AOC's debut Twitch stream is one of the biggest ever

[melman]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made her Twitch debut tonight to play Among Us and encourage viewers to vote. She also, very quickly, became one of the platform’s biggest broadcasters: her stream peaked at 435,000 viewers around the time of her first match, according to Twitch. (The stream is still going as of this writing, but it had dipped to around 350,000 viewers after about two hours of playing.)

That peak viewership puts her broadcast among the 20 biggest streams ever, according to the third-party metrics site TwitchTracker, and much higher if you’re only looking at broadcasts from individual streamers. Ninja holds the record for an individual streamer, with more than 600,000 viewers during a Fortnite match with Drake in 2018. TwitchTracker’s metrics suggest that AOC’s stream could in the top 10 for an individual in terms of peak viewers.

Politicians have increasingly been using tech and games to get out their message. The Biden campaign debuted an Animal Crossing island last week. Last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joined Twitch to reach a “potentially supportive audience that we may not be hitting other ways.”

https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/20/21526164/aoc-among-us-twitch-debut-top-concurrent-viewers

[comradebillyboy]

1. I am completely underwhelmed by AOC.

[whttevrr]

2. You know she is running for office right now, right?

DU is for supporting Democratic candidates. Especially in elections.

[zipplewrath]

6. Better get used to her

She's the type of the future for the party. The current generation mastered the art of getting big budget liberals to donate to campaigns by making phone calls and holding 10k a plate dinners. Howard Dean started the small donation method and Act Blue and Move On have taken it to a new level. The future is in building a "brand" and leveraging that into money and influence.

[alittlelark]

9. Her constituants have a different opinion.

[PTWB]

12. This is how it begins.

Most here witnessed 30 years of baseless, negative right wing smears on Hillary Clinton. We saw how that constant negativity seeped into the public consciousness over the years and how ultimately it cost us in 2016.

There’s a reason this site has a rule requiring you to support Democrats.

Further, take note of the substantive reasoning this poster used to support their assertion.

[Autumn]

13. You are in a very small minority. Well, except for Republicans but fuck them all to hell.

[comradebillyboy]

15. OK you all have changed my mind. I am in total

awe of all of AOC's magnificent accomplishments. She's clearly the savior of the Democratic Party in America. No other politician has done as much as AOC to end poverty, end wars and inspire us all. My life would be empty and meaningless without AOC. Her non binding GND resolution has changed the world. Only she can save us. She has made Joe Biden the front runner in the presidential race. She is responsible for every Democratic success.

Is that sufficient adoration?

[Autumn]

18. Nobody said you had to adore her. But you came into an OP celebrating her, like a pigeon,to point

that you don't like her. As for the rest of your post no one ever said anything like that either. What she did last night was amazing. Dems should be celebrating her and giving her a higher profile in their party.

[PTWB]

19. Continue trying to justify it.

I’m sure everyone is going to be amused watching you try to contort yourself into some wild shape to make an argument that AOC running a GOTV engagement with young people - that drew 500,000+ viewers - is “underwhelming” and actually a bad thing.

[malaise]

17. Ditto n/t

[NurseJackie]

16. ...

[melman]

3. .

Link to tweet

[melman]

5. btw, this guy Myth has 2.3 million followers

followers he just told to remember to vote. That's another part of this..



pokimane had a similar message for her 2.5 million followers.

Link to tweet

[vercetti2021]

8. Cr1tikal!!

Omg yes!!!

[Blue Owl]

4. Meanwhile, Desperate Donny's trying to get a virtual Spanky's Quest event going

But so far, only Jr. and Gums have signed up...

[Crunchy Frog]

7. But wy duz she waist hurr tym with ths wen she cld be fone bnking?

This is vry distrbin.

[mitch96]

10. U print funny... waht is a twitch? nt

[phylny]

11. I watched some of it, and had some thoughts.

I had no idea how the game was played, and am still confused, but it looked fun and collaborative, until you die in the game!

Young(er) people are fantastic. I know my Millennial daughters and their husbands all play online games, but I have no idea how/what/where/when.

The energy and happiness that radiated from her seemed really genuine.

Finally, she appears to have tapped into a great way to get younger people to vote.

[Lucinda]

14. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

Love her. She is working hard - and bringing in voters!