GP Explorer, a Formula 4 race organized by Lucas ‘Squeezie’ Hochard, the most popular YouTuber from France, took place at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit on October 8, 2022. The event was watched by about 40K spectators in the stands, and more than 1 million viewers watched it concurrently on the streamer's Twitch-channel, setting a record for the French-speaking segment of the platform.
Twenty-two Internet stars from France, including Gotaga, Joyca, Amixem and Squeezie himself, participated in GP Explorer. The 15 lap race was won by Sylvain from the Vilebrequin YouTube channel, while Depielo finished second and Squeezie himself took fifth place. At the end of the event, the announcer told the audience "See you next year!" hinting that the series would continue. We should also say that before the start of the race there were concerts of French artists Bigflo & Oli, Myd and Bianca Costa, and the total cost of the event, according to Squeezie, was from 2.5 to 3 million euros.
The GP Explorer broadcast on the Squeezie Twitch channel accumulated nearly 4 million Hours Watched in 10.5 hours of Airtime. It also attracted 382.7K Average Viewers. The stream was viewed by more than 2 million Unique Viewers in total, and its Peak Viewers number was just over 1 million people. On that day, Squeezie's followers number grew by 147.2K and the number of paid subscribers increased by 12.7K. The streamer received from $24.6K to $31.7K from paid subscribers, which was dependent on the regional prices for subscriptions.
According to the PV number, the broadcast was not only a record within the French-language segment of Twitch, but also ranked among the Top 4 streams of the platform ever. The broadcast ranks third in the Top of the year by Hours Watched. The first place by each of the metrics is held by ibai thanks to the June broadcast of his LA VELADA DEL AÑO II boxing tournament.
