are very rare cases genrally exposure on stuff like twitch are VERY important and as YouTube are a good barometer to understand how much a product is desired or wanted ... the same can be said about Twitch tv
It's not rare.
World of Warcraft has more than Apex Legends.
Apex Legends barely has more than Dota 2
Rocket League has nearly more than double the views as Call of Duty Warzone
Genshin Impact only has 300 more viewers than Sea of Thieves despite it being a more popular title
Forza 5 has far less viewers than F1 2021 despite being less popular
Warframe has less than Street Fighter V and only 30 more viewers than Tekken 7 while being a much more popular multiplayer title.
StarCraft II has 4.1k viewers while the multiplayer is practically dead.
New World has less than Age of Empires IV when it has more than double the player count concurrently.
NBA 2K 100 less than Age of Empires when the game is on more platforms with a larger concurrent player count.
You said this happens on rare occasions without doing an ounce of research. Many Xbox gamers on here have a strange habit of going with their feelings over facts.