Google launches YouTube Gaming to challenge Amazon-owned Twitch | Technology | The Guardian

Big numbers for live gaming

"YouTube Gaming makes games the third entertainment category to get special attention from Google’s online video service, following music and children’s videos. Music-streaming service YouTube Music Key remains in beta testing, while the YouTube Kids app launched in the US in February 2015.

Ryan Wyatt, YouTube’s head of gaming, said: “Gaming is so big now. We’re doing billions of hours of watch-time a month, with hundreds of millions of users. It’s astonishing.”"

Google launches YouTube Gaming to challenge Amazon-owned Twitch | Technology | The Guardian