Why are online streamers so popular in 2018?

There was a time when people used to sit in front of TV sets and watch whatever they wanted to. But that trend is now vanishing, and people are rapidly moving towards new technology. Streaming has changed the way people watch their favourite shows; giants like Twitch.tv and YouTube have revolutionised content consumption. You can’t watch a live match of any eSports on television, and as a result, people are shifting towards streaming.

According to Newzoo, the eSports economy was said to grow up to $696 million in 2017, but in 2018 it is about to reach $1 billion. In terms of viewership, the eSports audience crossed 385 million with 191 million enthusiasts in 2017. In 2018 the number of the audience reached 380 million with 165 million eSports enthusiasts and 215 million occasional viewers. There are many online players who stream their games through popular platforms. There are multiplegames that you can play online without download. You can also play almost all these games without even paying. On top of this, you have an opportunity to watch pros playing them too.

Online streaming in eSports

The eSports industry has revolutionised the gaming world by making real-world, true mechanics games in which the developers create real-world situations. These games are not that easy to play or understand and consequently people watch professional players streaming to learn the easiest way to play. Each game comes with a new situation or scenario which you have to experience. There are times when you are stuck in a riddle and you need to watch the walkthrough for the particular part of the game. For these reasons, people watch streams. A lot of big companies put their tournaments on live streaming websites. Thus, people tend to move towards these platforms to watch their favourite matches. Similarly, a lot of professional players are signing contracts with big eSports companies to stream for a particular period every day. With this great demand, streaming has become extremely popular in the eSports industry these days.

Famous streamers in 2018

There are a lot of professional players that are very famous in the streaming world, but we are going to talk about the top three in 2018 from Twitch. tsm_myth from the game Fortnite is ranked 3^rd in 2018 with three million followers. Shroud from the game CSGO has been ranked number two with 3.4 million followers. But it is Ninja from Fortnite who dominates the leaderboard. He is ranked number one in 2018 with 8.3 million followers. These numbers are not constant and are on the rise every day.

A huge spike in online streaming popularity in 2018

There are a lot of new games coming out every other month. Games like Fortnite, PUBG, Realm Royale and a lot of others are changing the gaming trend. With every new game there comes new features or mechanics. To keep up with the pace, gamers try to play every new title as it is released. Modern games are not that easy to play as they include real mechanics and real-world problems. To learn how to play them, gamers follow their favourite streamers and watch their daily feed to improve their own gameplay.

With this revolution in the eSports industry, there are a lot of teams created for each game, for example Dota 2, Fortnite, PUBG, CSGO etc. The organisations sign up contracts with the companies sponsoring the teams. As a rule, the best player from the team has to stream for a particular period every day. For example, let’s talk about Ninja, the most famous eSports streamer around the globe. Ninja plays for the team Luminosity Gaming, which is being sponsored by companies like HyperX and Twitch. As a result, Ninja will have to stream every day.

Gaming has been at a higher level for the past five years. A new game comes out every other month and gamers follow each of them. The big companies, which sponsor the gaming teams, put all the gaming competition or tournaments on the streaming websites. The number of followers of the world’s most famous eSports streamers like Ninja and Myth is increasing every single day. As you don’t come across any of the eSports matches on television or any other source, you will always have to watch the match on a streaming website, and this is the main reason why online streaming is so incredibly popular in 2018.

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