Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming had an average viewership of 653 million hours in 2021

According to the Stream Hatchet report, open-world games were watched for over 4.28 billion hours last year.

In 2021, people watched an average of 653 million hours on Twitch, Facebook Gaming, and YouTube.

Overall live streaming increased by 21% over last year, according to Stream Hatchet's 2021 Video Game Live Streaming Trends Report.

Twitch continues to dominate viewership, with 71 % hours viewed last year, according to the live-streaming analytics service.

According to the research, the genre of open-world games attracted the greatest viewing, with Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V, and Rust amassing 4.28 billion hours watched in 2021.

Shooters and battle royales were the second-most viewed category, with Fortnite, Garena Free Fire, Valorant, PUBG Mobile, and Call of Duty: Warzone generating over 1 billion hours of views.

"Our latest report clearly reveals that video game live-streaming has managed to sustain a large portion of the viewing numbers that the platforms picked up during the outbreak," Stream Hatchet CEO Eduard Monsterrat stated.

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