![]() ![]() The yearly Dota 2 International is still one of the most highly watched esports events of the year. 5) – Dota 2 (3.11 billion hours watched) Image via Valveĭota 2 is a pillar of consistency on the Twitch platform, averaging just over 500 million hours watched since 2016 and never straying too far from that figure over any given year. But CoD also experienced a huge viewership growth in 2020, due to the meteoric rise of the standalone Warzone title. 6) – Call of Duty (2.54 billion hours watched) Image via Activisionįor such a popular franchise, the Call of Duty name wasn’t too much of a heavy hitter from 2016 through 2019, much like Minecraft. By end of 2022, VALORANT should eclipse it on this list. Hearthstone is the only name on the top ten list that’s been steadily declining since 2016, with the casual audience losing interest and some of the game’s big names moving away. Well, look who’s still hanging on, for now. 7) – Hearthstone (2.12 billion hours watched) Image via Blizzard Entertainment The tactical shooter from Riot relied heavily on its “watch-to-gain-access” beta and has started a thriving and still growing esports scene. 8) – VALORANT (2.06 billion hours watched) Image via Riot GamesĪll the other names on the top ten have been streamed on Twitch since at least 2017, which makes VALORANT‘s all-time numbers since only 2020 even more impressive. This was mainly due to a period during these two years where big streamers were hosting servers populated by other big streaming names. But in 2020, Minecraft on Twitch exploded like a stack of TNT blocks, with 510 million hours watched, only to be outdone by 863 million hours in 2021. 9) – Minecraft (1.88 billion hours watched) Image via Mojang and Xboxįrom 2016 through 2019, Minecraft wasn’t quite the megahit on Twitch as it was on YouTube, with less than 100 million hours watched per year during that four-year period. ![]() This can be attributed to a number of factors including the launch of WoW Classic, the release of several well-received expansions, and the rise in popularity of Race to World First events put on by some of the game’s most well-known guilds. The titanic MMORPG from Blizzard has experienced a resurgence on Twitch in recent years. 10) – World of Warcraft (1.88 billion hours watched) Screengrab via Blizzard Entertainment Here are the top ten most-watched games streamed all-time on Twitch, as of April 2022. Several games have earned incredible viewership numbers on the platform, up in the billions of hours watched, thanks to a healthy supply of streamers big and small streaming these titles consistently over the years.īut which games are the most popular? We looked at SullyGnome, a well-known Twitch analytics site, and added up the number of hours watched for some of the biggest games on the platform, dating back to 2016. ![]() A slew of contenders have challenged Twitch for the right to be the premier home of streaming, but none have slain the Amazon-owned giant just yet. ![]()
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