There’s a new Twitch viewer record, and it happened during a boxing stream

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch’s concurrent viewership record has been broken again. Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos Garatea (who goes by “Ibai” on the platform) hit a peak of more than 3.3 million concurrent viewers during a boxing event he hosted over the weekend, according to Twitch (via Eurogamer), crushing the previous record of nearly 2.5 million held by Spanish streamer TheGrefg. HISTORIACongrats to @IbaiLlanos on setting a new Twitch record with a peak of over 3.3M concurrent views during today’s boxing and entertainment event, La Velada del Año II. pic.twitter.com/5WUKrz0FkF— Twitch (@Twitch) June 25, 2022 Ibai’s event, La Velada del Año II, featured other content creators competing in the ring as well as some musical performances. Content... Continue reading…

There’s a new Twitch viewer record, and it happened during a boxing stream
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Twitch’s concurrent viewership record has been broken again. Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos Garatea (who goes by “Ibai” on the platform) hit a peak of more than 3.3 million concurrent viewers during a boxing event he hosted over the weekend, according to Twitch (via Eurogamer), crushing the previous record of nearly 2.5 million held by Spanish streamer TheGrefg.

Ibai’s event, La Velada del Año II, featured other content creators competing in the ring as well as some musical performances. Content...

Continue reading…