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title: "Twitch grew a lot in 2021"
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description: "Amazon and Twitch celebrated as news emerged that viewership on the popular streaming service, Twitch, grew 45% year over year in 2021."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2021-12-27 10:32:04"
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Twitch grew a lot in 2021 | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Twitch grew a lot in 2021](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/twitch-grew-a-lot-in-2021.jpeg "Twitch grew a lot in 2021")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/twitch-grew-a-lot-in-2021.jpeg)Amazon and Twitch celebrated as news emerged that viewership on the popular streaming service, Twitch, grew 45% year over year in 2021. 2021 saw Twitch viewers watch 24 billion hours of video on the service, which is 45% higher than 2020.

## [](#not-only-twitch-grew)Not only Twitch grew

Facebook Gaming has also seen an increase in viewers watching video game streams as viewership on the platform has grown 47% year-over-year as it reached 5.3 billion hours, which just goes to show how much of a formidable force Facebook is, despite the platforms continued controversies.

**Most watched**

The most watched games on Twitch in 2021 was Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto V ( 2.1 billion hours) and it was followed by the massive MOBA, League of Legends (1.8 billion hours) and in third was the popular battle royale game Fortnite from Epic Games with (1 billion hours). It will be interesting to see whether these titles continue to be the most watched games in 2022.

### [](#about-twitch)About Twitch

**Watch, Discover, Join In**

Watch livestream gaming videos, Esports and any IRL broadcast on your Nintendo Switch™ device! Sports are here. Tune into your favorites: basketball, baseball, soccer, football, swimming, wrestling, hockey, pool, and much more through talk shows, league channels, Fantasy, and ESports.

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