Twitch’s daily watch time is going up

Twitch is having a rough time right now, prompted by questionable leadership decisions and the new encroachment of competitors like Kick and Rumble.

But is everything that’s been going on actually affecting daily usage of the platform?

According to StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg‘s latest State of the Stream report, the answer is…probably not.

Gil Hirsch, StreamElements’ co-founder and CEO, says that while Twitch has had ups and downs in terms of monthly watch time, its daily watch time has “steadily increased, painting an optimistic picture on the momentum front.”

Monthly watch time went from 1.706 billion hours watched in March to 1.669 billion in April to 1.764 billion in May to 1.708 billion in June. StreamElements claims the dips in April and June can be at least partially attributed to the fact that both those months have 30 days, while March and May have 31.

At the same time, the number of daily hours watched went from 56.90 million in March to 56.919 million in June. So, a slight uptick overall.

As for where those watch hours are coming from, StreamElements says that in June, 76% of watch time was generated by the platform’s top 10,000 streamers. Narrow it down to the top 1,000 streamers, and they generated 46% of watch hours. Narrow it further to the top 100, and they were responsible for a whopping 20% of those 1.708 billion hours.

Other notable bits from this report include indie platformer game Only Up! hitting 25 million watch hours with attention from Kai Cenat and Kamet0, and the growth of VTubers. Ironmouse is currently Twitch’s top VTuber, and recently became the site’s most subscribed to female streamer.