The Game Awards 2020 drew more than 70 million viewers.
The Game Awards 2020 drew more than 83 million viewers.
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The Game Awards grows 84% to 83 million viewers

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Game Awards, the annual celebration of the year’s best games and premieres, hit a record of more than 83 million livestream views on December 10, up 84% from 45.2 million a year earlier.

That’s a pretty phenomenal growth rate for gaming’s biggest celebration, which wags like me frequently compare to the Oscars. It was a big result for a show that has helped define the culture of gaming in the mass market in recent years.

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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.