https://blog.gamoloco.com/twitch-top-10-games-2017-1-2-6224a6584832

2017 could be called the most eventful year to date for Twitch, and it was clearly the one where it grew the most since receiving Amazon’s mighty pat in the back in 2014. Looking at games numbers, the trends that could be foreseen by observing the past years closely got confirmed in rather spectacular fashion.

Trend #1 is a new genre, “Battle Royale”, seemingly coming out of the blue with astonishing viewership momentum. For the 1st time in 3+ years of collecting Twitch data, the King League of Legends was challenged seriously last summer.