Popular streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek made his return to Twitch on Aug. 12, following the announcement of a new exclusive deal with the platform. Following his nearly eight hour broadcast, the former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro posted a screenshot of his viewership metrics from the day on Twitter.
I pictured an epic return… not quite like this though <3 pic.twitter.com/zRCFAhp7HX
— Michael Grzesiek (@shroud) August 13, 2020
During the broadcast, Grzesiek maintained an average viewership of over 200K viewers, peaking at 516K. Nearly 3M unique viewers tuned into the stream.
Also worth noting are the 16.5K new subscribers to Grzesiek’s channel. Top streamers receive a majority cut of each subscription (ranging in price from $4.99 USD to $24.99 per month). Grzesiek will have also received a significant influx of capital in the form of donations through Twitch’s platform-specific currency, “bits.”
Triumphant returns are something of a running theme for popular streamers. Both Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm posted strong numbers on YouTube in recent weeks, despite neither announcing an exclusive deal. Beahm’s broadcast last week, which also surpassed 500K viewers, broke his record from a prior return which followed a two-month sabbatical he took after revealing details of infidelity to his viewers in late 2017. That February 2018 broadcast made headlines at the time, peaking at over 380K viewers.
Beahm’s broadcast last week, which also surpassed 500K viewers, broke his record from a prior return which followed a two-month sabbatical he took after revealing details of infidelity to his viewers in late 2017. That February 2018 broadcast made headlines at the time, peaking at over 380K viewers.
