Streaming in 2021 looked a lot like streaming in 2020

The popularity of online streaming didn’t drop in 2021, according to a report by RainMaker.gg, StreamElements’ analytics partner. In fact, comparing 2021’s data to 2020’s things looked very, very similar.

Twitch viewer numbers spiked at the very end of 2020, crossing the 2 billion mark for the first time between December 2020 and January 2021. Over the last year those totals have climbed and fallen month-to-month. December 2021 saw a jump back over the 2 billion viewer hours line going into January 2022.