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Nielsen Releases Unprecedented Insights On Esports Fan Attitudes And Behaviors Leveraging Twitch Data

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

The result of this Nielsen and Twitch Esports Fan research study is a set of rich data that marketers, rights holders and esports organizations can use to unlock the value of Twitch's audience at a detailed level.

Key Points: 
  • The result of this Nielsen and Twitch Esports Fan research study is a set of rich data that marketers, rights holders and esports organizations can use to unlock the value of Twitch's audience at a detailed level.
  • Some of the high level insights from the Nielsen Esports study of the Twitch U.S. esports audience include:
    Twitch esports fans are well-seasoned with nearly 60% following esports for four or more years.
  • 90% of Twitch esports fans can recall at least one non-gaming related sponsor within esports.
  • Nielsen collected the Twitch Esports Fan data via an online survey deployed among a representative group of U.S.-based users from the Twitch Research Power Group (RPG).