The Game Awards eclipsed the dwindling Oscars in viewership.

The Game Awards organizer and host Geoff Keighley on his Twitter showed the audience this year. It follows from the figures that it was most viewed year, which was viewed by 103 million people. This is a 20% increase over last year. Since The Game Awards has been considered similar to a film award since its inception, a comparison with this traditional film industry event is offered.

From a visual comparison of individual years from a game analyst with a nickname Benji-Sales Oscar is not okay at all. For reference, we add that this year he watched the awards ceremony of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “only” 15.6 million peoplewhich is significantly less than The Game Awards.

Oscars vs Game Awards Ratings

Oscar
2021: 9.8 million
2020: 23.6 million
2019: 29.6 million
2018: 26.6 million
2017: 33 m
2016: 34.4 million
2015: 37.2 million
2014: 43.7 million

TGA Live Streams
2020: 83 m
2019: 45.2 million
2018: 26.2 million
2017: 11.5 million
2016: 3.8 million

The shows are moving in completely opposite directions pic.twitter.com/OiyU5baEZb

— Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) April 26, 2021

However, it is important to note that the Oscar numbers represent an average audience that fluctuates over the course of a broadcast. In addition, you still need to think that when transferring The Game Awards, you can watch live for free on different channelstherefore, bets on the Oscars are still made primarily on television viewers and various pay platforms.

However, the viewership trend of both events is relentless. While at The Game Awards it grows every year, so on The reverse trend and the gradual decline of the Oscars are clearly visible.. Washington Post reporter Gene Park also pointed to the growing interest in awarding gaming prizes. he revealedthat the reach of The Game Awards annually surpasses all articles published that day in terms of readership.

2022 Oscars viewers: 15.6 million

and again: our lighting @thegameawards tops ALL the Washington Post stories that day, even those about Trump, every year. The show has a huge growing audience. the gaming industry is titanic. https://t.co/GzMwxMIvIe

— Gene Park (@GenePark) December 16, 2022