The total watch time of "Twitch" live broadcast increased by 19% YOY while "Facebook Gaming" increased by 61% YOY in Oct,2021

The latest data released by StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg show that in October 2021, the total watch time of "Twitch" live broadcast reached 1.9 billion hours, a year-on-year increase of 19%. In contrast, the live streaming watch time of "Facebook Gaming" in October exceeded 512 million hours, a year-on-year increase of 61%.On the "Twitch" platform, Riot Games' "League of Legends" is the game with the longest live viewing time in October, reaching 205 million hours, a 98% increase from September. As the last event of the game's annual professional season, most of the duration of the "League of Legends World Championship" is also counted in this month's viewing data.In addition, the total viewing time of "Dota 2" also increased by 189% in October to 97 million hours. The main reason for this increase is the global e-sports event "DOTA2 International Invitational (The International)" held in Romania. The event also attracted a large number of users to the platform to watch the live broadcast.Jason Krebs, Chief Commercial Officer of StreamElements, said: "Compared with the previous 5 months, "Twitch" set a new monthly watch time record in October. Driven by the huge popularity of e-sports events, the total live viewing time of the platform has reached more than 1.9 billion hours. "