Boston, MA 02/10/2014 (wallstreetpr) – The biggest surprise that many people will not agree is that Twitch is beating Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) from its perch in terms of broadband traffic. Twitch which is a company that allows players to broadcast and watch live streams of video games has surpassed Facebook in the total number of subscribers during peak hours. It will be a sign of arrogance to rank Twitch in the same bracket as Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) but the point of the matter is that Twitch seems to be gaining a good lift in the market.
Twitch currently ranks as one of the largest sources of broadband in terms of traffic pitying it in the same bracket as Facebook. According to a research by cloud and network infrastructure firm deep Filed, Twitch has been found to record high levels of broadband data traffic during peak tie hours.
Twitch huge subscriber base
Twitch currently command is a huge subscriber base of 1 million, with different users broadcasting on its platform each month. This has essentially helped the company record the huge traffic that is usually reported on peak hours. Twitch has been able to move more traffic across the web in contrast to the traditional major players of the industry such as Hulu, Amazon and Pandora.
Twitch Vice president Matt DiPietro seemed to have been caught ona surprise by the research findings as he was quoted as saying “We don’t keep track of our share of global internet traffic, so that chart was news to us, But I think it was gratifying for our infrastructure team to see, because they have been working like crazy to help us keep up”
Cause of the sudden rise being experienced at Twitch
New platform for Twitch streaming service and a home console system have acted as the major factors that have caused the sudden rise in consumer subscription. Most of twitch subscribers are currently coming from PlayStation 4 subscribers according Dieptro which is an indication that people are in search of the ability to stream games.
Twitch is currently planning to upgrade its servers in a bid of being able to supply the much needed bandwidth for the rising subscription. This will essentially give it enough horse power to meet the demand of its big audience and be able to deliver smooth video. The company has already hit the ground running by reaching a 400% expansion in Chicago while the same is also being done in Stockholm. The expansion is being funded by the 20 million the company raised in September.
