There’s no question that online video game streaming has become a big business for the likes of Twitch and, coming soon, Valve, but YouTube also plays a tremendous part with game videos, whether it’s walkthroughs of more popular titles or more humorous fare that uses clips from older and newer releases alike.
That said, Tubular Labs has broken down just how effective YouTube-oriented gaming videos have become. We’ve included the full infographic below, but here’s the breakdown of its popularity:
- For all time, 364 billion views have been garnered from YouTube gaming videos, and 15 percent of the site’s overall content is devoted to some form of video games, including PC, mobile and console releases.
- Users have uploaded more than 120 million videos, resulting in over 6.9 billion engagements from users, including likes and comments
- Out of those who view YouTube gaming videos, 87 percent of those are male, and they offer 1.8 times more engagement than with other categories, including popular films and TV shows.
- As for the top creators, some of the names will be instantly recognizable. PewDiePie, who recently made an appearance on a recent episode of South Park, has 32.5 million subscribers, while SkyDoesMinecraft is in second place with 10.6 million. VandssGaming and The Syndicate Project are close behind with 9.8 million and 8.2 million, respectively.
- The top games on the YouTube service are easy to spot. Minecraft leads the charge with over 62.7 billion views, while Call of Duty related clips are in a distant second with 23.4 million. The Grand Theft Auto series is in third place with 19.3 billion views (including quite a few from the new versions of Grand Theft Auto V that came out last month), and PC favorite League of Legends has 8.5 billion views.
Indeed, YouTube plays a huge part in many gamers’ lives — and it’s likely to just keep growing in 2015.
