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Stream Hatchet is a Barcelona-based business intelligence and influencer marketing platform serving the gaming, esports, and live streaming industries. The company aggregates and analyzes data from 16 major live-streaming and social platforms — including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Kick, AfreecaTV, Facebook Live, and Chzzk — processing over 100 billion daily data points with seven years of historical engagement data. Its product portfolio centers on a web dashboard providing live streaming viewership analytics, esports measurement, YouTube VOD intelligence, competitor analysis, audience insights, speech/chat recognition, and creator discovery, supplemented by analyst-built Custom Reports, API + Data Integrations, and downloadable Market Intelligence reports. Enterprise customers span video game publishers (Capcom, Riot Games, Scopely, Bungie, Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard), platform owners (Microsoft, PlayStation), brands (MediaMarkt, HyperX, Displate, ExitLag), and esports organizations (NASCAR esports).

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Stream Hatchet is a Barcelona-based business intelligence and influencer marketing platform for gaming, esports, and live streaming, aggregating data from 16 platforms to serve video game publishers, brands, and esports organizations. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME).

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HeadquartersBarcelona, Spain
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Serves global market

Keyword5 values
gaming analytics platform, live streaming intelligence, creator marketing analytics, esports measurement tools, influencer campaign analytics
Industry3 codes
1Analytics, Attribution & Measurement (Creator Performance, Audience Insights)
CodeMPAFAEAIPrimaryYes
2Creator & Streamer Platforms (Live & VOD for Game Content)
CodeMPAFAEAAPrimaryNo
3Creator Tools & Production (Overlays, Alerts, Encoding, Editing, Audio)
CodeMPAFAEACPrimaryNo
NAICS code2 codes
  • Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers5162
  • Broadcasting and Content Providers516
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation7990
Product category
Gaming and Esports Analytics Software
GTM motion3 records

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Revenue model3 records
1Web Platform Subscriptions
TypeSubscription Recurring
Description

Subscription-based access to business intelligence dashboard with three plan tiers (Starter, and custom enterprise packages). Provides access to streaming intelligence tools, creator discovery, trend analysis, and analytics.

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2Custom Reporting Solutions
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Custom reporting solutions from data analysts focusing on sponsorship and marketing activation measurement. Tailored reports for specific campaign needs.

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3API/Data Integration
TypeSubscription Recurring
Description

Flexible interface for businesses to integrate real-time streaming data into internal reporting mechanisms. Enterprise-grade data access.

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Marketing channels6 records

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Distribution channels4 records

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Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Pricing details2 tiers
1Starter - Free basic tier with limited data
ModelFreemiumBilling cadenceMonthly
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Get free basic features and limited data availability. Allows users to explore platform before committing to paid tiers.

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2Custom plans for professional services and enterprise accounts
ModelSubscriptionBilling cadenceAnnual
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Customized packages for API Integrations, Custom Reporting, and Enterprise accounts. Drop a line to get custom pricing tailored to specific needs.

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Stream Hatchet provides a business intelligence platform for the live streaming, esports, and gaming industries, aggregating data from 16 major platforms including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and Kick. Its core products include a web dashboard with live streaming viewership, esports measurement, audience insights, and creator discovery tools, supplemented by custom analyst-built reports, API/data integrations, and downloadable market intelligence reports. The platform serves video game publishers, brands, influencer marketers, and esports teams with AI-powered creator-brand matching and campaign measurement.

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  • YouTube Gaming reached 8.8B hours watched in 2025, 12% YoY increase
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Product overview1 text field

Stream Hatchet is a subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME) offering a comprehensive analytics platform for the live streaming, esports, and gaming industries. The product portfolio consists of a Web Dashboard (core Business Intelligence platform with live streaming viewership, esports measurement, YouTube VOD intelligence, competitor analysis, audience insights, speech recognition, and creator discovery tools), supplemented by Custom Reports (analyst-built reports for influencer marketing, esports, and competitive market analysis), API + Data Integrations (for embedding real-time data into internal systems), Market Intelligence (downloadable industry trend reports), and Campaign Management features. The platform aggregates data from 16 major live-streaming and social platforms including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Kick, AfreecaTV, Steam, Trovo, Facebook Live, Chzzk, Rumble, and others, processing billions of data points daily. Recent additions include an AI-powered Individual Creator-Brand Affinity algorithm and the Creator Communities feature for unified creator marketing workflow management.

