NEW! Most Watched Streamed Games 2015 - 2022

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  • Timeline of the most watched streamed games on UA-cam and Twitch from 2015 to 2022. Combined amount of hours watched per month on gaming streams. Data source: UA-cam and Twitch reports.
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  • @Megatronus199
    @Megatronus199 Рік тому +167

    I'd love to see a chart of most played/purchased games over time

    • @michaelp9707
      @michaelp9707 Рік тому

      @Sub 2 me 4 no reason? You will be surprised then on how Mega popular some of the older console games was then/later etc..

    • @jerrobrevert1248
      @jerrobrevert1248 Рік тому

      @Sub 2 me 4 no reason? minecraft

    • @iIHaDyIi
      @iIHaDyIi Рік тому

      @Sub 2 me 4 no reason? Lol not even close its minecraft and it will always be farming games dont die

    • @knyt0
      @knyt0 Рік тому

      @Sub 2 me 4 no reason? no minecraft is first, gta is 2nd

    • @ricande
      @ricande Рік тому

      @Sub 2 me 4 no reason?
      Minecraft by a landslide

  • @Game-BeatX14
    @Game-BeatX14 Рік тому +146

    I'm surprised Rocket League never showed up at any point. It felt pretty big for a while, but I guess it just didn't reach that level of popularity.

    • @mohammedsaleh7
      @mohammedsaleh7 Рік тому +8

      The game was big, and still sizable audience, but Twitch numbers are sub 10k usually and only spike when RLCS (tier 1 pro scene) is playing, especially with international majors.

    • @h.g.762
      @h.g.762 Рік тому

      I think the Fall Major event got around 80k viewers yesterday on the main channel alone so the community is quite big. Still there are no huge streamers that play rocket league as a main game and for that aspect the title might be a little bit misleading but the description clears things up. Combined watched hours it is, so Rocket League can't outperform other games that have dozens of streamers around the 500-1000 viewer mark streaming whatever popular game for 6 hours straight on a daily basis.

    • @carlyperez25
      @carlyperez25 Рік тому

      Overwatch

    • @lawjef
      @lawjef Рік тому +1

      the problem with many (but certainly not all) team sporting games is that the barriers to entry are so low that most viewers prefer to play the game. That is not true of more difficult games where thousands of hours makes you better at the game and/or more enjoyable. When the barriers are low, you don't learn much from watching the best players in the world, and there isn't much anxiety involved in playing vs watching.

    • @MoneyHoneyBunny
      @MoneyHoneyBunny Рік тому

      Exactly,,, Rocket League probably had just as big of streams but... maybe not as many total streams? It's gotta be close to this list though. The trading in Rocket League was just as big as CS Go, items with real money, Gameflip, I was making $500 a week for 2 years or so trading 6 hours a day and playing another 6 in 2018-19 until Epic ruined the market.

  • @pedroficial
    @pedroficial Рік тому +51

    After 2 years it finally came back

  • @mike1024.
    @mike1024. Рік тому +86

    The way apex just appeared from nothing to number 1, wow that's a fast blowup!

    • @kosamebrandan7646
      @kosamebrandan7646 Рік тому +24

      I can sort of expand on this; Back around before Apex Launched EA/Respawn was being berated in the gaming community due to the poor taste in everyone's mouths from previous launches like Battlefront. So Respawn made the odd move to make ZERO marketing for their game... until launch day.
      Where they likely spent 90% of the usual advertising budget on giving streamers sponsorships to play their game. So the MASSIVE viewership on launch was because of the impressive amount of streamers they sponsored to play their game. The game came out with nearly zero warning and zero heads up. They just launched it and practically said "Hey, check it out, it's already out" and Apex Legends was actually really fun and well made! So it's been a successful game ever since.

    • @mike1024.
      @mike1024. Рік тому +9

      @@kosamebrandan7646 that's actually a pretty cool way to launch a game! It wouldn't work for every game, especially a series that people expect iterations every few years, but it sounds like it was highly effective for this one.

    • @leevikaunismaa9652
      @leevikaunismaa9652 Рік тому +3

      Apex and Fortnite are temporary, but LoL is eternal

    • @lawjef
      @lawjef Рік тому

      @@kosamebrandan7646 that is all true, sure, but it also collapsed from those heights fairly quickly too. not suggesting it wasn't or isn't a popular game, but the fall from those heights was also unprecedented and, in part, due to the advertising strategy (or lack thereof). Gamers like new shiny toys, but they also need to be reminded why they should keep playing with that new toy. The irony, of course, with Apex is that many streamers prefer it over WZ/Fortnite/et al but there isn't the same views, so they are forced to drop into WZ. Again, poor marketing strategy being the central problem

    • @maxxxmodelz4061
      @maxxxmodelz4061 Рік тому

      @@leevikaunismaa9652 Definitely lasted the longest.

