{"id":34252,"date":"2024-07-19T19:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=34252"},"modified":"2024-07-22T09:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T00:30:35","slug":"palworld-has-been-watched-on-twitch-for-over-78-million-hours-making-it-the-platforms-most-popular-release-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/palworld-has-been-watched-on-twitch-for-over-78-million-hours-making-it-the-platforms-most-popular-release-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Palworld has been watched on Twitch for over 78 million hours, making it the platform\u2019s most popular release of 2024\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Streams Charts has published a list of top video game titles released in 2024 (as of July 17) ranked based on peak viewership on Twitch. At the top of the list is <strong>Palworld<\/strong>, with an overwhelming lead over other releases (as noticed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2024\/07\/19\/143369.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Releasing on January 19 in Early Access, PocketPair\u2019s monster raising survival game took Steam sales and concurrent player charts by storm, swiftly topping 25 million players. Palworld also became a popular choice among Twitch streamers and viewers alike, and has as of July 17 reached 434k peak viewers and amassed 78.74 million hours watched.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1655\" height=\"932\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1655px) 100vw, 1655px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240719-34252.jpg\" alt=\"Most Popular 2024 video game releases on Twitch\" class=\"wp-image-34255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240719-34252.jpg 1655w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240719-34252-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240719-34252-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240719-34252-1536x865.jpg 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For reference, Enshrouded and Arena Breakout: Infinite came in second and third place respectively, tied at 218k peak users and with 16 million hours watched.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Palworld\u2019s momentum was the strongest right after its launch, its recent big Sakurajima update resulted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/palworld-shuts-down-inflammatory-dead-game-remarks-following-big-sakurajima-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">significant boost in players<\/a>, and the franchise is set to keep expanding with the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/palworld-establishes-its-own-company-with-sony-music-and-aniplex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">establishment of Palworld Entertainment,<\/a> a joint venture between PocketPair, Aniplex and Sony Music Entertainment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palworld has topped Twitch charts in terms of the most streamed new releases of 2024 with a peak viewership of 434k.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":27120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-34252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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