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Twitch viewership droops further as Facebook Gaming rises throughout Summer 2021

Facebook Gaming saw an all-time high in viewership last July while Twitch continued to droop from its May 2021 peak.

TJ Denzer

August 12, 2021 10:10 AM

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While many people begin to head outdoors and engage with one another again (despite the COVID-19 pandemic not really being over), viewership on livestreams continue to reflect this trend in interesting ways. Twitch had an all-time high in viewership at the start of this Summer and while it continues to retain huge viewership, it’s been drooping throughout the season. Meanwhile, Facebook Gaming has been on the rise and saw its biggest month of viewership yet in July 2021, according to a recent report from StreamElements and data partner Rainmaker.gg. Meanwhile, Tencent subsidiary streaming platform Trovo is also gaining steam under the radar.

StreamElements released its July 2021 State of the Stream report with analysis on Twitch and Facebook Gaming from analytics partner Rainmaker.gg while analytics on Trovo came from Streams Charts in another report. Where Twitch was at an all-time peak in May 2021 with over 2 billion hours watched, it has not achieved such a high since. It fell to under 2 billion in June reporting and slipped just a touch further in July 2021. Meanwhile, Facebook Gaming reported its most watched month yet with over 500 million hours watched in July.

Facebook wasn’t the only one gaining steam. Tencent streaming platform and subsidiary Trovo Live has been in the picture for a little while now and is continuing to amass its own healthy amount of viewing. July was one of Trovo’s most popular months yet with viewers having used the platform to view over 20 million hours worth of livestreams and Q2 2021 for Trovo was its most viewed quarter yet at over 60 million.

Unmistakably, Twitch is still the undisputed champion among streaming platforms with billions of hours still being viewed across all of its channels, but July seems to indicate that viewership is diversifying across platforms. Facebook Gaming has continued to grow and Trovo seems to be sneaking in and getting its own notable share of viewership under the radar. It seems doubtful that anyone will take the crown away from Twitch anytime soon, but one thing is for sure: Trovo and Facebook Gaming definitely don’t seem to be going away either. On the contrary, they’ve continued to successfully grow.

For more reporting on Twitch, Facebook Gaming, Trovo, and StreamElements State of the Stream, keep your eyes right here at Shacknews for the latest stats and reporting.

TJ Denzer

Senior News Editor

TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at tj.denzer@shacknews.com and also find him on Twitter @JohnnyChugs.