GameSquare’s Stream Hatchet publishes Q1 report

Stream Hatchet has published its 2024 first quarter Live-Streaming Trends Report. Key takeaways from the Trends Report include: Live-streaming viewership is up 10% from Q1 2023 to 8.2 billion hours watched, indicating a resurgence in the industry since the post-pandemic dip. 7 of the top 10 games grew in hours watched this quarter with an average growth of 31% While many of the smaller platforms in the market are losing viewership, big players like Twitch, and YouTube Gaming continue to grow. Steam was a breakout star in Q1, doubling its hours watched. New South Korean platform, Chzzk, helped AfreecaTV to overtake Twitch’s influence in the country. Palword was the top Q1 game launch by a mile – with 95 million hours watched in its first 30 days, it outperformed mega-popular Hohwarts Legacy by 25 million hours watched.