  • @jiffystats240
    @jiffystats240 Рік тому +43

    Wow man! Is good you're back and grinding. We missed you a lot ❤️❤️

  • @mbelino
    @mbelino Рік тому +53

    Respect to WoW for always staying consistent

  • @X-MEN21
    @X-MEN21 Рік тому +19

    I can literally watch these forever, so satisfying.

  • @Rabadash8820
    @Rabadash8820 Рік тому +12

    1. How tf did it take Minecraft ~10 years to keep a footing on this list??
    2. Good lord I have been underestimating League! Even Arcane barely seemed to make a difference cause it was already so popular.
    3. I would love to see some call outs of significant world events during these animations to keep things in perspective, like when COVID lockdowns started, when Arcane aired, when significant live streams happened, etc.

  • @666Counterforce
    @666Counterforce Рік тому

    Love your data videos bro ! And, indeed, data IS beautiful!

  • @hasanburakersan3307
    @hasanburakersan3307 Рік тому +9

    It is fascinating to see how Among Us came into our lives and then disappeared in no time !
    That is exactly what happened irl , sadly. I miss these few months.

  • @thelulow
    @thelulow Рік тому +7

    THE LEGEND IS BACK!

  • @CIOZimbabwe
    @CIOZimbabwe Рік тому +2

    Welcome back i thought you died! The data legend is back

  • @BishalTechie
    @BishalTechie Рік тому +1

    Omg, you are back! Why did you stop uploading videos? And does your channel have monetization?

  • @Bendrix27
    @Bendrix27 Рік тому +39

    Man, the glory days of H1Z1 were amazing while they lasted. A shame the developers pretty much just let it die.

  • @ignerevhak
    @ignerevhak Рік тому +26

    Legends never die

  • @kaspartambur
    @kaspartambur Рік тому +12

    Haven't played WoW in my life, but it's good to see such a classic being so good that just new games mostly struggle to hold with hype. WoW and CS too.

  • @sassythesasquatch6847
    @sassythesasquatch6847 Рік тому +50

    Sad how little single player games have interest nowadays compared to microtransaction filled garbage (Some of these are actually fun to play but still have the scummiest practises)

    • @sassythesasquatch6847
      @sassythesasquatch6847 Рік тому

      They have been normalised to the point of no return with the excuse of “GaMeS aRe mOrE eXpEnSiVe tO mAkE” despite ceos banking off hundreds of millions in Christmas bonuses

    • @Catsrules1
      @Catsrules1 Рік тому +21

      Single player games are far less likely to be streamed for months at a time compared to multiplayer games. Single players games will have a burst of streaming for a week or two but everyone finishes them and moves on to another game.
      But Even still we saw a few Single players games pop in and out.

    • @sassythesasquatch6847
      @sassythesasquatch6847 Рік тому +9

      @@Catsrules1 I will never understand watching someone play a game for hours online and giving them money for it instead of playing it themselves 😂

    • @ildile8248
      @ildile8248 Рік тому +2

      Well I could say the same for singleplayer. Why getting all the spoilers when you could just play the game yourself? Unless you have already played It’s not worth it watching others playing it. At least multiplayer games streams can help you learn other then entertaining

    • @Catsrules1
      @Catsrules1 Рік тому +7

      @@sassythesasquatch6847 I never got into the top streamers just playing Fortnite or League of Legends 24/7. But I do watch a few game streamers that stream a many different games, but usually play in some funny or really crazy way. Often leading to hilarious results. From my experience it is less about the game and more about the streamer and chat interaction. Basically your going to get a different experience then if you just play the game yourself.

  • @mathew00
    @mathew00 Рік тому +5

    Thank you for the new video!!!!!!!!!!! ❤

  • @joakoc.6235
    @joakoc.6235 Рік тому +6

    The good days of PUBG on 2017, that was a really good game, always full servers at any time of day to play as much as you can, 2800 hours on Steam, really good moment in my life.

  • @TomNookMatLoL
    @TomNookMatLoL Рік тому +1

    Finally you're here !!!! :D

  • @taktische_katze_x2359
    @taktische_katze_x2359 Рік тому

    You're back!!!

