Jerk pulls in 1.76 bn hours in viewership throughout May
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The Legend of Zelda, by Nintendo In its first month on air, Tears of the Kingdom was seen for a total of 37 million hours.
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In May, Twitch watchers watched for a total of 1.76 billion hours.
According to the May State of the Stream report from StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg, this number is an increase of 5% in views compared to April.
League of Legends, Valorant, and Grand Theft Auto V were the top three most watched games on Twitch in 2017.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which was released on May 12, has amassed 37 million monthly viewing hours on the streaming service since its release.
The following are the top-rated Twitch video games:
- 124,000,000 hours spent playing League of Legends
Beneficial – 102,000,000 hours
94,000,000 hours spent on Grand Theft Auto V
Play time on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 87 million hours
59,000,000 Hours of Minecraft
Whoa, that’s 52,000,000 hours
50,000,000 Hours Played on Dota 2
39 million hours at the pinnacle of legends
Over 37 million hours were spent on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
According to StreamElements CEO Gil Hirsch, “With Twitch, May has actually always been more powerful than March until in 2015 when there was the anticipated post-pandemic decrease, but this year May is back on top, which may signify a welcome go back to the platform’s routine ups and downs.”
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