In 2020, live streaming took off as a popular online entertainment option as the global COVID-19 pandemic forced people to stay at home and look at new ways to occupy their time. Live streams had already been a mainstay in online gaming, and user engagement reached new dimensions with a total of 27.9 billion viewing hours across all major platforms in 2020, representing a 78.5 percent increase compared to the previous year.
Total annual hours watched across leading live streaming platforms in 2019 to 2020
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Streamlabs. (January 31, 2021). Total annual hours watched across leading live streaming platforms in 2019 to 2020 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264084/annual-live-streaming-hours-watched/
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Streamlabs. (2021). Total annual hours watched across leading live streaming platforms in 2019 to 2020 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264084/annual-live-streaming-hours-watched/
Streamlabs. "Total Annual Hours Watched across Leading Live Streaming Platforms in 2019 to 2020 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264084/annual-live-streaming-hours-watched/
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Total annual hours watched across leading live streaming platforms in 2019 to 2020 (in billions) [Graph], Streamlabs, January 31, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264084/annual-live-streaming-hours-watched/