Which GOTY Awards has the best history of winners?

[KaNesDeath]

Viewers are only counted for officially registered "co-streamers" who use the tool Twitch made available-- nobody else. You can see those in the top link I showed above. Most of these were smaller streamers, not major streamers, and this was the variable @method115 wondered about.

Unfortunately its muddier than that. Such a standard to be counted towards the official viewer total was only applied to Twitch streamers via that co-streaming dashboard function.

Its not possible to hit 171 million non-concurrent viewer count total from a single platform that only averaged 2.4 million concurrent viewers and peaked out at 3.8 million concurrent viewers for that day.

 

[Madmick]

Unfortunately its muddier than that. Such a standard to be counted towards the official viewer total was only applied to Twitch streamers via that co-streaming dashboard function.

No, it's not.

Its not possible to hit 171 million non-concurrent viewer count total from a single platform that only averaged 2.4 million concurrent viewers and peaked out at 3.8 million concurrent viewers for that day.

Yes, it is. You should try taking the time to understand things that have already been explained to you in the thread.

 

[Ashen One]

I thought the point of the thread was best winners.

Not who gives a shit about concurrent viewership.

Back on topic: TGA easily since it is actually treated as an awards show.

Angry Joe being a voting option shows this.

 

[KaNesDeath]

No, it's not.

Yes, it is. You should try taking the time to understand things that have already been explained to you in the thread.

Data for the full broadcast is combined from across YouTube, Twitch, Steam, TikTok Live, X, Kick, Facebook, and Instagram Live, in addition to global viewership across China on a number of networks and JioHotstar in India.

 

[Madmick]

Derp.

171m live streams. That isn't viewers. Every stream initiation is counted.

 

[KaNesDeath]

Derp.

That is viewers though. Its the total amount of viewers reached throughout the live broadcast across all those platforms. Why this specific viewership metric terminology was used.

 

[Madmick]

That is viewers though. Its the total amount of viewers reached throughout the live broadcast across all those platforms. Why this specific viewership metric terminology was used.

Wrong. That is not viewers. That is stream initiations. So, for example, if the same person starts and stops the stream 15 times over the course of the ceremony, that is counted as 15 livestreams. However, that person is never more than a single concurrent viewer.

 

[KaNesDeath]

Wrong. That is not viewers. That is stream initiations. So, for example, if the same person starts and stops the stream 15 times over the course of the ceremony, that is counted as 15 livestreams. However, that person is never more than a single concurrent viewer.

Again, it is viewers. While the proper term is impressions. Its usage doesnt have the same flare as viewers when being used in a PR release.

 

[Fury]

171 million viewers versus 5 million.....

To put that in perspective the most watched Superbowl was viewed by 127 million people.

I've never met anyone in real life who's ever mentioned or mentioned watching any game awards shows in a real world conversation, including me.

 

[Madmick]

Again, it is viewers.

Again, it is not.

While the proper term is impressions. Its usage doesnt have the same flare as viewers when being used in a PR release.

"Proper term", STFU. We're repeating language used by the Game Awards & Stream Charts itself on their official websites.

The Game Awards Breaks Viewership Record | News

THE GAME AWARDS 2025 DELIVERS HISTORIC REACH AND IMPACT: 171 MILLION GLOBAL LIVESTREAMS OF FULL SHOW, UP 11% OVER 202 The Video Game Industry’s Biggest Ye...

thegameawards.com

The Game Awards, the video game industry’s year-end celebration, announced its show on December 11, 2025 broke viewership records with an estimated 171 million global livestreams of the full broadcast, up 11% over 2024’s record-setting showcase, which reached 154 million livestreams (streams of full broadcast only, not counting associated clips or trailers). Viewership from Prime Video is not included in the 2025 total.

The Game Awards delivered over 171 million live streams across a multitude of digital networks, including YouTube, Twitch, Steam, TikTok Live, X, Kick, Facebook and Instagram Live as well as global viewership across China on a record-setting number of networks and JioHotstar in India. According to StreamCharts, Twitch, YouTube and other western platforms had 4.4 million peak concurrent viewers combined, up 9% from TGA 2024.

On YouTube, the 4K TGA feed delivered a 8% jump in YoY peak concurrently to nearly 1.4 million. Platform-wide (including co-streams), TGA on YouTube was up 9% to over 2.4M peak concurrent. Over 8,600 channels co-streamed the show on YouTube, a new record.

On Twitch, more than 1.8 million peak concurrent users watched TGA 2025 with total unique viewers increasing 5% YoY, and hours watched increasing 5% over TGA 2024 as well.

Co-streaming exploded on Twitch with a record setting 16,500 creators sharing the show with their audiences, up 50% from 11,000 co-streamers for TGA 2024.

On X, posts about The Game Awards were up 12% YoY to more than 1.79M between December 10-12. There were over 60 million video views on X between the official broadcast and related videos shared to X.

Authenticated viewer voting for The Game Awards increased over 10% from 2024 to more than 123 million, including the Players’ Voice award.

Globally, TGA achieved its biggest ever results with live distribution in China on a record number of platforms including live distribution on Bilbili, Huya, Weibo, WeChat, Douyin, Zhihu, DouYu, Baidu, TapTap, XiaoHongShu, QQ, Kuishou, YouKu, RED, HeyBox; in South Korea or CHZZK and Soop, and NicoNico in Japan.

Here are the historical live stream numbers for The Game Awards:
2025: 171 Million
2024: 154 Million
2023: 118 Million
2022: 103 Million
2021: 85 Million
2020: 83 Million
2019: 45.2 Million
2018: 26.2 Million
2017: 11.5 Million
2016: 3.8 Million
2015: 2.3 Million
2014: 1.9 Million

https://streamscharts.com/news/how-use-streams-charts-api

Live Views. While the main metrics for the most part reflect concurrent viewership, Live Views reflects how many total visits were recorded on a broadcast. Many viewers can open a broadcast, stay on it for a while, leave, then return again and then do the same many times more. All such visits are recorded by this metric, which gives a greater idea of the channel's reach.

Unfortunately its muddier than that. Such a standard to be counted towards the official viewer total was only applied to Twitch streamers via that co-streaming dashboard function.

Its not possible to hit 171 million non-concurrent viewer count total from a single platform that only averaged 2.4 million concurrent viewers and peaked out at 3.8 million concurrent viewers for that day.

Your commitment to one-upping your blowhardedness never ceases to impress. You're trying to tell us the figures and language used by the official sources of the information sharing their metrics is "not possible" and not the "proper term". Good grief.

If you don't know what you're talking about...just don't speak.

 

[KaNesDeath]

If you don't know what you're talking about...just don't speak.

I did speak.

Hey, i tried engaging you on a completely different subtopic within this thread. It was you who sought this out.

 

[My Spot]

Been reliving the good ole days when magazines were still best for business.

Video Game Magazines

www.retromags.com

 

[ssBaldy]

Well, the ones that picked balatro disqualified themselves.

 

[Madmick]

Well, the ones that picked balatro disqualified themselves.

Bro, Balatro is awesome. Best card game since Slay the Spire. Those two are the best card roguelikes ever made.

 

[ssBaldy]

Bro, Balatro is awesome. Best card game since Slay the Spire. Those two are the best card roguelikes ever made.

I am not saying it is a bad game. But it is not of the same kind, or on the same level, as Witcher, RDR, Elden Ring, etc. Those games are pieces of art, with music, drama, story, acting, visual design, level and world design, and so many nuances.
Balatro is just a well made time killer.