- The Game Awards 2025 set a new audience record, with 171 million live streams across the entire broadcast worldwide.
- The broadcast was watched worldwide on YouTube, Twitch, Steam, TikTok Live, and more.
- This is an 11% increase from the record 2024 showcase, which reached 154 million live streams.
The Game Awards announced that their 2025 ceremony broke viewership records with approximately 171 million global live streams of the full broadcast.
This spans multiple streaming networks, including YouTube, Twitch, Steam, TikTok Live,
The show was reported to be up 11% from the record-breaking 2024 showcase, which reached 154 million live streams and included only the full broadcast streams, not including any associated clips or trailers.
StreamCharts stats indicate that Twitch, YouTube and other Western platforms saw a peak of 4.4 million concurrent viewers combined, up 9% from TGA 2024.
The Game Awards on YouTube in particular grew 9% to over 2.4 million concurrent viewers, including 8,600 channels that co-streamed the ceremony, and simultaneously saw an 8% increase from the year-over-year peak to nearly 1.4 million.
Meanwhile, Twitch had over 1.8 million concurrent users watching simultaneously, with total unique viewers increasing 5% year-over-year, and hours watched also increasing 5% compared to TGA 2024. Co-streaming on the popular platform also reached a record 16,500 broadcasts, a 50% increase from 11,000 co-streamers on the 2024 TGA.
If you missed the annual awards ceremony, Sandfall Interactive’s Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33which was nominated in 12 categories, made TGA history by winning nine awards in total, including the coveted Game of the Year award.
There were also plenty of announcements during the live stream, and some of our favorite reveals included Star Wars: The Fate of The Old Republic, Larian Studios Divinity, Control: Resonantand more.
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