Twitch Poker streaming report: stats & records – March 2021
Twitch isn’t just for video-gamers. In fact, poker-streamers have taken Twitch.tv by storm since launch- setting & breaking new category records and setting new viewership records for the poker category, with pro-players and amateur players streaming their deep-runs and big wins, while racking up millions of dollars in wins.
Poker fans enjoyed watching over 7,000,000 hours of poker in March 2021.
The Twitch service began in 2006 as a streaming platform focused on video gamers, but has morphed into a platform where there’s a category for almost everything – from just “chat” and music and casino and gambling games like slots or poker. Since then, Twitch has attracted more than 35 million unique visitors a month.
For streamers It’s really easy to get set up on Twitch from a PC, mobile or laptop / desktop computer. Within minutes players can share their gaming experience with viewers and fans all around the world.
26.5 MILLION visitors come to Twitch daily, with 93 BILLION minutes watched per month
Poker tournaments run daily, but Sunday is the day where the big buy-in “Sunday Majors” take place – with qualifier tournaments (a.k.a. satellites) running or direct buy in, and offering eye-watering, multi million dollar prizes + bragging rights for winners.
Millionaires are sometimes made in the poker-world on Sundays – and viewers can watch deep-runs, final table crushing, epic wins, and of course brutal beats- all from the comfort of their own homes.
March 2021 Twitch Poker Streaming Key Statistics
- Hours of poker watched on Twitch : 7,011,830 (+16.8%)
- Hours Hours of poker broadcast 96,550 (-10.8%)
- Average Monthly viewers 9,437 (+ 5.5%)
- Average Poker channels: 129 (-19.9% )
- Viewer ratio 72.6 (+30.9%)
- Max viewers 86,549 (+4.8%)
- Poker Broadcasters 5,429 (+5.8% on February with 299 new streamers)
- Lowest # of channels : 40 (Monday 15th March)
- Peak Channels: 393 (Sunday 21st March)
- Peak Twitch Poker Viewers in March: 84,347
- Languages streamed included English, Russian, French, Portugese, Spanish, German, Italian and more, with English language used in ~ 45% of all streams.
Why Do Poker-players Love Twitch?
Many poker players and poker fans watch poker streams for entertainment, but for many there’s a valuable learning aspect too – for those who wish to learn how to play winning poker from those who have mastered the game.
“By following Twitch streams, you can get insight from top players’ thinking processes. For this, you’d have to pay hundreds of dollars on poker training sites. Entirely free on Twitch – crazy but true!”
-‘Arvain’, Team Pro at BeastsOfPoker.com
- Standing on the shoulders of giants – you can literally learn some of the best poker players in the world (based on amassed winnings). These wizards are showing and explaining their plays and thought processes for each spot in each game for hours on end.
- Anything that improves your ‘edge’ in the poker games with no investment other than time is good (or +EV!)
- Twitch poker is free and always available
- Viewers can join in and be part of a community – viewers and channel supporters can often enjoy added value private / exclusive community games, freerolls and promotions with popular streamers.
Top Poker Streamers March 2021
The top streamers in March are all partnered with Twitch.tv except Winamax Poker. The Runitup channel gained the most followers (2902) in poker on Twitch during the month while streaming poker.
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