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- From events that pivoted to digital to live streams to an ever-growing library of VOD content, YouTube Gaming is the home for all video game content. This year, we’ve seen an uptick in live gaming streams, which accounted for more than 10 billion watch time hours.
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Dec 8, 2020 · YouTube Gaming has its biggest year, ever, in 2020 with 100B watch time hours and 40M+ active gaming channels. Here, we break down the moments that defined gaming this year. The world has faced its share of challenges in 2020.
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Dec 8, 2020 · YouTube has announced that 2020 was their gaming category's biggest year ever, with over 100 billion hours of gaming content watched on the service.
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Dec 8, 2020 · YouTube says it now has more than 40 million active gaming channels, and that 80,000 channels hit 100,000 subscribers this past year. More than 1,000 channels broke 5 million subscribers in 2020...
- Minecraft was the most-watched game.
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By Wesley L
Updated: Dec 31, 2020 6:05 pm
Posted: Dec 31, 2020 6:00 pm
Over 100 billion hours were spent watching gaming content on YouTube this year, with Minecraft leading as the most-watched game.
YouTube Culture and Trends has released an annual gaming report, and the company revealed that viewers watched over 100 billion hours of gaming content on the site, which is the equivalent of traveling to Neptune and back 475,000 times. This makes 2020 YouTube Gaming's biggest year yet.
"YouTube Gaming has its biggest year, ever, in 2020 with 100B watch time hours and 40M+ active gaming channels," YouTube Head of Global Gaming, Ryan Watt, said.
"We've also seen gaming creators give back in incredible ways this year," Watt said. "The gaming community has always been willing to lend a helping hand when needed. This year, many of YouTube's gaming creators and partnership tournaments raised awareness and money for several causes."
That includes Jacksepticeye raising over $660,000 in 12 hours for COVID-19 relief efforts, CouRage raising over $500,000 during a 12-hour charity stream for the CDC Foundation, and many tournaments hosted by YouTube Gaming to raise money for organizations like the Call of Duty Endowment, the World Health Organization, and the United Children's Fund.
"And just last week, The Game Theorists' MatPat and Stephanie Patrick hosted a 10-hour charity live stream event to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital," Watt said. "They tripled their goal and raised $3 million with the help from other large creators and gamers like Markiplier, The Game Grumps, Mr. Beast, and more."
You can read more about YouTube Gaming's 2020 in their blog post that breaks down things like most-liked and most-viewed videos.
For more about this year in gaming, check out IGN's 2020 Game of the Year nominations for a look back at some of the year's best games and then check out some of the other categories like best PlayStation exclusive, best Xbox exclusive, and best Switch exclusive.
Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.
Dec 10, 2020 · The year 2020 has been big for gaming and nothing proves that better than the stats shared by YouTube Gaming. As a headliner it announces that 2020 has been its biggest year with 100...
Dec 8, 2020 · YouTube Gaming reports major numbers to come out of 2020, highlighting the success of gaming-centric content creators and charity livestreams.
Dec 8, 2020 · YouTube Gaming Saw 100 Billion Hours of Watch Time in 2020, Underlining the Rise of Gaming Culture. If you’re not paying attention to the influence of gaming on popular culture in 2020, you’re missing out on one of the most significant elements for the next generation, with gamers now becoming major celebrities in their own right, and ...
