Amazon's Twitch Sees Massive Surge in Engagement Amid COVID-19 Lockdowns

With many people stuck at home during the second quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak, engagement on all manner of streaming platforms has soared. That includes popular video-streaming services, as well as Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch, the largest video game live-streaming platform. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently bailed on live-streaming, shuttering its Mixer service and sending streamers over to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Gaming. Meanwhile, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google continues to hold its own with YouTube Gaming Live.

Here's how the major live-streaming platforms performed in the second quarter.

Image source: Twitch.

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