This is stated in the joint report PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet. According to their data, almost half of this time was spent on Facebook Gaming* — 109 million hours. The second place went to YouTube Gaming — 90.2 million hours. Twitch closes the top three with 24.8 million hours.

Over the past year, Facebook Gaming has strengthened its position in the gaming streaming market. By the end of December, the site’s share in this segment reached 8.5%.

Google failed to compete with Twitch. The search giant closes YouTube Gaming as a separate platform and transfers it to the YouTube platform with the preservation of all functionality.

The analytical company Newzoo compared the performance of the largest streaming platforms Twitch and YouTube Gaming in the 1st quarter of 2018. Twitch leads by a margin in the main parameters, but in some indicators YouTube Gaming is catching up and even overtaking its competitor.

The MAU of streamers on the YouTube Gaming platform increased by 343% in 2017. This is reported by the analytical company Streamlabs in the report on the state of the gaming stream industry for the 4th quarter of last year.

Owners of Android devices will soon have the opportunity to stream game videos directly from a smartphone or tablet. This was announced by the head of the new YouTube Gaming service Ryan Wyatt at the Tokyo Game Show 2015.