{"id":448822,"date":"2025-11-09T06:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T06:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/the-game-awards-breaks-new-records-with-2021-viewership\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T06:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T06:56:41","slug":"the-game-awards-breaks-new-records-with-2021-viewership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-game-awards-breaks-new-records-with-2021-viewership\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game Awards Breaks New Records With 2021 Viewership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/the-game-awards-breaks-new-records-with-2021-viewership.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The Game Awards have been breaking their own records year-over-year and the 2021 show was no different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, The Game Awards 2020 broke records with over 83 million viewers, and this year, the show had an estimated 85 million tune in by way of \u201cglobal livestreams.\u201d Like previous award shows, this year\u2019s event was livestreamed\u00a0across more than 30 digital networks around the world such as YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Twitter, The Game Awards delivered a record-setting 1.6 million tweets about the event in 2021, its best-ever performance,\u201d a press release reads. \u201cThe show trended #1 worldwide for the 8th year in a row, commanding 11 out of the top 30 worldwide trends at the peak of conversation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over on YouTube, a new record for watch time was made with over 1.75 million hours watched on the main Game Awards stream, which does not include co-streams. That\u2019s up 14% compared to last year\u2019s show. Year-over-year, fan voting increased 27% to more than 23.2 million votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful we could return to an in-person ceremony in 2021 and continue to build on our success with significant international growth in 2021,\u201d The Game Awards producer and host, Geoff Keighley, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more context about this year\u2019s record-breaking 85 million livestream numbers, <strong>here\u2019s a look at the numbers for previous years<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2021: 85 million<\/li>\n<li>2020: 83 million<\/li>\n<li>2019: 45.2 million<\/li>\n<li>2018: 26.2 million<\/li>\n<li>2017: 11.5 million<\/li>\n<li>2016: 3.8 million<\/li>\n<li>2015: 2.3 million<\/li>\n<li>2014: 1.9 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you weren\u2019t one of the 85 million livestreams, don\u2019t worry \u2013 here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/the-game-awards-2021\/2021\/12\/09\/every-winner-from-the-game-awards-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Game Informer\u2019s<\/em> list of every winner from The Game Awards 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Did you tune into The Game Awards 2021 this year? What did you like? What do you think it could do better next year? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/20\/the-game-awards-breaks-new-records-with-2021-viewership\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Game Awards have been breaking their own records year-over-year and the 2021 show was no different.\u00a0 Last year, The Game Awards 2020 broke records with over 83 million viewers, and this year, the show had an estimated 85 million tune in by way of \u201cglobal livestreams.\u201d Like previous award shows, this year\u2019s event was livestreamed\u00a0across more than 30 digital networks around the world such as YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and more.\u00a0 \u201cOn Twitter, The Game Awards delivered a record-setting 1.6 million tweets about the event in 2021, its best-ever performance,\u201d a press release reads. \u201cThe show trended #1 worldwide for the 8th year in a row, commanding 11 out of the top 30 worldwide trends at the 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