Summary
- New reports reveal that The Game Awards’ 2024 broadcast smashed viewership records for the annual awards ceremony with over 4 million viewers.
- The Game Awards’ official YouTube boasted over 1 million peak viewers, while several other channels broke the 100,000 mark throughout the broadcast.
- Astro Bot served the show’s big winner, winning “Game of the Year” and three other awards, while major games like Elden Ring Nightreign and The Witcher 4 were announced.
The 2024 edition of the highly-anticipated Game Awards broadcast set a new record for viewership for the annual event, with the awards show celebrating its tenth anniversary. The annual awards ceremony has become one of the most auspicious events of the year within the gaming community, both honoring the past year and looking towards the future. The Game Awards typically plays host to a bevy of major new game reveals alongside its suite of awards, often dropping bombshell announcements from developers like FromSoftware and Sony. Now, this year’s show was reportedly the Game Awards’ biggest yet.
The Game Awards‘ 2024 show saw plenty of excitement from fans, with major games from throughout the year leaving the show with plenty of accolades. Astro Bot served as easily the biggest winner of the night, claiming wins in four of its seven nominations including the coveted “Game of the Year” award. Breakout indie hit Balatro also saw success at the Game Awards, winning 3 awards including “Best Independent Game” and “Best Mobile Game” and tying Metaphor: ReFantazio for the second-most wins at the event. The success of the featured games has now reportedly translated to the live show as well.
Related
Every Award Astro Bot Won at The Game Awards 2024
Astro Bot, the bubbly, glittery platforming darling of 2024, swept The Game Awards this year, scooping up several prestigious accolades.
As reported by Insider Gaming, a chart from popular stream aggregator Streams Charts reveals that 2024’s Game Awards broke records for the show. The 2024 Game Awards reportedly saw peak concurrent viewership numbers topping the 4 million marker, with its highest number sitting at 4,003,578 viewers. The viewership was split between several channels, with The Game Awards’ official YouTube broadcast peaking at 1,250,470 million viewers and Twitch at 397,518. Popular streamers like Asmongold and MoistCr1tikal also saw peaks at over 100,000 viewers while co-streaming the event.
The 2024 Game Awards Broke Viewership Records
- Total Hours Watched: 15,267,555
- Combined Peak Concurrent Viewers: 4,003,578
- Combined Average Online Viewers: 3,105,266
- Total Number of Channels: 1,498
- Airtime: 4 hours, 55 minutes
Most Viewed Channels
- The Game Awards (YouTube): 1,250,470
- The Game Awards (Twitch): 397,518
- IGN: 171,407
- Zackrawrr: 114,513
- penguinz0: 111,481
Alongside the hardware handed out to the winners, The Game Awards also welcomed plenty of high-profile game announcements. During a show where Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree was nominated for Game of the Year, FromSoftware officially revealed Elden Ring Nightreign as a co-op follow-up to the 2022 Game of the Year winner. Several older franchises also saw new reveals at the event, with Capcom showing off new Okami and Onimusha games while CD Projekt Red officially announced The Witcher 4.
The 2024 edition of the annual awards show was filled with surprises for fans between new announcements and unexpected winners. Balatro creator LocalThunk joked about the smashing success for the indie game following the show, asking fans where they could find a trophy shelf for the game’s three awards. Fallout executive producer Jonathan Nolan also joked about his series taking “Best Adaptation” over Arcane, suggesting he had initially expected to lose to the Riot Games animated series. 2024’s Game Awards was packed with plenty of excitement and surprises to make for an unforgettable show for many fans.