The most popular games on Twitch this week

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Which games were the biggest hits on Twitch this week? Here are the latest figures for the last seven days on the streaming platform.

The top 5 most-watched games on Twitch

All the games in this week’s top five held onto their positions from last week’s leaderboard and all of them have seen a drop in hours watched.

1 – “League of Legends” has topped the bill for several weeks, this week counting 41 million hours watched, down 2.7% on last week.

2 – “Just Chatting” saw the smallest drop of this week’s top five games (0.1%), scoring 40 million hours watched.

3 – “Among Us” loses 10 million hours watched compared to last week — a 29.8% drop — but still holds on the third place.

4 – “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” finishes at the foot of the podium, dropping under 18 million hours watched following a 2.6% drop.

5 – “Fortnite” comes in fifth again, dropping 10.3% to some 16 million hours watched.

The top 5 trending games on Twitch

The release of FIFA 21 sees the game top this week’s trends, while Phasmophobia rockets back up the ranking.

1 – “FIFA 21” shoots into first place this week after its October 6 release with growth of 273.5%, reaching 13 million hours watched. In the space of a week, it’s risen from fifth to first in the top five trends.

2 – “Phasmophobia” takes second place, rocketing up this week’s trends list with over 10 million hours watched (+167.4%).

3 – “Genshin Impact” comes third. Its rise may have been less impressive than the top two, but the game still saw its hours watched grow 87.3% to reach 6 million.

4 – “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” scores over 2.5 million hours watched, a 24.1% increase that lands the game in fourth place.

5 – “Baldur’s Gate 3” enters this week’s trends in fifth place with 2.5 million hours watched. IB

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