Geoff Keighly’s end-of-the-year game announcement and awards show The Game Awards continues to grow, and its latest 2021 edition continues to do so.
The eighth annual show is estimated to have 85 million global livestreams.
The Game Awards were streamed live across more than 30 digital networks, including the likes of YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok Live, and Steam plus other platforms that are big in China, India, South Korea and more.
That’s not to mention the many co-streams and watch parties, so instead of counting actual live audience, livestream count is the metric being used here, which 2021 increased by another 2 million compared to last year’s 83 million.
Here is how The Game Awards 2021’s global livestream count stacks up compared to previous years:
- 2021: 85 Million
- 2020: 83 Million
- 2019: 45.2 Million
- 2018: 26.2 Million
- 2017: 11.5 Million
- 2016: 3.8 Million
- 2015: 2.3 MIllion
- 2014: 1.9 Million
On YouTube, over 1.75 million hours were watched on the main feed (not counting co-streams), an increase of 14% from last year. On Twitch, over 3.35 million unique viewers watched The Game Awards, including co-streams. The Game Awards was trending #1 worldwide on Twitter with 1.6 million tweets.
“We are grateful we could return to an in-person ceremony in 2021 and continue to build on our success with significant international growth in 2021,” said Geoff Keighley, producer, The Game Awards.
It’s a pleasant reminder that video games are big. Big enough to warrant this many people’s attention for a live broadcast celebrating games, game creators, and the many people in the games industry from across the globe.
You can find out who all the winners are from The Game Awards 2021 here.