We’re in the homestretch of 2017, and it’s shaping up to be a stellar year of growth for the livestreaming and online gaming industry. It has been reported that over 600 million people watched gaming videos in 2017, and that more people watch online gaming videos than HBO, Netflix, ESPN, and Hulu all combined together. One can argue that online gaming is becoming the new entertainment destination.

Since last quarter, Streamlabs has been quite busy. We are now supported by Facebook Live and Mixer, in addition to releasing new mobile livestreaming apps, and Twitch Extensions. Our numbers in the Q3 report will reflect these changes showing steady streamer growth and viewers. Streamlabs grew by 20% in streamers, with YouTube adding an increase of 56% in streamers using our platform. Twitch is still climbing in streamers, and had an increase of 67% in concurrent streamers. Tipping continues to climb to $100M in donations for the year, and we have now doubled what was processed in 2015.

➤ Highlights, TL;DR

Twitch increased 67% in concurrent streamers, while YouTube fell 12%.

Periscope increased 80% in concurrent viewers, proving it can become a place to grow a streamer’s fan base.

YouTube outpaced Twitch this quarter in monthly active streamers, and grew by 56% compared to Twitch, which only saw a 16% increase in streamers using Streamlabs.

Over 3.8M hours streamed of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, becoming the #1 game streamed on Twitch for the quarter.

Increase in viewer spend and engagement with over 152 million alerts and notifications and 2 million donations processed this quarter, proving that live streaming will become an official entertainment destination.

Over the last 3 quarters (Jan-Jun) Streamlabs processed ~$75M in tips. Projected $100m+ in tips for 2017.