More People Watched Logan Paul vs. KSI on Twitch than on YouTube

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The big boxing match between YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI went down today with the fight unsurprisingly being declared a draw to make room for a rematch, but the real winners were the viewers who bypassed YouTube to watch it for free on Twitch.

To watch the fight, viewers had to pay $10 each in order to witness the whole event through YouTube. Rehosting the stream on other channels was forbidden, so there was only one official way to see it happen live. While many people did just that to watch the YouTube personalities face off, many, many more caught the fight on Twitch at absolutely no cost.

Just as the main event of the fight was about to begin with Paul and KSI facing off against each other right after their brothers fought, we reported that it was watchable through Twitch. Each one of the streams that we visited had several thousands of people watching the clash with some even having several hundreds of thousands. As the numbers climbed, viewers filled into vague categories on Twitch like “Boxing Fight” that wouldn’t have a spot anywhere near the top of the list on a normal day but managed to beat Dota 2 and Fortnite, the former of which is in the middle of its big annual event called The International, and the latter a battle royale game that consistently dominates Twitch. Other streamers hosted it under more obscure channels like “Farming Simulator 17.”

Esports analyst and reporter Rob “Slasher” Breslau was one of many who brought attention to just how many people were watching it for free on Twitch, bypassing the $10 buy-in fee. He tweeted the screenshot below of the viewer numbers for Twitch that showed the “Boxing Fight” category dominating everything else with over 1 million viewers, and that’s not including all the channels hidden under the guise of other games.




The fight ended in a lackluster draw, though we did at least get to see KSI dressed as Bane. There are also talks of a rematch, though it remains to be seen how many people are going to pay for it after seeing that Twitch is a perfectly viable alternative.

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Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/25/logan-paul-vs-ksi-twitch-youtube/

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SeanPosted:

Orca As I watched Tom aka Syndicate on his channel Life of Tom, if you couldn't afford to watch the fight then simply don't watch. Like all the people that paid the money to watch the fight and supported all the fighters fair play to you, but all the people that had to find ways of watching it for free I feel bad for you as you can't even support your "favourite" youtubers.


Tom Syndicate talking about ethics? people forget CSGO Lotto already?

DecyPosted:

Orca As I watched Tom aka Syndicate on his channel Life of Tom, if you couldn't afford to watch the fight then simply don't watch. Like all the people that paid the money to watch the fight and supported all the fighters fair play to you, but all the people that had to find ways of watching it for free I feel bad for you as you can't even support your "favourite" youtubers.


Why should people miss out on a big event like that tho just because they can't afford it? As Sage said there shouldn't have even been a Paywall in the first place they made plenty from the tickets they sold alone. Tom is just saying that because he has the money and always has for the majority of his life so he wouldn't know how it is to be on the other side of the chain apart from when he was younger... 10 years ago he would have probably done the same thing.

As for the twitch stream it is pretty weird to see that none of the staff took it down ect. I'm not sure what the partnering company's could even do to stop it from happening.. If the UFC can't there ain't no hoping hell they will.

MazePosted:

Orca As I watched Tom aka Syndicate on his channel Life of Tom, if you couldn't afford to watch the fight then simply don't watch. Like all the people that paid the money to watch the fight and supported all the fighters fair play to you, but all the people that had to find ways of watching it for free I feel bad for you as you can't even support your "favourite" youtubers.


They literally just did this to make more money. All of the "fighters" involved are multimillionaires that literally all have super cars.
10/10 a smart decision to not pay, id much rather save money watching some stupid shit instead of paying to watch it. My $10 is probably pocket change to everyone involved.

kamilcaPosted:

Orca As I watched Tom aka Syndicate on his channel Life of Tom, if you couldn't afford to watch the fight then simply don't watch. Like all the people that paid the money to watch the fight and supported all the fighters fair play to you, but all the people that had to find ways of watching it for free I feel bad for you as you can't even support your "favourite" youtubers.


not really fair to judge someone on what they can and cant afford, plus a ton of the viewers were children who most likley dont online banking nor a card to purchase the right to view. they made litrally millions from it regardless of the 600k who watched on twitch so

kittyderpyPosted:

Lol, surprised people would even bother watching this.

SagePosted:

I think it was kind of stupid to do a paywall behind their fight because its not even a professional fight. Its just some youtube celebrities fighting. this is not a mcgregor vs mayweather.

junoPosted:

YouTube is more of a joke anways

GodzookyPosted:

As I watched Tom aka Syndicate on his channel Life of Tom, if you couldn't afford to watch the fight then simply don't watch. Like all the people that paid the money to watch the fight and supported all the fighters fair play to you, but all the people that had to find ways of watching it for free I feel bad for you as you can't even support your "favourite" youtubers.


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