The Esports and Gaming Community has continued to exceed expectations. Massive amounts of fans watch their favorite streamers on Twitch. Here are some of the key statistics for 2018.
Top 10 Most Watched Games on Twitch
Fortnite eclipses 1-billion viewer hours and has more viewing hours than League of Legends, DOTA 2 and PUBG combined.
#1 Fortnite – 1,351,407,411 hours
#2 League of Legends – 984,071,612 hours
#3 DOTA 2 – 472,053,302 hours
#4 PUBG – 455,251,292 hours
#5 CS:GO – 401,406,162 hours
#6 Hearthstone – 357,421,459 hours
#7 Overwatch – 301,141,969 hours
#8 World of Warcraft – 260,141,881 hours
#9 Grand Theft Auto V – 147,040,642
#10 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – 138,028,291 hours
IRL – 348,711,885 hours
Top of the Charts – Fortnite’s Massive Lead
Top 10 Average Game Channels Streaming per Day
4,034,782 people have streamed Fortnite making it the most popular game to stream compared to a distant second most popular PUBG with 856,509 streamers. On any given night there were an average of 9.012 people streaming Fortnite on Twitch.
#1 Fortnite – 9,012 streamers
#2 League of Legends 2,114 streamers
#3 PUBG – 2,017 streamers
#4 Overwatch – 1,286 streamers
#5 World of Warcraft – 1,033 streamers
#6 CS:GO – 989 streamers
#7 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege – 878 streamers
#8 Destiny 2 – 612 streamers
#9 DOTA 2 – 586 streamers
#10 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – 522 streamers
IRL – 568 streamers
Top 10 Average Game Viewers
Hearthstone continues its popularity despite some streamers leaving the fray citing the game has become stale. Recent nerfs in Hearthstone has revitalized the community and its popularity continues to grow.
#1 Fortnite – 154,270 viewers
#2 League of Legends – 112,336 viewers
#3 DOTA 2 – 53,887 viewers
#4 PUBG – 51,969 viewers
#5 CS:GO – 45,822 viewers
#6 Hearthstone – 40,801 viewers
#7 Overwatch – 34,376 viewers
#8 World of Warcraft – 29,696 viewers
#9 Grand Theft Auto V – 16,785 viewers
#10 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – 15,756 viewers
IRL – 39,807 viewers
A Year of Milestones for Esports & Gaming
The statistics were compiled on December 31, 2018 using SullyGnome.