  • @El_Girasol_Fachero
    @El_Girasol_Fachero Рік тому +2

    Finally came back with a good graphic

  • @Sarah1921
    @Sarah1921 Рік тому +2

    Maybe it was foolish of me to hope Stray would pop up briefly when it first popped onto the scene but it was EVERYWHERE for a minute! A GLORIOUS minute!!

  • @ReallyRick
    @ReallyRick Рік тому +10

    Most of those World of Warcraft hours must come from Asmongold! LOL

  • @Me3stR
    @Me3stR Рік тому +24

    The good games are good games because they are good, not because they are new

  • @TJMiton
    @TJMiton Рік тому +3

    dude, i simply refuse to believe the amung us numbers were that low. it was what felt like literally every streamer for like 9 months.

  • @sunnyplaya1
    @sunnyplaya1 Рік тому +1

    Data is sooo Beautiful

  • @psycosis12
    @psycosis12 Рік тому

    Welcome back!

  • @cheogt4623
    @cheogt4623 Рік тому +2

    My beloved WOW refuses to die!!

  • @BloodRavyne
    @BloodRavyne Рік тому +3

    GTA V is so popular is because of No Pixel RP server. Lots of GTAV RP streamers are quite popular and have made it big!

  • @schneeeule0212
    @schneeeule0212 10 місяців тому

    Surprised to not see "it takes two" here, it was a lockdown banger

  • @KetchupBandit02
    @KetchupBandit02 Рік тому

    Return of the king

  • @BananaProtocol
    @BananaProtocol Рік тому +9

    It's insane how much more streamed content we watch compared to 2015

    • @pizy3409
      @pizy3409 Рік тому +2

      Its not insane, its sad 😔

    • @Yautja24
      @Yautja24 Рік тому

      I watched a while for my genres a little bit. But in general... why watch someone else if you can enjoy it yourself. Myy free time is limited, why not use it to play it by yourself. Atleast that gos for me.

    • @MoneyHoneyBunny
      @MoneyHoneyBunny Рік тому

      Yeah, in 2015 I thought streaming was a dumb thing for kids. Now? It's what saved my life around late 2017 and been a big part of it for 5 years

  • @waverlh
    @waverlh Рік тому +2

    Amazing that CS:GO is STILL relevant after all these years!!! Great video!

    • @DataIsBeautifulOfficial
      @DataIsBeautifulOfficial  Рік тому

      Couldn't agree more!

    • @wildeskompositum9556
      @wildeskompositum9556 Рік тому

      Bc its a low requiring game, both in hardware and in skill

    • @naufalt.a8796
      @naufalt.a8796 Рік тому +1

      ​​@@wildeskompositum9556 most of these game on the list have very strong and solid community which making them keep alive and relevant to this day

  • @evidence787
    @evidence787 Рік тому

    ゲーム業界って1か月単位で順位が入れ替わるくらい変化が激しいのか
    面白いなあ

  • @GameFanatic-sy7hz
    @GameFanatic-sy7hz Рік тому +1

    There are no shortcuts in life
    Apex: hold my beer😁

  • @wilson7357
    @wilson7357 Рік тому +1

    what incredible suspense

  • @jessstylinson1234
    @jessstylinson1234 10 місяців тому +1

    and you can see how high these views went up during the covid pandempic and how games that went down in popularity came back as a trending game to play in the streaming world again , like grand theft auto ect . which is cool i find

  • @ArjunFoxMusicCharts
    @ArjunFoxMusicCharts Рік тому +1

    LOVE these videos that you upload! From this video, I learned that people like to much violence

  • @jessstylinson1234
    @jessstylinson1234 10 місяців тому +1

    fortnite being a new game and slaying the chart like it did and still does is really impressive , starting this cool of a game for free was a really good market strategies by on paying for what you want in the game instead of the game it's self , i know nothing about marketing and all that but that's what I believe happened , also putting big stars as the skins and big movie themed in theirs seasons made something to look forward to to people who play .. what i know is that the streamers i watch has switched games and never really played again except for among us and fortnite , they are still obsessed w these games and so is theirs chats

  • @spankymagee
    @spankymagee Рік тому +4

    Woah dude Apex blew its load all over way too soon, then had to take a nap.

  • @vampir335
    @vampir335 Рік тому +2

    Let's go!!!

  • @Datmeega
    @Datmeega Рік тому +6

    Pubg in its prime was so damn fun

  • @lwh8652
    @lwh8652 Рік тому

    Hey. Any chance you could share the data for this one? Interested to know where you got it/scraped it from?

