- The Game Awards 2025 set a new viewership record, achieving 171 million global live streams of the entire broadcast
- The broadcast was seen globally on YouTube, Twitch, Steam, TikTok Live and more
- This is an 11% increase from 2024’s record-setting showcase, which reached 154 million live streams
The Game Awards has announced that its 2025 ceremony broke viewership records with an estimated 171 million global live streams of the entire broadcast.
That’s across multiple streaming networks, including YouTube, Twitch, Steam, TikTok Live, X, Kick, Facebook and Instagram Live, and included global viewership across China on a record number of networks and JioHotstar in India, but does not include viewership from Prime Video.
The show was reported to be up 11% over 2024’s record-setting showcase, which reached 154 million live streams and included only streams of the full broadcast, not including associated clips or trailers.
StreamCharts statistics report that Twitch, YouTube and other Western platforms had 4.4 million peak concurrent viewers combined, a 9% increase from TGA 2024.
The Game Awards on YouTube specifically was up 9% to over 2.4 million concurrent viewers, which included 8,600 channels co-streaming the ceremony, and delivered an 8% jump in year-over-year peak to nearly 1.4 million.
Meanwhile, Twitch had more than 1.8 million peak concurrent users watching, with total unique viewers up 5% year-on-year and hours watched also up 5% over TGA 2024. Co-streaming on the popular platform also hit a record 16,500 broadcasts, up 50% from 11,000 co-streamers for TGA 2024.
If you missed the annual awards ceremony, Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33which was nominated in 12 categories, made TGA history by taking home nine awards in total, including the coveted Game of the Year award.
There were also plenty of announcements during the live stream, and among our favorite reveals were Star Wars: Fate of The Old Republic, Larian Studios’ Divinity, Control: Resonantand more.
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