Pandemic Pushes Everything Online

2020

Times Square in March 2020, near-empty during the early COVID-19 lockdowns that pushed Zoom, Netflix, and Twitch usage to unprecedented levels. COVID-19 lockdowns from March 2020 onward push the entire mediated stack into the home. Zoom adds 300 million daily users in three months. Netflix gains 26 million subscribers in six months. Twitch viewership doubles. The "post-broadcast" media future arrives compressed into a single quarter.