Livestreamed concert views grow 385% year on year

Twitch streams of live music and performing arts content were up four-fold in April as artists took their concerts online

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Views of live music and arts content on Twitch, the leading livestreaming platform, have quadrupled year on year, according to a new report that illustrates the surge in interest in virtual concerts this year.

State of the Stream April 2020, compiled by livestreaming data companies StreamElements and Arsenal, reveals that Twitch users watched 17 million hours of music and performing arts content in April 2020, up 385% on 3.6m in April 2019.

It has also been doubling month on month this year, starting at around…

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