Product and service6 records
1Web Dashboard
CategoryAnalytics Platform
Description

Business Intelligence dashboard providing live streaming analytics with tools for creator discovery, industry trend analysis, and comprehensive data visualization across multiple platforms including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Kick, and others.

2Custom Reports
CategoryProfessional Services
Description

Custom reporting solutions from Stream Hatchet's data analyst team focusing on influencer marketing campaign measurement, esports match/team reporting, and video game launch competitive analysis.

3API + Data Integrations
CategoryData Integration
Description

Flexible interface enabling businesses to integrate real-time Stream Hatchet data into internal reporting mechanisms and existing tool sets, targeting enterprise clients needing programmatic access to streaming analytics data.

4Market Intelligence Reports
CategoryMarket Intelligence
Description

Industry-leading research reports providing in-depth analysis of live streaming trends, esports data, and creator economy insights available for download, including quarterly Live Streaming Trends Reports, YouTube Gaming Trends Reports, and Esports Reports.

5Creator Communities
CategoryCampaign Management
Description

Unified workflow solution for brands to manage creator communities, find creators, onboard them, activate campaigns, and generate reports using data from over 55 million creators. Expands Stream Hatchet's services beyond analytics into workflow and campaign management for creator marketing.

6AI-Powered Closed-Loop Data Ecosystem
CategoryAI Analytics
Description

Major platform evolution featuring an AI-powered closed-loop data ecosystem with the proprietary Individual Creator-Brand Affinity algorithm. Analyzes over 100 billion daily data points and seven years of historical engagement to match brands with high-converting creators. Integrates data across 16 major live-streaming and social platforms.

Scale indicator11 records

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Partnership1 partner
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

GameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME) is the parent company of Stream Hatchet. GameSquare announced the next evolution of Stream Hatchet's analytics platform with AI-powered closed-loop data ecosystem as part of their unified creator marketing platform strategy.

Recent move6 records

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Peers10 records
TypeDirect peer
Description

Grin is an influencer marketing platform focused on creator relationship management and campaign workflows. As Stream Hatchet expands into Creator Communities, it increasingly overlaps with Grin in workflow tooling for brand and agency customers running creator campaigns.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Sensor Tower is a leading mobile and digital intelligence platform with growing gaming vertical coverage. It competes with Stream Hatchet for publisher marketing analytics budgets, particularly around mobile game marketing and creator-driven user acquisition.

TypeDirect peer
Description

StreamElements provides creator tools, monetization, and analytics for live streamers primarily on Twitch and YouTube. It overlaps with Stream Hatchet's creator-side analytics and is a co-author of quarterly streaming reports, making it a directly comparable platform in the streaming intelligence ecosystem.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Esports Charts provides viewership and audience analytics for esports tournaments and broadcasts across major streaming platforms. It competes directly with Stream Hatchet's Esports Measurement product for tournament organizers, teams, and brand sponsors seeking competitive gaming analytics.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Gamesight is a gaming-focused marketing analytics and attribution platform measuring the impact of influencer and content marketing on game sales. It directly competes with Stream Hatchet in the video game publisher analytics space, including creator campaign measurement and ROI tracking.

TypeEmerging player
Description

Esports Insider produces industry intelligence, research reports, and data on the esports business. It overlaps with Stream Hatchet's esports measurement and industry reports offering, though with a more media/editorial orientation than analytics platform.

TypeDirect peer
Description

CreatorIQ is an enterprise influencer marketing platform offering creator discovery, campaign management, and analytics. It now competes directly with Stream Hatchet's Creator Communities product, especially for brand-side creator marketing workflows beyond gaming.

