The Game Awards has gone from 1.9 million livestreams in 2014 to 171 million in 2025, and that figure doesn’t even include the number of people who watched on Prime Video. That marks an 11% year-over-year increase from last year’s 154 million figure, according to Geoff Keighley. Conversations on X (formerly Twitter) were up 12 percent year over year, while co-streams on Twitch and YouTube jumped 50 percent to 23,000.
This year’s show was the first year it was broadcast on Prime Video, so it’ll be interesting to hear if any figures are ever shared from that viewership. Nonetheless, it’s clear The Game Awards is the annual gaming show everyone watches. To put that 171 million figure into perspective, this year’s Super Bowl had an estimated 127.7 million viewers. Granted, the Super Bowl mainly appeals to Americans, while The Game Awards is a global event, but that’s still a lot of people tuning in to see Ben Starr create another meme.
While this year’s show lacked some of the exciting debuts of years past, we still got some exciting announcements including two new Tomb Raider games, Control Resonant, Larian Studios’ new Divinity, and two new Star Wars games including Fate of the Old Republic from Casey Hudson. In terms of awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, our favorite game of the year, took home nine trophies, including Game of the Year.
