Facebook Gaming was the only platform to grow its audience in November

Platforms for streaming games and other content are always on the rise, but in November, only Facebook Gaming showed an improvement in its audience, but Twitch remains the biggest among the biggest.

The information is from StreamElements, which compiles its data in partnership with the Rainmaker.gg website. According to the report, in the penultimate month of 2022, Facebook Gaming grew 21% compared to October, reaching 414 million hours watched.

The number keeps Facebook’s livestream platform as the second largest, behind Twitch, which had 1.6 billion hours watched in November. YouTube Gaming follows in third place with 244 million hours watched.

Twitch‘s peak audience in 2022 was in January, when Amazon’s streaming platform reached the 2 billion hours watched mark.

The most popular games on Twitch in 2022

Along with the November report, StreamElements also released data regarding the most popular games on Twitch in 2022, according to the number of hours watched on the platform.

The first place, without any kind of surprise, went to “League of Legends”. Riot Games’ MOBA earned 1.4 billion hours watched. “Grand Theft Auto V” was close to the top, finishing the period in 2nd place with 1.3 billion hours watched.

“Valorant”, another Riot Games title, closed the Top 3 with 1 billion hours watched.

Check out the ranking:

League of Legends – 1.4 billion
Grand Theft Auto V – 1.3 billion
Valorant – 1 billion
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – 660 million
Apex Legends: 577 million
Fortnite: 529 million
Dota 2: 497 million
Minecraft: 494 million

The biggest debut of the year, also in hours watched, was “Lost Ark”, which secured the top of the list by conquering 72 million hours watched in its first week of release.