TypeEmerging player
Description

Tagger (acquired by Sprout Social) is an influencer marketing and social listening platform with creator discovery and audience analytics. It competes with Stream Hatchet's creator discovery and audience insight features for brands running cross-platform creator campaigns.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Newzoo is an established games market research firm producing global games and esports market reports. While it focuses more on market sizing and consumer surveys than real-time streaming analytics, it competes with Stream Hatchet's market intelligence reports and publisher insights.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Tubular Labs provides cross-platform video and creator analytics for brands and agencies, with strong coverage of YouTube and social video. It overlaps with Stream Hatchet's video intelligence and creator measurement capabilities, particularly for brand marketers measuring influencer campaigns.

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Named customers13 records

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Segment3 records

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Ideal customer profile4 records

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

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Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Stream Hatchet

Gaming and Esports Analytics Softwarestreamhatchet.com

Stream Hatchet is a Barcelona-based business intelligence and influencer marketing platform for gaming, esports, and live streaming, aggregating data from 16 platforms to serve video game publishers, brands, and esports organizations. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME).

What Stream Hatchet does

Stream Hatchet is a Barcelona-based business intelligence and influencer marketing platform serving the gaming, esports, and live streaming industries. The company aggregates and analyzes data from 16 major live-streaming and social platforms — including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Kick, AfreecaTV, Facebook Live, and Chzzk — processing over 100 billion daily data points with seven years of historical engagement data. Its product portfolio centers on a web dashboard providing live streaming viewership analytics, esports measurement, YouTube VOD intelligence, competitor analysis, audience insights, speech/chat recognition, and creator discovery, supplemented by analyst-built Custom Reports, API + Data Integrations, and downloadable Market Intelligence reports. Enterprise customers span video game publishers (Capcom, Riot Games, Scopely, Bungie, Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard), platform owners (Microsoft, PlayStation), brands (MediaMarkt, HyperX, Displate, ExitLag), and esports organizations (NASCAR esports).

Stream Hatchet firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Stream Hatchet
Legal name
Stream Hatchet
Website
https://streamhatchet.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2015
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
Stream Hatchet is a Barcelona-based business intelligence and influencer marketing platform for gaming, esports, and live streaming, aggregating data from 16 platforms to serve video game publishers, brands, and esports organizations. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME).
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Stream Hatchet industry classification

Industry
Product category
Gaming and Esports Analytics Software
NAICS
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)
SIC
Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)
akta.pro primary industry
Analytics, Attribution & Measurement (Creator Performance, Audience Insights) (MPAFAEAI)
akta.pro secondary industries
Creator & Streamer Platforms (Live & VOD for Game Content) (MPAFAEAA), Creator Tools & Production (Overlays, Alerts, Encoding, Editing, Audio) (MPAFAEAC)

Keywords

  • Gaming analytics platform
  • Live streaming intelligence
  • Creator marketing analytics
  • Esports measurement tools
  • Influencer campaign analytics

Where Stream Hatchet is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Barcelona
HQ country
Spain
HQ region
Europe

Markets served

Stream Hatchet business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

  1. Web Platform Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to business intelligence dashboard with three plan tiers (Starter, and custom enterprise packages). Provides access to streaming intelligence tools, creator discovery, trend analysis, and analytics.
  2. Custom Reporting Solutions: Custom reporting solutions from data analysts focusing on sponsorship and marketing activation measurement. Tailored reports for specific campaign needs.
  3. API/Data Integration: Flexible interface for businesses to integrate real-time streaming data into internal reporting mechanisms. Enterprise-grade data access.

Pricing tiers

ModelBillingPrice
FreemiumMonthlyStarter - Free basic tier with limited data
SubscriptionAnnualCustom plans for professional services and enterprise accounts

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Stream Hatchet product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Stream Hatchet provides a business intelligence platform for the live streaming, esports, and gaming industries, aggregating data from 16 major platforms including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and Kick. Its core products include a web dashboard with live streaming viewership, esports measurement, audience insights, and creator discovery tools, supplemented by custom analyst-built reports, API/data integrations, and downloadable market intelligence reports. The platform serves video game publishers, brands, influencer marketers, and esports teams with AI-powered creator-brand matching and campaign measurement.

