The Rise of Game Streaming & E-Sports ft. Piyush Kumar, Founder, Rooter Sports

Sahil (@sahil071) and Siddharth (@sidbetala) host Piyush Kumar, Founder of Rooter to talk about Game Streaming & E-Sports in India. Gaming is a $160B market globally, and game streaming is one of the fastest growing segments within that.

Youtube and Twitch are the most popular global game streaming platforms! Youtube has over 40 million active gaming channels. Twitch, on the other hand, has 9 million active game channels, and On an average, there are 2.8 Million people watching a game stream on twitch, at the same time. Twitch had a revenue of $2.3 Billion in 2020.

We talk to Piyush about what's happening in Game Streaming in India and talk about the phenomenal rise of Rooter (8.5 Million monthly active users in 2021). We talk about why they decided to pivot, why is game streaming getting popular, and Rooter's monetisation experiments! 

Episode Timestamp:
(4:00) - The thesis behind Rooter 1.0 - A fan engagement platform for live sports
(10:13) - The decision to pivot from fan engagement to game streaming platform
(17:08) - Why has game streaming gotten popular? Why do people watch other people play video games?
(24:43) - Why compete with Youtube and Twitch
(30:56) - How did Rooter scale to 8.5 Million Monthly Active Users (MAU)
(36:58) - The business model behind game streaming and Rooter's monetisation experiments
(50:16) - E-Sports as a career option
(1:06:00) - Why IPL teams should buy E-sports team and create streaming content

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