Twitch saw its viewership drop significantly after livestreamers both big and small refused to go live on September 1 to protest the ongoing hate raids.
According to The Verge, Twitch had nearly one million fewer hours watched and more than 14,000 less channels live on September 1, the day of the #ADayOffTwitch campaign. When compared to data compiled by gaming analytics company Gamesight from the eight days prior, the dip is obvious.
For example, August 25, a week before the scheduled protest, saw some 4,083,518 hours watched and 189,472 channels live. September 1's numbers looked starkly different: 3,456,576 hours watched and 171,682 channels live. It's worth noting that all figures were culled at noon each day, long before the campaign ended, and thus they con't reflect the full day's reduction in viewership.
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