Product overview

Stream Hatchet is a subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME) offering a comprehensive analytics platform for the live streaming, esports, and gaming industries. The product portfolio consists of a Web Dashboard (core Business Intelligence platform with live streaming viewership, esports measurement, YouTube VOD intelligence, competitor analysis, audience insights, speech recognition, and creator discovery tools), supplemented by Custom Reports (analyst-built reports for influencer marketing, esports, and competitive market analysis), API + Data Integrations (for embedding real-time data into internal systems), Market Intelligence (downloadable industry trend reports), and Campaign Management features. The platform aggregates data from 16 major live-streaming and social platforms including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Kick, AfreecaTV, Steam, Trovo, Facebook Live, Chzzk, Rumble, and others, processing billions of data points daily. Recent additions include an AI-powered Individual Creator-Brand Affinity algorithm and the Creator Communities feature for unified creator marketing workflow management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Web Dashboard Business Intelligence dashboard providing live streaming analytics with tools for creator discovery, industry trend analysis, and comprehensive data visualization across multiple platforms including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Kick, and others.
  • Custom Reports Custom reporting solutions from Stream Hatchet's data analyst team focusing on influencer marketing campaign measurement, esports match/team reporting, and video game launch competitive analysis.
  • API + Data Integrations Flexible interface enabling businesses to integrate real-time Stream Hatchet data into internal reporting mechanisms and existing tool sets, targeting enterprise clients needing programmatic access to streaming analytics data.
  • Market Intelligence Reports Industry-leading research reports providing in-depth analysis of live streaming trends, esports data, and creator economy insights available for download, including quarterly Live Streaming Trends Reports, YouTube Gaming Trends Reports, and Esports Reports.
  • Creator Communities Unified workflow solution for brands to manage creator communities, find creators, onboard them, activate campaigns, and generate reports using data from over 55 million creators. Expands Stream Hatchet's services beyond analytics into workflow and campaign management for creator marketing.
  • AI-Powered Closed-Loop Data Ecosystem Major platform evolution featuring an AI-powered closed-loop data ecosystem with the proprietary Individual Creator-Brand Affinity algorithm. Analyzes over 100 billion daily data points and seven years of historical engagement to match brands with high-converting creators. Integrates data across 16 major live-streaming and social platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

  • YouTube Gaming reached 8.8B hours watched in 2025, 12% YoY increase
  • +3 more outcomes

Companies that use Stream Hatchet

Customer profile

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Stream Hatchet technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
Yes
API docs
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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Stream Hatchet partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

  • GameSquare HoldingscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME) is the parent company of Stream Hatchet. GameSquare announced the next evolution of Stream Hatchet's analytics platform with AI-powered closed-loop data ecosystem as part of their unified creator marketing platform strategy.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Stream Hatchet competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Grin: Grin is an influencer marketing platform focused on creator relationship management and campaign workflows. As Stream Hatchet expands into Creator Communities, it increasingly overlaps with Grin in workflow tooling for brand and agency customers running creator campaigns.
  • StreamElements: StreamElements provides creator tools, monetization, and analytics for live streamers primarily on Twitch and YouTube. It overlaps with Stream Hatchet's creator-side analytics and is a co-author of quarterly streaming reports, making it a directly comparable platform in the streaming intelligence ecosystem.
  • Esports Charts: Esports Charts provides viewership and audience analytics for esports tournaments and broadcasts across major streaming platforms. It competes directly with Stream Hatchet's Esports Measurement product for tournament organizers, teams, and brand sponsors seeking competitive gaming analytics.
  • Gamesight: Gamesight is a gaming-focused marketing analytics and attribution platform measuring the impact of influencer and content marketing on game sales. It directly competes with Stream Hatchet in the video game publisher analytics space, including creator campaign measurement and ROI tracking.
  • CreatorIQ: CreatorIQ is an enterprise influencer marketing platform offering creator discovery, campaign management, and analytics. It now competes directly with Stream Hatchet's Creator Communities product, especially for brand-side creator marketing workflows beyond gaming.
  • Tubular Labs: Tubular Labs provides cross-platform video and creator analytics for brands and agencies, with strong coverage of YouTube and social video. It overlaps with Stream Hatchet's video intelligence and creator measurement capabilities, particularly for brand marketers measuring influencer campaigns.

