Though live streaming was available before the pandemic, live streaming has gained in popularity, especially as platforms like Netflix try live programming. Live streaming now crosses a wide range of categories: movies, TV shows, news, sports, video games, online chat and video conferencing, online learning, and social media and user-generated content. The most popular content on paid video streaming services was movies at 42%, followed by TV shows at 35% and live sports at 22%. The most popular live streaming platforms in the U.S. are Twitch, YouTube Gaming and Facebook Gaming. Get those stats, along with top games, shoppertainment and live streaming in China.
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Overview
- Time spent on watching online video worldwide 2020, by content
- Weekly time spent with online video 2020, by age group
- Leading video content type worldwide Q4 2021, by usage reach
- Most popular content types on video streaming services worldwide Q2 2021
- Hours spent on video consumption weekly worldwide Q2 2021, by platform
- Reasons for watching video streaming services worldwide Q2 2021, by generation
Global and U.S. usage
- U.S. live video viewership 2019-2024
- Most popular live streaming platform in the U.S. 2021
- Most popular livestream video categories in the U.S. 2021
- Most popular platforms used to watch live streams in the U.S. 2021, by age group
- Frequency of watching livestream video in the U.S. 2020, by age group
- Social live streamers 2020, by region
- Most popular content for global live streamers 2020, by age
- Live streaming apps: global time spent 2018-2021
Gaming and eSports
- Hours watched on leading gaming live stream platforms Q1 2022
- Live stream gaming hours watched Q1 2022, by publisher
- Unique live stream channels Q1 2022, by platform
- Most popular live streamers worldwide 2021, by engagement
- Distribution of live streaming viewing hours on leading global platforms Q3 2021
- Worldwide eSports audience size 2021
- Worldwide eSports viewer numbers 2019-2024, by type
- Most watched sponsored live stream game segments 2021, by hours watched
- Co-streaming of global and North American eSports events Q2 2021
- Top live streamed gaming conferences 2021, by peak viewers
Twitch
- Hours streamed on Twitch worldwide Q1 2022
- Hours watched on Twitch worldwide Q1 2022
- Concurrent viewers on Twitch Q1 2022
- Leading games on Twitch in March 2022, by hours viewed
- Most popular Twitch streamers 2022, by total views
- Most popular Twitch non-gaming categories worldwide 2021, by hours watched
- Average monthly viewers of music channels on Twitch 2019-2021
- Most watched music streaming channels on Twitch 2020/2021
Live events
- Online communication and video users during COVID-19 in the U.S.2020, by age
- Music fans` attitude towards livestreaming concerts worldwide 2020
- Artists’ livestreaming behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic 2021
- Most viewed music event livestreams worldwide 2020
- Fortnite: Travis Scott live event players 2020
- Use of live streams to watch sports worldwide in 2021, by country
Live commerce
- Global consumer appetite for livestream commerce 2021, by region
- Leading impressions of using live commerce Asia 2021
- Market value of live commerce in China 2018-2023
- MAUs of lives streaming shopping platforms in China 2020, by platform
- Live commerce market size in the U.S. 2020-2024
- Leading reasons for consumers to shop in livestreams in the U.S. 2021
- Consumer interest in shoppertainment in Europe 2020, by country
- Consumer interest in shoppertainment in Europe 2020, by age group
- Usage of live commerce in Brazil 2021
- Main features of live commerce in Brazil 2021
Spotlight: Live streaming in China
- Number of live streamers in China 2016-2021
- Number of live streaming users in China 2021, by market segment
- Penetration rate of live streaming in China 2021, by market segment
- User growth of live streaming in China 2017-2022
- Most used platforms for live streaming shopping in China 2020
- GMV of live streaming shopping on Taobao in China 2017-2021
- Daily time spent on selected eSports live-stream sites in China 2021
- Leading eSports live-stream apps in China 2021, based on MAUs
- Penetration rate of leading game streaming apps in China 2020