for first time in 6 years | StreamElements State of the Stream

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For the first time since 2017, Twitch’s monthly viewership totals dropped from July to August according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report. According to Rainmaker.gg data, viewers watched 56 million hours on average each day, for a monthly total of 1.736 billion hours. Compared to the previous month, the average daily viewership and the monthly total dipped about 2% month-on-month.

While there are highlights from relative newcomers, it was not enough to counteract to top streamers and titles underperforming.

Baldur’s Gate 3 was a massive hit on Twitch. The expansive RPG tied The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the third biggest launch week of 2023. Diablo IV and Hogwarts Legacy kept their respective No. 1 and No. 2 spots by a wide margin, more than doubling BG3’s launch week viewership. Or Perry, cofounder of StreamElements, suggests that Starfield’s September launch will be closer to Baldur’s Gate 3 and Zelda than Daiblo IV or Hogwarts Legacy.

The other high note was Escape from Tarkov. Viewership for the realistic online looter shooter grew 233% month-on-month, for a total of 40 million hours watched. This massive surge was a result of the Tarkov’s pre-wipe event and update.

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