With more and more games moving to the online world, most behaviors are now seen as gaming, although they don’t involve playing or even using controllers. The basic idea of ‘gaming entertainment’ has expanded and evolved – from joining gaming competitions and tournaments yourself to sitting and watching other gamers play your favorite game.

Amazon’s live streaming video platform, Twitch, has emerged to capitalize on the surge in gaming entertainment being hosted on the internet. Basically, this live streaming video platform lures a broad range of demographics.

 Over the last couple of years, Twitch has exploded in popularity. Indeed, it has moved from a small streaming platform where geeks would gather to watch their friends outplay one another in video games to now being a popular platform with millions of views every month.

Today, professional athletes, such as Gordon Hayward and Meyers Leonard, have Twitch channels where they stream video games. If you want to find out why people like to watch Twitch, read on to find out.

The three leading reasons why people like to watch Twitch is for entertainment, improve their playing skills and community reasons. Certainly, there could be other reasons as to why people love to watch Twitch.

Entertainment

Yes, it’s very entertaining to watch Twitch. From watching Timthetatman shouting due to the game he’s playing to seeing Dr. Disrespect play with a fake mustache, fake mullet and all types of other crazy unique effects appearing on his background, you can see that Twitch is phenomenal entertainment. Currently, Twitch can be compared to Facebook, Google or YouTube.

Nowadays, users no longer sign in to Twitch to watch people play video games as the platform has progressed into more than just playing video games. For instance, if you log into Twitch now, you’ll find a couple of channels talking about various things, such as exercises and painting, among other things you may be interested in.

Besides, there’s a section known as ‘Just Chatting,’ whereby members just sit and chat with their audiences. Another thing is that Twitch has become an essential way for individuals to keep themselves entertained as they go through their daily lives. Since Twitch is always live, you can rest be assured that there’ll be something new for you to see.

Find Ways to Improve at a Specific Video Game

People also love to watch Twitch to learn new ways to enhance their videogame playing abilities. In most cases, most of these streamers are incredibly good at the games they engage in. Is there anything else you’d expect from a person that plays games for a living? Well, perhaps not. Having said that, you can get strategies, tricks and tips for improving your game by frequently watching those streamers that stream full time.

While most gamers do not play the game competitively, it’s not advisable to be an amateur at all games either. You’ll not find any fun in playing a game that you lose every time you play it. So, watching these streamers may come in handy in helping you to improve your skills and tactics.

Community

Besides Twitch being popular due to its popular streamers, most people prefer it nowadays to be part and parcel of the community. With thousands and thousands of streamers on the platform, you’ll surely come across a community that suits your demands, especially if you’re after a community.

As denoted, you’ll find channels about music, art, gaming, health, to name a few. With countless broadcasters on the platform, it’s pretty easy to identify a channel that astonishes you. For example, if you just want a person to talk to, Twitch offers the ‘Just Chatting’ channels where you can meet and talk to people on the internet. Here, besides interacting with the streamer, you can just chill and speak to the people.

Users watch all types of stuff on Twitch, from music to preferred video games. Yes, virtually any activity or hobby you can think of is available on Twitch. As denoted earlier, Twitch has progressed from being mainly about gamers.

Currently, you may come across members who are streaming the old games that were played during your childhood. Well, while there may not be a lot of viewers to watch such a game, the feeling you get when you see the game being played is pretty sweet.