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StreamLabs/Newzoo: Fortnite still rules Twitch, but hours watched declined in Q3

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Fortnite was still the most-watch game on livestreaming platform Twitch in the third quarter, but the hours watched on the platform declined, according to a report by Newzoo and Streamlabs.

During the quarter, the most notable change here is the sharp increase in people watching World of Warcraft. With the release of World of Warcraft Classic at the end of August, folks watched 189.9 million hours of WoW content in Q3, nearly 100 million more hours than last quarter.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.