There’s a new Twitch viewer record, and it happened during a boxing stream

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch’s concurrent viewership record has been broken again. Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos Garatea (who goes by “Ibai” on the platform) hit a peak of more than 3.3 million concurrent viewers during a boxing event he hosted over the weekend, according to Twitch (via Eurogamer), crushing the previous record of nearly 2.5 million held by Spanish streamer TheGrefg. HISTORIACongrats to @IbaiLlanos on setting a new Twitch record with a peak of over 3.3M concurrent views during today’s boxing and entertainment event, La Velada del Año II. pic.twitter.com/5WUKrz0FkF— Twitch (@Twitch) June 25, 2022 Ibai’s event, La Velada del Año II, featured other content creators competing in the ring as well as some musical performances. Content... Continue reading…