Credit: lolesports/ Riot Games
Grand Theft Auto V might not be a fresh release, but role play streams by Twitch’s highest-profile influencers have led a resurgence of the title that originally came out in 2013.
The following titles are ranked according to the total number of hours watched on Twitch 
, from March 1-31, with data compiled using TEO Analytics.
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Year-Over-Year
Fortnite stood above all others in 2018, but with heightened competition from other titles this year, the game saw a drop from 102.1M hours watched in March last year to 76.8M. Though the figure was enough to keep it as the second most-watched game on Twitch, titles like Grand Theft Auto V and Apex Legends each showed strong potential to take viewership from the cartoonish battle royale game.
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GTA might be the biggest year-over-year surprise though. The action-adventure game was released in 2013, but the mobilization of high-profile influencers like Jaryd “Summit1g” Lazar and Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris to online role play servers for the game has helped it reach heights it has never known on Twitch.
Top Content: League of Its Own
League of Legends is a model of consistency on Twitch, and this month, the title has returned to the top of the charts with 97.8M hours watched, up from 80M hours watched in 2018.
The title has consistently racked up 20M hours on a weekly basis, something no other title has been able to do because of fluctuations in airtime from top influencers who have been playing a combination of Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Grand Theft Auto V.
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With support from steady growth by Riot Games’
esports scenes in the LoL Championship Series and LoL European Championship , the title has managed to strike a balance between influencer-based hours watched and esports related content in a way that no other title on Twitch can.
What’s Trending: Murky Waters
After the arrival of Apex Legends as a dominant force in February, the title where people can find the most influencer-driven content has become hazy. EA’s new battle royale game held strong viewership at the beginning of March, but the emergence of GTA and mobilization of many personalities back to Fortnite has divided Twitch’s influencers.
In the past year or more, LoL has maintained its established viewership base, and some form of battle royale has managed to be the “trendy” game to stream. There seems to be some indecisiveness among influencers right now though as many broadcasters rotate between games in an attempt to seek the title that will help them best build their audience.
