TL;DR Takeaways by Stream Hatchet: The Games & Demos category on Twitch and Kick sees as much as double the viewership during Steam Next Fest weeks For the June 2025 edition of Steam Next Fest, Vinesauce generated the most hours watched under streams mentioning the event There’s a…
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For new entrants to the live-streaming arena, the sheer volume of information can be overwhelming. Platforms, streamers, gaming titles, variety content – with so many interesting trends emerging, evolving, and fading at the lightspeed rate of online discourse, it can be hard to separate out what’s important. To…
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Live streaming built its reputation on gaming, and gaming still matters. But the audience has moved well beyond it. The platforms and creators that once defined themselves entirely through games now host a sprawling ecosystem of football competitions, music streams, political commentary, art, and lifestyle content that collectively…
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The Game Awards 2025 marks another year of revelatory gaming excellence, giving credit to the games which have captured our attention and driven cultural moments. We take this chance every year to look over the nominees and see how they performed on live streaming: How has the largest…
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Streaming is a fertile ground for discussing emerging topics; a kind of melting pot of ideas which, through conflict with one another, spit out an agreed upon consensus. This process can be messy or unruly, but it’s always fascinating to participate in. Newer topics like AI and politics…
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