{"id":1183262,"date":"2026-02-15T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=561980"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:22:22","slug":"grand-theft-auto-5-still-the-top-streamed-game-on-twitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/grand-theft-auto-5-still-the-top-streamed-game-on-twitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto 5 still the top-streamed game on Twitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/grand-theft-auto-5-still-the-top-streamed-game-on-twitch.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Grand Theft Auto 5<\/em> remains the top-streamed game on Twitch, the Amazon-owned platform announced Thursday. Broadcasters streamed more than 25.8 million hours of <em>GTA 5<\/em> in 2024 \u2014 and viewers clocked in \u201c1.4+ billion hours watched across all audiences,\u201d per a news release published by Twitch. <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/games\/twitch-viewership-december-2023-streamelements\/\"><em>GTA 5<\/em> was the top gaming category in 2023<\/a>, too, second overall to the Just Chatting category. It\u2019s remained among the top games watched each year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22666701\/grand-theft-auto-online-roleplay-server-new-day-crimes\">especially as <em>GTA Online<\/em> role-playing became more popular on the platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">But it\u2019s also likely the hype for <em>Grand Theft Auto 6<\/em> that\u2019s kept <em>GTA 5<\/em> among the top spots; Rockstar Games gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23952805\/gta-6-grand-theft-auto-leaks-release-date-trailer\">eager fans a look at a <em>GTA 6 <\/em>teaser trailer in 2023<\/a>. In what\u2019s expected to be the biggest launch of the year \u2014 and maybe years \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/513842\/gta-6-release-date-2025-fall\"><em>GTA 6<\/em> is expected to be released in fall 2025<\/a>. There\u2019s no release date just yet, however. Instead, people continue to play (and watch) <em>GTA 5<\/em>, thus the huge numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Twitch also shared that <em>League of Legends<\/em> totaled 1.19 billion hours watched, <em>Valorant<\/em> had 804 million hours watched, <em>Fortnite<\/em> totaled 539 million hours watched, and Call of Duty racked up 451 million hours watched. In total, there were 15.6 billion hours of gaming streams watched. The company also noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/videos\/2023\/8\/10\/23827568\/what-are-vtubers-explained\">VTubers grew exponentially<\/a> over the year, with 1.1 billion hours watched globally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/561980\/grand-theft-auto-5-gta5-twitch-stats-most-watched\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto 5 remains the top-streamed game on Twitch, the Amazon-owned platform announced Thursday. Broadcasters streamed more than 25.8 million hours of GTA 5 in 2024 \u2014 and viewers clocked in \u201c1.4+ billion hours watched across all audiences,\u201d per a news release published by Twitch. GTA 5 was the top gaming category in 2023, too, second overall to the Just Chatting category. It\u2019s remained among the top games watched each year, especially as GTA Online role-playing became more popular on the platform. But it\u2019s also likely the hype for Grand Theft Auto 6 that\u2019s kept GTA 5 among the top spots; Rockstar Games gave eager fans a look at a GTA 6 teaser trailer in 2023. 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