Top Twitch Games for December 2012

It’s one thing to take a glance at the directory to determine how many gamers are watching any given game on Twitch, but have you ever wondered exactly how much video they’re all consuming? The answers may surprise you, as it certainly does us from time to time. We’re constantly tracking every type of stat imaginable, but our favorite metric for judging the popularity of a title is by minutes watched.

Which games are keeping people in their seats and glued to their monitor each and every month? Starting today, you’ll be getting a monthly report on the top Twitch games and how those numbers shake out.

Twitch Top Games for December, 2012 (By Total Minutes Watched) Ranking Title Prev. Ranking Difference 1 League of Legends (PC) 1–2 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC) 2–3 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC) 3–4 Dota 2 (PC) 4–5 Minecraft (PC/Xbox) 7 +2 6 Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PC/Xbox/PS3) 5 -1 7 Diablo III (PC) 6 -1 8 Heroes of Newerth (PC) 8–9 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN) New — 10 The War Z (PC) 11 +1 11 Magic: The Gathering (TCG) 18 +7 12 Pokemon Emerald (GBA) New — 13 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) New — 14 Path of Exile (PC) 15 +1 15 The Binding of Isaac (PC) 19 +4 16 Far Cry 3 (PC/Xbox/PS3) 13 -3 17 WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (PC) New — 18 Dark Souls (PC/Xbox/PS3) New — 19 Halo 4 (Xbox) 14 -5 20 Super Meat Boy (PC/Xbox) New -

What do you think? Useful? Surprising? You’ll be getting the January report in early February. What do you expect to be on the rise? Something tells me Path of Exile is going to make some leaps!