{"id":452280,"date":"2025-11-09T18:36:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/grand-theft-auto-5-most-watched-game-twitch"},"modified":"2025-11-09T18:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:36:43","slug":"grand-theft-auto-5-is-the-most-watched-game-on-twitch-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/grand-theft-auto-5-is-the-most-watched-game-on-twitch-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto 5 is the most watched game on Twitch in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/grand-theft-auto-5-is-the-most-watched-game-on-twitch-in-2021.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Kotaku <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/eight-years-later-gta-v-is-the-most-watched-game-on-tw-1848266974\">reports<\/a> that according to the latest year in review report from stream tools company <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.streamelements.com\/state-of-the-stream-2021-year-in-review-4a7074439829\">StreamElements<\/a>, <strong>Grand Theft Auto 5<\/strong> is the most watched game on Twitch, dominating a chart full of games that have solidly lodged themselves at the top for multiple years running.<\/p>\n<p>It might sound slightly surprising that a game that&rsquo;s eight years old is still topping the Twitch charts, but that&rsquo;s because Twitch doesn&rsquo;t differentiate between Grand Theft Auto 5 and Grand Theft Auto Online, the source of the former&rsquo;s extremely long tail and a seemingly endless source of content for the streaming giant and those who use it. Other games that have staying power in the chat include League of Legends, Fortnite, and Valorant.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the report, the most-watched new IP came in at #18 in New World, Amazon&rsquo;s popular MMORPG. And you can see a healthy dose of mobile games charting high numbers as well, like Call of Duty: Mobile and PUBG MOBILE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/grand-theft-auto-5-most-watched-game-twitch\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/grand-theft-auto-5-most-watched-game-twitch\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kotaku reports that according to the latest year in review report from stream tools company StreamElements, Grand Theft Auto 5 is the most watched game on Twitch, dominating a chart full of games that have solidly lodged themselves at the top for multiple years running. It might sound slightly surprising that a game that&rsquo;s eight years old is still topping the Twitch charts, but that&rsquo;s because Twitch doesn&rsquo;t differentiate between Grand Theft Auto 5 and Grand Theft Auto Online, the source of the former&rsquo;s extremely long tail and a seemingly endless source of content for the streaming giant and those who use it. Other games that have staying power in the chat include League of Legends, Fortnite, and Valorant. 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