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Headline is almost certainly clickbait. While yes chess is increasing in viewership, 4,313 average viewers is hardly taking over Twitch’s 15 million daily viewe
by jjcm 6y ago
Headline is almost certainly clickbait. While yes chess is increasing in viewership, 4,313 average viewers is hardly taking over Twitch’s 15 million daily viewers. Chess is currently the 29th most popular game on Twitch: https://sullygnome.com/games/30/watched https://sullygnome.com/games/30/watched
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 6y agoIt doesn't get high viewership, but as a cultural moment for the site, it was huge. Chess posts regularly topped LSF for several weeks, and they remain strong. It was popular enough that it drew a strong reactionary movement of people complaining about chess posts. You can argue about clickbait, but the view counts (not that #30 is shabby at all) don't do it justice.
- gnaman 6y agoAlthough the article only talks about Twitch chess streamers, Chess on YouTube is booming with streamers like GM Vidit Gujarathi, Samay Raina and Chessbase India channel pulling in an average of 30k concurrent viewers. GM Anish Giri also streams on YouTube with respectable concurrent viewers.