PulseOctober 12, 2026
Streaming week: Twitch moves ahead of Kick
Twitch gathered 312.8M hours watched from 910147 channels, moving ahead of Kick for the week of 5 Oct – 11 Oct. Twitch 312.8Mh, YouTube 132.3Mh, Kick 129.5Mh
Twitch holds 54% of all hours watched across the three platforms this week.
The three together gathered 574.6M hours from 1,020,215 channels.
The highest single moment was on YouTube: 657K viewers at once.
| Platform | Hours watched | Peak viewers | Channels live | Week over week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twitch | 312,840,440 | 182,938 | 910,147 | +201% |
| YouTube | 132,250,363 | 656,515 | 15,060 | 0% |
| Kick | 129,522,698 | 328,258 | 95,008 | -2% |
Hours watched is the sum of viewers over the time each channel was live. Average viewers is weighted by airtime, so ten minutes at ten thousand does not outweigh an hour at one thousand.