YouTube Gaming surges to a record 8.8 billion hours in 2025 as sponsored streams and esports drive growthIn 2025, ...

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After three years YouTube has unexpectedly shut down its separate destination for gaming. Back in 2015, the company launched YouTube Gaming, a new hub dedicated to gaming creators, content and ...

YouTube influencers are shaping the gaming industry in unexpected ways, and a new study in the journal Marketing Science uncovers the surprising truth: Although influencers can drive massive ...

IShowSpeed has crushed the competition to become the most-watched YouTube Gaming streamer of 2025 so far. With a total number of 64.1 million hours viewed, the gamer left the rest behind, including ...

The trend of media companies bringing games to their platforms has been unfolding in recent years. In a world where user attention is increasingly competitive and attention spans are dwindling, ...

YouTube launched a free gaming platform, called Playables, with over 75 games. Playables includes popular mobile titles like "Angry Birds" and "Cut the Rope." Netflix also launched a gaming platform ...

As TikTok's parent company ByteDance pulls back on its gaming ambitions, YouTube is investing more in the gaming industry. Premium users will now have access to “Playables,” a group of online games ...