In less than a month, Hogwarts Legacy appears among the 5 most popular games on Twitch

As one of the most anticipated games of the year, “Hogwarts Legacy” didn’t even need a month to show its strength on Twitch and it already appears among the 5 most popular games on the Amazon streaming platform.

Officially released on February 10th for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series only, “Hogwarts Legacy” became an instant hit on Twitch and broke the record for the single-player game with the highest peak viewership on the platform.

Now, with the month of February over, the latest game in the “Harry Potter” universe is consecrated as the 4th most popular game on Twitch, surpassing titles like “Fortnite”, “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” and “Minecraft”, according to a report from the StreamCharts website.

With a total audience of 56.09 million hours watched, the game was surpassed only by “League of Legends”, “Valorant”, driven by the VCT23 LOCK//IN championship, and “GTA V”.

At peak viewership, the game does even better, taking second place with its record 1.27 million concurrent users. The number is second only to “Minecraft”, which had a peak audience of 1.67 million concurrent users in February.

Check out the Top 10 overall:

Just Chatting
League of Legends
Valuing
GTA V
Hogwarts Legacy
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Apex Legends
Minecraft
Fortnite
Dota 2

Hogwarts Legacy Twitch — Picture: StreamCharts

Controversy surrounding “Hogwarts Legacy”

Despite being highly anticipated, “Hogwarts Legacy” also ended up becoming the main object of controversy involving “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling and her constant transphobic comments.

Many viewers and even some streamers began to support and publicize a boycott of the game, to the point that Warner Bros. Games had to inform, on their official website, that Rowling had no involvement in the game beyond the licensing of their characters and universe created for the “Harry Potter” saga.

In the early days of the game on Twitch, some streamers were attacked by viewers who supported the boycott, causing unease among content creators who played “Hogwarts Legacy”.