"Among Us" is a four to 10 player hidden role game that functions similarly to games like the party game mafia: One or two players are "impostors" who travel around the game's map trying to kill off other players while avoiding discovery, while "crewmates" go about their tasks and try not to get killed as they attempt to find and expel the impostor(s). 'Among Us' is one of the biggest games of the moment, which made it a perfect choice to stream The memes and fandom response that followed were testament to that. She managed to not only meet potential voters where they wre, but also provide content that felt authentic to the platform. Rather, she was playing one of the most popular video games of the current moment with established Twitch personalities. What made her stream unique among politicians, however, was the fact that she wasn't streaming a podcast, campaign speech, or any way of delivering her message head-on. Bernie Sanders has a Twitch channel with nearly 160,000 followers that launched in 2019, and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign recently launched its channel with a lo-fi train stream last month, to provide just two examples. Ocasio-Cortez is far from the first politician to join Twitch: Sen. Ilhan Omar.Īside from sky-high numbers on her own channel (not to mention the simultaneous broadcasts from other streamers playing alongside her), it's not hard to see the impact of the congresswoman's stream if you go on Twitter, or TikTok, or Reddit, where people are posting memes and highlight reels left and right. She was even joined in the game by fellow Democratic congresswoman Rep. Despite being new to Twitch, her viewership was massive: Ocasio-Cortez's stream alone drew in over 430,000 concurrent viewers at its peak, making it one of the most highly viewed Twitch streams ever. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez streamed "Among Us" on her newly minted Twitch channel, which launched on Monday and currently has over 620,000 followers.