    • @DataIsBeautifulOfficial
      @DataIsBeautifulOfficial  Рік тому +2

      Search for Twitch API data, there're several aggregators. Yotube's data is not open for public.

  • @FredThePhoenix
    @FredThePhoenix Рік тому

    Wtf YOU'RE BACK?!

  • @aktchungrabanio6467
    @aktchungrabanio6467 Рік тому

    I feel you bro

  • @that_colin_guy
    @that_colin_guy Рік тому

    Feels illegal to be this early B-)

  • @mike1024.
    @mike1024. Рік тому +1

    I was watching for among us to sneak in with a quick rise and fall.

  • @jenadeep
    @jenadeep Рік тому +3

    Minecraft fighting for its life 💀

  • @Lucas-ng2ch
    @Lucas-ng2ch Рік тому +3

    counter strike so solid after 20 years

  • @flyindanskmen7317
    @flyindanskmen7317 Рік тому +1

    Death, Taxes and (Warcraft, CSGO, LoL and GTAV) being top 10 streamed game

  • @fernguti1095
    @fernguti1095 Рік тому +1

    I would've thought Sea of Thieves would make a brief appearance. When Summit1G and others popular players like Shroud were playing it and streaming it on twitch. Sometimes it would top number 1 most streamed game and top 5 stream game for about a month that I recall.
    Really interesting.

  • @matthewsattewhite255
    @matthewsattewhite255 Рік тому +2

    Do one on economic markets throughout the years!

  • @danieltruman1018
    @danieltruman1018 Рік тому +6

    Congratulations on becoming a dad! 😊

  • @unpairedelectron2886
    @unpairedelectron2886 Рік тому +1

    CSGO be like: I never left.

  • @racekinggaming
    @racekinggaming Рік тому +1

    How do u get all the information? What program u use the make the charts

    • @DataIsBeautifulOfficial
      @DataIsBeautifulOfficial  Рік тому +3

      Google for visualization tools. Data for this specific video is from Twitch and YT apis.

    • @racekinggaming
      @racekinggaming Рік тому

      @@DataIsBeautifulOfficial ok thank u

  • @jantoko
    @jantoko Рік тому

    Damn I play League since 2014, it's been 8 years.

  • @hiroyuuki420
    @hiroyuuki420 Рік тому

    Oh wow. i was think there will be New World. I admit I'm surprised!

  • @TherealBigThriller
    @TherealBigThriller 11 місяців тому

    Happy to see Rust make the list.

  • @Johndoe-se3bf
    @Johndoe-se3bf Рік тому +3

    Being that GTAV is almost 10 years old and the amount of people who still watch it, well obviously it's because of rp's

  • @davidwells5888
    @davidwells5888 11 місяців тому

    nice to see heroes of the storm up there briefly

  • @TheRandalHandle
    @TheRandalHandle Рік тому

    You bet I saw path of exile pop in there for a second. Great game, especially for free.

  • @eagles1131
    @eagles1131 Рік тому

    I was wondering when you were gonna return

  • @MattZildjian
    @MattZildjian Рік тому +1

    can we get a visualisation of most used twitch chat emotes? Kappa

  • @DimAnubis228
    @DimAnubis228 Рік тому +1

    Love how APEX say HELLO GUYS, BYEBYE GUYS, and then slowly get up again XD

  • @UberSpah
    @UberSpah 11 місяців тому +1

    Roses are red, violets are blue, doom is eternal, halo may be infinity, but *data is beautiful*

  • @bravoninetyseven
    @bravoninetyseven Рік тому

    All of those cyber veterans, haha.

  • @maxxxmodelz4061
    @maxxxmodelz4061 Рік тому

    It's like I caught ADD just watching this list change.

  • @tazdestiny2411
    @tazdestiny2411 Рік тому +1

    Damn gta just won’t die lol

  • @amisicro955
    @amisicro955 9 місяців тому

    GTA 5 still standing despite its age is incredible

  • @NarimanShuakbayev
    @NarimanShuakbayev Рік тому

    FIFA: Hello and bye :D

  • @HouseOfHockey14
    @HouseOfHockey14 Рік тому +1

    How do people not get bored of LoL after a certain period of time.

  • @NeonKC
    @NeonKC Рік тому

    RuneScape!! I saw you! My childhood

  • @AERoVALKYRiE
    @AERoVALKYRiE Рік тому +7

    4:00 finally a single player game appeared 😭

  • @srmilkyway9346
    @srmilkyway9346 Рік тому

    How unstable are streaming games data lmao.
    PD: Could you make most believed conspiracy theories plz?

