Every day, more than 200 million users use Youtube to watch video games. Over the last twelve months, these users have watched a total of 50 billion hours of videos about games.

YouTube Gaming

That is what Ryan Wyatt, head of YouTube Gaming, reveals in an interview with VentureBeat . He spoke with the news site on the occasion of The Game Awards 2018 , which were held last Thursday.

A further trend that Wyatt sees is the growing popularity of videos about mobile gaming on YouTube. “That’s happening a lot, a lot more, which really caught my eye, how big and explosive mobile gaming has become on our platform”. He is also impressed by the rapid growth in popularity of Fortnite.

YouTube set up a game division in 2015, consisting of a sub-domain of the site and an app. YouTube Gaming makes it easier for the user to find certain games or YouTube channels, after which they can easily filter on live video or video on demand. With the move, YouTube became more competitive with Twitch.tv. However, changes have also been made to this strategy within this strategy this year; the YouTube Gaming app stops , because many functions are now in the regular app.