Twitch Poker Stats & Records March 2021

Online-poker streamers have truly embraced the Twitch platform over the last couple of years.

Poker streamers use the platform to frictionlessly share their poker streams (usually on a 5 minute delay) while they grind long cash-game and tournament sessions to showcase their skills, pick up some fans, and donations (if they are a Twitch partner).

The poker channel on Twitch continues to set new records on the platform while bringing the game of poker to millions of viewers worldwide.

Poker fans enjoyed watching over 7,000,000 hours of poker in March 2021.

The Twitch platform began as a streaming platform for video gamers, but has morphed into a platform where there’s a category for almost everything – including casino and gambling games like slots, and poker. It’s really easy to get set up on Twitch from a desktop PC or mobile, making it easy for players to share their gaming experience with viewers and supporters worldwide.

March 2021 Twitch Poker Streaming Key Statistics

• Hours of poker watched on Twitch : 7,011,830  (+16.8%)
• Hours Hours of poker broadcast 96,550 (-10.8%)
• Average Monthly viewers 9,437 (+ 5.5%)
• Average Poker channels:  129 (-19.9% )
• Viewer ratio 72.6 (+30.9%)
• Max viewers 86,549 (+4.8%)
• Poker Broadcasters 5,429 (+5.8% on February with 299 new streamers)
• Lowest # of channels : 40 (Monday 15th March)
• Peak Channels: 393 (Sunday 21st March)
• Peak Twitch Poker Viewers in March: 84,347  

Languages

English, Russian, French, Portugese, Spanish, German and Italian were the most popular languages streamed during March, with English language used in ~ 45% of all streams.

Top Poker Streamers March 2021

The top streamers in March are all partnered with Twitch.tv except Winamax Poker. The  Runitup channel gained the most followers (2902) in poker on Twitch during the month while streaming poker.

Why Do Poker-players Love Twitch?

Poker tournaments run daily, but Sunday is the day where the big buy-in “Sunday Majors” take place – with qualifier tournaments (a.k.a. satellites) running or direct buy in, and offering eye-watering, multi million dollar prizes + bragging rights for winners –  millionaires are made on Sundays – and you can watch, learn and enjoy the sweat on Twitch.

“By following Twitch streams, you can get insight from top players’ thinking processes. For this, you’d have to pay hundreds of dollars on poker training sites. Entirely free on Twitch – crazy but true!” -‘Arvain’, Team Poker Pro at BeastsofPoker.com

Many poker players and poker fans watch poker streams for entertainment, but there’s a learning aspect too.

• Standing on the shoulders of giants – some of the best poker players in the world showing and explaining their plays and thought processes for hours on end.
• A Goldmine of +EV information – anything that improves your ‘edge’ in the poker games with no investment other than time is good.
• Free and always available
• Be part of a community – viewers and channel supporters can often enjoy added value private / exclusive community games and promotions with popular streamers.