Broad incumbents

  • Sensor Tower: Sensor Tower is a leading mobile and digital intelligence platform with growing gaming vertical coverage. It competes with Stream Hatchet for publisher marketing analytics budgets, particularly around mobile game marketing and creator-driven user acquisition.
  • Newzoo: Newzoo is an established games market research firm producing global games and esports market reports. While it focuses more on market sizing and consumer surveys than real-time streaming analytics, it competes with Stream Hatchet's market intelligence reports and publisher insights.

Emerging players

  • Esports Insider: Esports Insider produces industry intelligence, research reports, and data on the esports business. It overlaps with Stream Hatchet's esports measurement and industry reports offering, though with a more media/editorial orientation than analytics platform.
  • Tagger by Sprout Social: Tagger (acquired by Sprout Social) is an influencer marketing and social listening platform with creator discovery and audience analytics. It competes with Stream Hatchet's creator discovery and audience insight features for brands running cross-platform creator campaigns.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Stream Hatchet financial estimates

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Stream Hatchet leadership team

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Profiles4 records

Stream Hatchet funding detail

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Stream Hatchet M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Stream Hatchet

What does Stream Hatchet do?

Stream Hatchet provides a business intelligence platform for the live streaming, esports, and gaming industries, aggregating data from 16 major platforms including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and Kick. Its core products include a web dashboard with live streaming viewership, esports measurement, audience insights, and creator discovery tools, supplemented by custom analyst-built reports, API/data integrations, and downloadable market intelligence reports. The platform serves video game publishers, brands, influencer marketers, and esports teams with AI-powered creator-brand matching and campaign measurement.

Is Stream Hatchet a public or private company?

Stream Hatchet is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.

When was Stream Hatchet founded?

Stream Hatchet was founded in 2015. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Stream Hatchet based?

Stream Hatchet is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, in the Europe region.

How does Stream Hatchet make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. Web Platform Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are custom Reporting Solutions and API/Data Integration.

Who are Stream Hatchet's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Grin, StreamElements, Esports Charts, Gamesight, CreatorIQ and Tubular Labs. Broad incumbents are Sensor Tower and Newzoo. Emerging players are Esports Insider and Tagger by Sprout Social.

Does Stream Hatchet have an API?

Yes. API and Data Integration service providing a flexible interface for businesses to integrate real-time data into internal reporting mechanisms. The API allows access to Stream Hatchet's live streaming analytics data for integration with existing business tools and dashboards. Developer documentation is at streamhatchet.com/products/api-data-integrations.

What industry is Stream Hatchet in?

Stream Hatchet's product category is Gaming and Esports Analytics Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAFAEAI, Analytics, Attribution & Measurement (Creator Performance, Audience Insights), with a secondary code of MPAFAEAA, Creator & Streamer Platforms (Live & VOD for Game Content). Its NAICS code is 5162 and its SIC code is 7990.

