During the first quarter of 2023, YouTube was the leading platform to watch live streamed content for global users, with over 8.1 billion hours watched. Twitch ranked second, with users worldwide watching almost 5.3 billion hours of live streaming videos on the platforms. Chinese-based Nimo TV ranked third, with users watching approximately 350 million hours on the platform during the first quarter of 2023.
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Streams Charts. (April 12, 2023). Leading live streaming platform worldwide in 1st quarter 2023, by hours watched (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379789/top-live-stream-platforms-by-hours-watched/
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