2024 was an innovative year in the video game industry. Marvel Rivals put a twist on the hero shooter genre, top streamers discovered soulslike games such as Elden Ring, and cult favorites like Balatro gave indie titles a seat at the table.
Despite all that variety, Twitch streamers are spending more time with old favorites than new releases. According to a raft of data released by the Amazon-owned hub, the most popular game on Twitch in 2024 was Grand Theft Auto V, the 11-year-old open-world sandbox that continues to thrill gamers with multitudinous modes of play
Thanks to companies like StreamElements and Streams Charts, statistics about the relative popularity of specific games among streamers are commonplace. The latest data dump, however, is a rare first-party look at Twitch’s numbers. The platform’s 2024 figures are staggering, if not surprising. The Twitch community delivered 15.6 billion hours of global watch time in its gaming categories in 2024. In comparison,…
