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largepeepee | 2 years ago

Sure Netflix played a part but a larger portion of the growth was probably from popular twitch streamers/YouTubers who picked up the hobby and brought their young communities with them to chess tournaments vs other similar streamers etc in recent years.

It's become like a social status among people to have a decent elo, a horrible marker for intelligence but a growing popular one.

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