Leading up to the 2020 general election, US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted a stream on Twitch, the game streaming platform owned by Amazon. AOC, along with Representative Ilhan Omar, decided to play Among Us, a whodunnit-style round of intrigue and finger-pointing similar to the party game Mafia or Werewolf. Joining her were some of the platform’s biggest personalities, including popular streamers like Imane “Pokimane” Anys and Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, all there in an effort to drive people to IWillVote.com before the general election.
At the end of the stream, AOC was able to pull in 430,000 concurrent viewers on her channel alone, making it the third-largest in Twitch history. The VOD sits at 5.6 million views, with millions more on YouTube. Coupled with other streamers that were streaming to their audiences, it’s likely AOC’s Among Us stream was one of the largest, if not the largest, event in Twitch history. In an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union, AOC claimed that her stream ended up being the largest driver to IWillVote.com ever.
It’s no surprise that AOC returned to Twitch in late November to help raise $200,000 for charity.
