Streaming platform Twitch, launched in June 2011, was bought by Amazon in 2014. — AFP Relaxnews
Each day, ETX Studio puts the spotlight on a number that stands out for making headlines in one way or another. Today it's the number of users who have joined the online video game platform Twitch in the last five months. According to research by Finbold, there are 3.46 million new users coming on board over the period of January-May 2020 and adding to the streaming service's user base.
Helped by the prevalence of stay-at-home orders in countries around the world, the Twitch platform is making new records when it comes to user numbers. While in January and February, the service counted fewer than 4 million active streamers (3.94 million in January and 3.75 million in February), the total only goes upward from March, when many countries established stay-at-home orders and quarantines in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. As of this past April, the platform counted more than 7 million streamers (7.21 million in May). That's a huge increase from the 2.94 million streamers recorded in January 2018 and even from the 4.54 million total one year later.
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