Ninja isn’t helping Mixer catch up to Twitch

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is doing fine on Mixer. His livestreams continue to attract tens of thousands of viewers. But Ninja’s success is not lifting up other broadcasters on Microsoft’s livestreaming video platform, according to StreamElements and data-tracking firm Aresenal.gg.

As more kids went back to school in September, livestreaming hours watched dropped across Twitch, YouTube, and Mixer compared to August. But while those platforms are all dealing with typical seasonal decline, Twitch built on its lead over the others. Twitch’s share of the total livestream hours watched grew 3% from Q2 to Q3.