Twitch: 15 million visitors per day and 355 billion minutes of streaming in 2017

More than 15 million daily visitors visited Twitch in 2017, announced the streaming platform, a subsidiary of Amazon that specialises in video gaming, on 06/02/2018. In total, users watched more than 355 billion minutes of streaming during 2017 versus 63 billion in 2016 (5.63 times more).

In 2017, Twitch had more than 2 million "unique monthly broadcasters". More than 27,000 are Twitch "partnered streamers" and over 150,000 are Twitch "affiliate streamers". The number of Twitch's "partnered streamers" has increased by 59% (17,000 in 2016) and the number of "affiliate streamers" has been multiplied by 6. In 2017, the number of paid streamers was multiplied by 3.2 compared to in 2016, announced Twitch on 06/02/2018.

To become a Twitch "partnered streamer" or "affiliate streamer", you have to make a request.
• A Twitch partner must broadcast live content (games/eSports games) at least three times a week and have an "established and growing audience".
• A Twitch affiliate must have at least 50 subscribers and eight broadcast hours per month.

Twitch: key figures and records in 2017