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Chess category booming as Twitch hours watched in February grew 82% – GamesIndustry.biz
StreamElements report notes that Chess has been steadily growing in popularity since The Queen’s Gambit debut
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The Chess category on Twitch has reached a new milestone of over 21 million hours watched in February 2021, according to data from Rainmaker.gg, StreamElements’ analytics partner.
That represents massive growth from February 2020, when it drew 1 million hours watched. StreamElements noted that chess viewership surged in the wake of the Netflix chess drama The Queen’s Gambit, which premiered in October 2020, but it has managed to maintain steady growth into the new year.
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