In 2020, live streaming took off as a popular online entertainment option as the global COVID-19 pandemic forced people to stay at home and look at new ways to occupy their time. Live streams had already been a mainstay in online gaming, and user engagement reached new dimensions with a total of 30 billion viewing hours across all major platforms in 2020, representing a 89.2 percent increase compared to the previous year. Growth has been unstable since then, with viewership reaching 36.4 billion hours watched in 2025.
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