Twitch Users Have Streamed 2 Billion br Hours During COVID-19 Pandemic Since people are currently having br to self-isolate and spend a lot br of their time indoors, many are passing the time by br either gaming or watching other br people play video games. A popular site for people br to do this is Twitch. The live-streaming video platform has br experienced a large increase in usage, br seemingly due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to data retrieved from br TwitchTracker and a report by Quartz, Twitch has broadcast over br 2 billion hours of footage br since the end of February. In March, the platform experienced br a significant increase in the number of br active streamers compared to previous months.