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Pocket Gamer.bizWhy discovery and monetisation are converging in 2026Live-streaming viewership reached 17.5 billion hours in Q2 2026, with TikTok Live accounting for 50.9%. Publishers are expected to treat TikTok as a core distribution channel and integrate discovery and payment into a single loop by end of 2026.FinancialContent Business PageGameSquare's Stream Hatchet Publishes Esports Live Streaming Trends ReportStream Hatchet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME), released its Esports Live Streaming Trends Report showing that 2.7 billion hours of esports tournaments were watched across 1,900 tracked events in 2025. The report found that co-streaming accounted for 52.9% of all esports hours watched and mobile esports is gaining traction with an average of 42,400 viewers per tournament. League of Legends and Counter-Strike together drove nearly 45% of total esports viewership, highlighting concentration in a few top titles.Stock TitanGameSquare's Stream Hatchet releases esports reportStream Hatchet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings, released its Esports Live Streaming Trends Report covering 2025 viewership data. The report found that 2.7 billion hours of esports tournaments were watched across 1,900 tracked events, with co-streaming accounting for 52.9% of all hours watched and League of Legends and Counter-Strike comprising nearly 45% of total viewership. The report is available on Stream Hatchet's website and provides data-driven insights for game publishers, esports organizers, and brands.NewswireGameSquare's Stream Hatchet Publishes Esports Live Streaming Trends ReportStream Hatchet released its Esports Live Streaming Trends Report, citing 2.7 billion hours of esports watched in 2025 across 1,900 events. Co-streaming accounted for 52.9% of those hours, while League of Legends and Counter-Strike together drove nearly 45% of viewership.DigidayIn Graphic Detail: The state of streaming highlights the power of creatorsA Q1 2026 study from Streamlabs and Stream Hatchet found 'Just Chatting' is the most-watched streaming category, with Twitch holding 51.3% of watch hours. The live-streaming market is projected to reach $318 billion by 2031, driven by creator-led entertainment.Investing.comGameSquare’s Stream Hatchet launches creator management platform By Investing.comGameSquare Holdings announced the launch of Creator Communities, a new feature from its Stream Hatchet subsidiary that combines creator discovery, campaign management and performance analytics in a single platform, allowing brands to search from more than 55 million tracked creators.Stock TitanGameSquare Stream Hatchet Adds Creator CommunitiesStream Hatchet, a subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings (NASDAQ:GAME), has launched Creator Communities, a new feature enabling brands to manage the complete creator marketing lifecycle—from creator discovery and onboarding to activation and performance reporting—in a single platform drawing on data from over 55 million tracked creators across 32 platforms. The launch marks the first phase of integrating Sideqik into Stream Hatchet's platform and represents the company's evolution from a data analytics provider into a broader creator marketing platform. GameSquare expects this to advance its strategy of building a unified, AI-powered creator marketing ecosystem, with future plans to add AI-powered creator discovery capabilities.Stock TitanGameSquare unit tracks 8.8B 2025 YouTube Gaming hoursStream Hatchet, a subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings, released its 2025 YouTube Gaming Trends Report showing YouTube Gaming reached a record 8.8 billion hours watched in 2025, a 12% year-over-year increase accounting for approximately 25% of hours watched across all live-streaming gaming platforms. The growth was driven by a resurgence in sponsored streams reaching 4.5 million hours watched in Q4 2025, and strong esports performance with League of Legends and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang both surpassing 400 million hours watched. The report also highlighted that over 50% of the top channels' audience is in their 20s, and gaming-related Shorts grew for three consecutive quarters, peaking in August 2025.YahooGameSquare's Stream Hatchet Publishes 2025 YouTube Gaming Trends ReportStream Hatchet, a subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings, released its 2025 YouTube Gaming Trends Report, highlighting significant growth in platform engagement and content diversity. YouTube Gaming reached a record 8.8 billion hours watched in 2025, representing a 12% increase year-over-year. The report emphasizes the resurgence of sponsored streams, the rising popularity of Shorts, and regional audience insights.BitgetGameSquare's Stream Hatchet Publishes 2025 YouTube Gaming Trends ReportStream Hatchet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings, released its 2025 YouTube Gaming Trends Report showing YouTube Gaming reached a record 8.8 billion hours watched in 2025, a 12% year-over-year increase accounting for approximately 25% of hours watched across live-streaming gaming platforms. The report highlights key trends including a resurgence in sponsored streams reaching 4.5 million hours watched in Q4 2025, a Gen Z-dominated audience with over 50% of top channel viewers in their 20s, and esports milestones with League of Legends and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang both surpassing 400 million hours watched. The CEO of GameSquare cited the data as validation of creator-led, digital-native media trends.