Twitch, owned by Amazon, is the dominant force in live streaming — Quartz
January 31, 2021 While Netflix, Disney, and other media conglomerates were battling it out for streaming TV dominance, another type of streaming war was raging. And this one now has a decisive winner. Twitch, the Amazon-owned platform that live-broadcasts gamers playing video games, is the undisputed champion of its arena. It hosts 91% of all video game streaming, dwarfing competitors from YouTube and Facebook. In less than a decade, Twitch has become one of the most popular platforms on the internet, serving more than 2 million viewers at any given time of any given day. Much like Netflix, i...