Persevering with its spectacular pattern of year-over-year development, it’s been revealed that The Sport Awards 2023 set a brand new viewership report for the annual streaming ceremony. This yr’s The Sport Awards, which occurred on December 7, obtained roughly 118 million streaming views throughout the assorted platforms the present was accessible on.
The Sport Awards 2023 had 118 million livestreams throughout platforms, setting a brand new report for the present
Information of The Sport Awards’ record-breaking yr got here courtesy of the present’s host and producer, Geoff Keighley.
In a post on social media, Keighley acknowledged that this yr’s ceremony set a brand new viewership report of 118 million livestreams throughout quite a few streaming platforms. These spectacular numbers helped The Sport Awards 2023 change into the most-watched present within the occasion’s 10-year historical past and signify a 15% development in viewership over final yr’s occasion.
Along with honoring the proficient groups behind a few of 2023’s largest releases, The Sport Awards 2023 additionally performed dwelling to massive bulletins just like the reveal of God of Battle Ragnarok’s Valhalla DLC.
Offering a bit extra context to this yr’s development in viewers, Keighley gave a quick breakdown of how The Sport Awards carried out throughout totally different platforms. The most important development got here from the 4K feed of the present on YouTube, which noticed a 53% soar in viewership in comparison with final yr as over 900,000 avid gamers tuned in to the stream at one level. Along with the official livestream of The Sport Awards, avid gamers might additionally tune in to one of many hundreds of channels that co-streamed the occasion on YouTube and Twitch. These fan-led streams helped broaden the present’s attain even additional, with the height viewership on Twitch sitting at just below 2 million individuals.
This record-breaking yr for The Sport Awards helps additional cement its position as one of the crucial high-profile occasions in gaming. Whereas The Sport Awards have confronted some criticism over time for putting extra emphasis on trailers and sport reveals than on recognizing the creators being awarded for his or her work, it stays one of the crucial broadly accessible methods for avid gamers to get their first glimpse at upcoming releases. And with the latest announcement that E3 is formally useless after years of failed makes an attempt at reinvention, its seemingly that The Sport Awards’ place of prominence within the gaming trade will solely proceed to develop.
