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Top 10 streamed games of the week: Minecraft views up 15%

Top 10 streamed games of the week: Minecraft views up 15%

InfluencerUpdate.biz has teamed up with esports and streaming analytics firm Stream Hatchet to bring you weekly charts of the most popular games in the streaming space.

This chart documents the most-watched games by hours across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, Mixer and Facebook.

Each week we'll be documenting the top ten most-watched titles across all the major streaming platforms so you can see which games are thriving among content creators and which titles are waning in popularity. We also have a chart documenting the week's biggest content creators.

This chart covers the week commencing April 20th 2020.

Most-watched games

Valorant continues to hold the top spot, but views for Riot's new shooter are down by 37.2 per cent in the last week. The game is still capturing viewers on Twitch with Twitch Drops, but there has been a sharp decline in hours watched since the beta launched. three weeks ago.

Fortnite trails behind in second place with 39.9 million hours watched. The game's new in-game concert event featuring Travis Scott reportedly brought in 12.9 million players over the weekend, but the event doesn't seem to have had an impact on its streaming numbers.

League of Legends takes third with 39.3 million hours watched and a view decline of 6.3 per cent. Grand Theft Auto V takes fourth with 29.9 million hours.

PUBG Mobile clocks in fifth with 27.9 million hours watched, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes sixth with 25.7 million hours over the last week.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare drops to seventh, and Minecraft is this week's biggest mover with a 15.6 per cent increase in views, taking it up to eighth place.

Garena Free Fire takes ninth with a round 20 million hours watched, and Dota 2 closes the chart with 4.1 million hours watched and a 27.2 per cent view dropoff.

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Danielle Partis is editor of PocketGamer.biz and former editor of InfluencerUpdate.biz. She was named Journalist of the Year at the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019, as well as in the MCV 30 under 30 2020. Prior to Steel Media, she wrote about music and games at Team Rock.