Supermarket Simulator Sweep: Twitch Top 10 March 5th - March 11th
From March 5th to March 11th, Twitch showcased a mix of Dota 2 tournaments, led by dota2_paragon_ru, and variety streams like Ibai's, featuring simulation games. Just Chatting remained popular with streamers like KaiCenat and Jynxzi. Guales' consistent schedule and diverse gameplay secured a top 5 spot, while Kato_junichi and Caseoh_ showcased variety streaming.
Grand Theft Auto V and League of Legends maintained dominance, despite declines in watch time for some games like VALORANT. Fortnite saw a resurgence, while new titles like Supermarket Simulator gained attention. However, titles like Counter-Strike and Apex Legends faced challenges. Overall, the week reflected Twitch's evolving content landscape.
Top Streamers
1. dota2_paragon_ru
Dota 2 tournament streams dominated traffic on the site this week, and the Russian language Dota production Paragon was this week’s top performer
2. Ibai
Ibai returns to the top 10, showing the resilience of the variety of gameplay for Twitch audiences. Simulation games were massive for his audiences this week, with the new Super Market Simulator and Taxi Life games drawing large audiences.
3. ESL_DOTA2
ESL’s Dota 2 tournament streams continued the trend of dominant Dota 2 streams this week.
4. KaiCenat
KaiCenat continues to be the most popular Just Chatting streamer on the platform, and his metrics increased for all statistics this week.
5. Gaules
Guales's strict schedule mixed with his Variety of gameplay was enough to land him in the top 5 most popular streams this week.
6. Jynxzi
While Jynxzi’s performance hasn't changed, pulling huge numbers of viewers with just chatting streams and Rainbow 6, he didn't perform nearly as well on the top ten list as would be expected. His numbers continue to grow in most statistics.
7. Kato_Junichi
Kato_junichi once again makes his way onto the top 10 with his Variety streaming content.
8. Caseoh_
Caseoh_’s Variety content has once again landed him a spot in the top 10 list, he played the most diverse number of games out of anyone in the top 10 this week.
9. Baiano
Baiano had normal numbers this week but saw decreases across all metrics. His weekend tournament streams were a resounding success as usual.
10. K4sen
K4sen made his way to the top 10 for the first time this year, his League of Legends broadcasts were very popular.
The Statistics
Here's a breakdown of statistics on the top Twitch streamers for March 5th through the 11th, as tracked by Sullygnome. Watch time represents the time viewers tuned in for, and stream time is the total time they were live. Peak viewership shows a streamer's most viewers at any point in the month, while average viewership shows the most regular amount of viewers. Followers are the number of unique Twitch accounts following a streamer, and followers gained to show the growth or decline of that number for each streamer this month.
Top Games
0. Just Chatting
Just Chatting is always the largest category on Twitch. The largest category on the platform is down a fairly significant 3.9% in terms of watch time, which is a substantial change from the previous week’s trend of lower numbers for that statistic. A decrease like this can be indicative of a downward trend in terms of the platform's engagement.
1. Grand Theft Auto: Five (GTAV)
Grand Theft Auto has been the most popular game on Twitch all year, and it looks like that trend is set to continue into March. Watch time decreased this week at a substantial rate, losing 14% watch time. This is further evidence of a general decrease in engagement across the platform.
3. League of Legends
League of Legends is this week’s most popular esport. It’s performance was relatively stagnant when compared to last week, which actually bodes well for the success of the game, where so many categories have seen large decreases in watch time.
4. VALORANT
VALORANT saw a sharp decrease in activity this week, for the second week in a row. With a 18.4% decrease in activity, this was the largest decrease the top ten had this week.
5. Fortnite
Fortnite is back gaining watch time. With a healthy 12.4% increase in overall hours watched, despite a meaningful decrease in the total number of hours streamed. This is the second week in a row these trends are continuing, which is important for the continued success of this landmark battle royal.
6. Dota 2
Dota 2 had the second-largest increase in viewership this week out of all the major esports, and several major tournaments contributed to this change.
7. Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike saw decreases in engagement across all statistics, with the exception of watch time, the most important statistic.
7. Apex Legends
Apex had lower numbers across the board than it did last week, but it still managed to gain spots in the weekly ranking.
8. Call of Duty: Warzone
Warzone saw similar statistical performance to Apex Legends, with lower stats across the board, however, warzone is much more exaggerated.
9. Supermarket Simulator
Supermarket Simulator is this week's breakout new IP, will it be able to last more than 1 week in the top 10?
10. Minecraft
Minecraft returned to the top 10 this week, despite seeing a drop in performance across all metrics.
The Statistics
Here's a breakdown of statistics on the top games on Twitch from March 5th to March 11th as tracked by Sullygnome. Watch time represents how much time viewers tuned in for, and stream time is the total time streamers broadcasted that game. Peak viewership shows most viewers watching that game at any point in the month, while average viewership shows the most regular amount of viewers. Peak channels show the largest number of streamers broadcasting that same game concurrently, whereas the average channels show the regular amount of channels broadcasting a game one would expect to see. The Average Viewer Ratio represents the number of hours watched (Watch time) divided by the number of hours streamed.
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