  • @iunix
    @iunix Рік тому +13

    League is insane

    • @TheVanillatech
      @TheVanillatech Рік тому +1

      The sudden influx of Chinese LOL players boom straight to 500 million.

    • @johnlorenzdiaz1048
      @johnlorenzdiaz1048 3 місяці тому

      Chinese have their own sgreaming platform tho​@@TheVanillatech

    • @TheVanillatech
      @TheVanillatech 3 місяці тому

      @@johnlorenzdiaz1048 They also eat dogs and cats.

  • @garvinw
    @garvinw 11 місяців тому +1

    World of Warcraft was released in 2004... almost 20 years ago!!!!!

  • @mykehigh
    @mykehigh Рік тому +3

    Dota, so sad :'(

    • @julianojosoa2145
      @julianojosoa2145 6 місяців тому

      wtf typical Dota player always complaining xD

    • @mykehigh
      @mykehigh 6 місяців тому

      ur post makes no sense :D@@julianojosoa2145

  • @desertrose0601
    @desertrose0601 Рік тому

    I couldn’t tell you but League or Legions or Apex is, but apparently they’re popular. 😂 I mainly just watch Minecraft.

    • @TheRebelTitan55
      @TheRebelTitan55 Рік тому

      Apex Legends is basically Fortnite but with specialists

  • @jeffreysmith4586
    @jeffreysmith4586 Рік тому +4

    Amazing that GTA is still going so strong so many years later. Looking forward to GTA 6 in 2100 😂

  • @ArgadashHD
    @ArgadashHD Рік тому +2

    CSGO IS LOVE
    CSGO IS LIFE

  • @ShonkV
    @ShonkV Рік тому +1

    GTA V domination

  • @inferno38
    @inferno38 Рік тому +5

    The more GTA V gets older, the more it is popular. How?

    • @DimAnubis228
      @DimAnubis228 Рік тому +2

      Roleplay, it just blew up without sense

    • @moonshapedabsolution
      @moonshapedabsolution Рік тому +2

      RP, it's surprisingly fun to do

    • @HuyLe-yt8pw
      @HuyLe-yt8pw Рік тому

      Also the game got free on EGS for a month in 2021, which made the game greater in popularity

  • @tomr1991
    @tomr1991 Рік тому

    I curious to see if Starfield will crack this list.

  • @RandomDuude
    @RandomDuude Рік тому +2

    2:36
    AMOGUS

  • @katherinegray9252
    @katherinegray9252 Рік тому

    Out of all those games I've only played Gta5 and Dead by daylight

  • @henriquefeliciano5929
    @henriquefeliciano5929 Рік тому

    tibia is the best game of all time xd

  • @nmestre2
    @nmestre2 Рік тому

    At what variables are we looking at exactly?

  • @absfinal
    @absfinal 8 місяців тому

    What’s the five game

  • @ricande
    @ricande Рік тому +2

    Who was streaming overwatch in october 2022?

    • @justjules4755
      @justjules4755 Місяць тому

      asia and french Community still here in 2024

  • @benjaminschmidt4008
    @benjaminschmidt4008 Рік тому +1

    Ich habe Minecraft das Spiel und GTA 5 Spiel Just dance 2023 fortnite Mortal Kombat 10 WWE 2k22 Pflanzen vs Zombies fallout3 und fallout4 Halo wars 5 und Netflix App

  • @loboeningles4641
    @loboeningles4641 Рік тому

    Yalla!

  • @mikeygaming20
    @mikeygaming20 Рік тому +1

    Fortnite: lemme introduce myself

  • @m1str3
    @m1str3 Рік тому

    that was sus...
    among us came in for a min to say high then vented out of the room

  • @colinz24067
    @colinz24067 Рік тому +2

    I love how the numbers are going down, but the data is going up

    • @Daiska_Plays
      @Daiska_Plays Рік тому

      10,000 games to spread around, yep.

  • @Natzure
    @Natzure Рік тому

    Streamed or watched? Title and description are kinda conflicting.

  • @RickRobinsonDonnellan
    @RickRobinsonDonnellan Рік тому

    Funny how the nearly 10 yr old GTAV rides up and smashed all the other new games again and again. Such varied gameplay thanks to the modding community, on PC

  • @justjules4755
    @justjules4755 Місяць тому

    Overwatch goes back and forth between the top 5 and then it's no longer there, then it comes back xd

  • @ryans413
    @ryans413 Рік тому

    Funny how once GTA5 came to PC it took off

  • @Natisk
    @Natisk Рік тому

    HOTS one love