Streamers watched over 8 billion hours of Blizzard, Activision and Xbox games in the last two years

In light of Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Stream Hatchet, the live streaming data analytics company, has produced an infographic highlighting how the merger has created a significant player in videogame streaming.

People streamed games published by Blizzard, Activision and Xbox on Twitch, Youtube and Facebook for a total of 8.1billion hours between January 2020 and December 2021. In the last 12 months alone –

• Minecraft streamed for 1.2B hours

• COD Warzone streamed for 1.05B hours

• Hearthstone streamed for 0.26M hours