The analytical company Limelight Networks has released a new study on the gaming industry.
According to Limelight Networks, young gamers aged 18 to 25 spend an average of 3.5 hours per week watching video game streams.
The viewership of Twitch and other streaming services exceeds the viewership of traditional sports by about an hour. The same group of people spends an average of 2.5 hours per week watching sports competitions on television.
The statistics for the United States are slightly different from the overall trend, as gamers there still watch more television than the rest of the world. The viewership of sports competitions among young gamers here is 3 hours and 18 minutes per week, which is almost as much as the time spent watching game streams.
These statistics may soon encourage major television companies to change their approach to broadcasting and pay more attention to video games.
Esports is steadily moving towards universal recognition: this year, an esports tournament for the game Tennis World Tour will be held as part of the French Open tennis championship.
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)