Most popular games on Twitch this week

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What are the games making a splash on Twitch this week? Here are the latest rankings for the video game live streaming platform over the last seven days.

The top 5 most-watched games on Twitch

“Grand Theft Auto V” disappeared from the top five this week to be replaced by “Fall Guys”, which is now in third place.

1 – “Just Chatting” is still in first place ahead of more elaborate video games, despite a significant drop of 6.7% when compared to last week. This pole position still represents almost 37 million hours viewed.
2 – “League of Legends” the heavy-hitter, which has hung on to its second place with 33 million hours viewed this week, is showing good growth (plus 9%).
3 – “Fall Guys” has now emerged in the top five with a spectacular growth of 88.6% and 30 million hours viewed.
4 – “Fortnite” which had “only” 21 million hours viewed this week, has seen a major drop in its audience (less 20.2%), but has still kept its fourth position.
5 – “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare”, which has continued its decline in the rankings (less 2.7 %), totaled 20 million hours viewed.

The top 5 trending games on Twitch 

This week, there have been quite a few changes in the top 5 trending games on Twitch.

1 – “Fall Guys” as expected, the battle royale game topped this category with a growth rate of 88% and an additional 20 million hours viewed.
2 – “Among Us” has gained significant ground in the top five with a growth rate of 172.1% and a further 3.3 million hours viewed this week.
3 – “Horizon Zero Dawn”, another new game to emerge in the ranking, has made impressive progress with the week’s highest growth rate (2,229%). In all, it accumulated an additional 2.7 million hours viewed.
4 – “League of Legends” has hung onto its place in the ranking with a growth rate of 9% (a further 2 million hours viewed).
5 – “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” is still in the top five in spite of negative growth when compared to last week. The first-person shooter garnered an extra 2 million hours viewed. CL

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