The release of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC was a major event for fans of Elden Ring and other Souls-like games. The Twitch streaming community quickly embraced the hype around this highly anticipated DLC, resulting in thousands of streams dedicated to Shadow of the Erdtree. For a time, Elden Ring became the most popular game on Twitch.
As we noted in our previous article, excitement for the release of Shadow of the Erdtree had been building for several days. Thanks to numerous streaming marathons, Elden Ring rose to the third spot on Twitch, trailing only Just Chatting and GTA V. We predicted that the game would climb even higher with the DLC release, and it did.
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On June 19, Elden Ring generated 3.1 million Hours Watched, holding its position as the third most-watched category on Twitch. On the DLC's release day, the category amassed 4.2 million Hours Watched, surpassing Rockstar’s title and becoming the most popular game on the platform.
The release of Shadow of the Erdtree pushed the Elden Ring category to a peak of over 657,300 concurrent viewers, making it the most popular on Twitch for June 20, even surpassing Just Chatting, which had 554,200 Peak Viewers. Additionally, the number of active channels in the category surged from 4,100 to 15,700 at its peak, securing Elden Ring the top spot on Twitch in this metric as well.
Many of Twitch's top streamers broadcasted Shadow of the Erdtree. American streamer caseoh drew the largest audience, with over 74,100 Peak Viewers. Close behind was zackrawrr, whose Elden Ring stream attracted more than 63,000 concurrent viewers. This was zackrawrr's second-highest peak viewership in 2024, surpassed only by his Summer Game Fest stream in early June, which had 65,100 Peak Viewers. Brazilian streamer alanzoka reached a peak of 45,900 viewers during his stream of the new DLC, marking his most popular broadcast of 2024 so far.
Other notable streamers also hosted Shadow of the Erdtree broadcasts, including shroud, ohnePixel, eliasn97, Distortion2, xQc, MissMikkaa, and CohhCarnage. This list is expected to grow significantly by the end of the first weekend following the DLC's release.
