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The new tactical shooter being developed by Riot absolutely smashed records for Twitch viewership by a game early in its life with 334,165,761 hours watched on the platform.\u00a0 Though many factors played a role in the game\u2019s success, it managed to generate more than double what any other category could on the platform. A large chunk of that viewership came from viewers looking to get access to the VALORANT beta. Once the game went live about a week into April, the only way for fans to get into the game was by getting a randomly rewarded in-game Twitch drop. Outside of VALORANT, Twitch\u2019s Just Chatting category continued its consistent month-over-month growth, posting 134,769,955 hours watched. That was paired with a 138-percent growth for the relatively young category year-over-year.\u00a0 Just Chatting was established as a category on Twitch in the fall of 2018, when the \u201cIRL\u201d category was divided into a plethora of subcategories. Since then, the platform has seen a steady growth from Just Chatting with an increasing number of viewers seeking out content creators who react to the content of others and directly interact with their audience. While the global pandemic has caused an influx of viewership for Twitch overall, it has disproportionately resulted in more viewership for music and performing arts content on Twitch. With most, if not all, in-person concerts, conventions, and events being canceled or postponed, online streams by artists looking to cultivate their audience and give back to fans have increased significantly in popularity. U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency on March 13. Since then, music and performing arts content on Twitch has risen exponentially. With April being the first full month after Trump\u2019s declaration, the content saw it\u2019s biggest year-over-year growth with 17 million hours watched on Twitch, up from 3.6 million the year before. \u201cThe numbers speak for themselves,\u201d Arsenal.gg CEO Stu Grubbs said. \u201cNow more than ever, musicians are using quarantine time to bring their art into millions of living rooms and connect with their fans.\u201d It\u2019s unclear if some of these figures will be sustainable long-term or if the streaming industry will see a decline as states and countries slowly open more facilities and recover from this pandemic. 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