The live streaming social platform Twitch launched in 2011 and is an important platform for digital entertainment.[2][3] The distribution of followers across all of the streamers on Twitch follows the power law,[4] and is a useful metric for assessing the popularity a streamer has on the platform.[5][6] As of March 2024[update], the most-followed channel belongs to Ninja with over 19 million followers. The most followed female streamer is Pokimane, with just under half of Ninja's followers at 9.3 million.[7][8][9]
The countries with the most Twitch users as of 2022 were the United States (93 million), Brazil (16.9 million), Germany (16.8 million), France (15.4 million), the United Kingdom (13.4 million), Russia (10.5 million), Spain (10.5 million), Argentina (10 million), Mexico (9.2 million), and Italy (8.3 million users).[10] The United States accounts for roughly 36% of all Twitch users.[10]
List
The following table lists the 50 most-followed channels on Twitch as of December 5, 2024[update],[7] with each total rounded to the nearest hundred thousand followers, as well as the primary category or categories in which they stream.
†indicates a channel is no longer active on the platform.
^Woodrow, Ryan; Wutz, Marco (January 5, 2023). "Top Twitch streamers: the Twitch streamers with the most followers". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023. Pokimane is the top female streamer on Twitch. She started streaming all the way back in 2013, building up a decent following thanks to her expertise in League of Legends before the explosion of popularity experienced by many Fortnite streamers in 2017 carried her to the top.
^"Drake, 'Ninja' play 'Fortnite' break a record". Fresno Bee. Associated Press. March 17, 2018. pp. B8. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023. Grammy Award-winning rapper Drake helped Twitch break its record for the most-viewed stream by joining Tyler "Ninja" Blevins to play "Fortnite".
^Polhamus, Blaine (October 29, 2022). "Ninja's most played games (besides Fortnite)". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on October 29, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Going from 500,000 followers to three million in less than one year, Ninja became Twitch's most-followed content creator. Though his meteoric rise stemmed from Fortnite, Ninja has become known for streaming a wide array of games.
^"Minecraft Extremo: Rubius se despide del evento con una muerte épica". MARCA (in Spanish). January 29, 2023. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023. Rubius ha dejado Minecraft Extremo con un clip final único. "Hoy murió el gaming, descanse en paz". [Rubius has left Minecraft Extreme with a unique ending clip. "Gaming died today, rest in peace"]
^Duwe, Scott (January 15, 2020). "Loserfruit and TheGrefg join Ninja in Fortnite's Icon Series". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Epic Games also revealed today that future content creators will be added to the game with their own cosmetics, starting with streamer Kathleen "Loserfruit" Belsten and YouTuber David "TheGrefg" Martinez.
^"Streamer xQc knocked offline over unpaid electricity bill". BBC News. April 1, 2021. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023. Felix Lengyel - to use the streamer's real name - is a former pro esports player and one of the biggest game streaming stars on earth.
^Irwin, Kate (October 22, 2021). "XQc talks Twitch, Overwatch 2, and his move to Los Angeles". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023. As a professional Overwatch player, xQc was benched while a part of the Dallas Fuel. But he shined as the main tank for team Canada during multiple Overwatch World Cup tournaments.
^Denzer, TJ (May 10, 2021). "Twitch's April 2021 viewership marked another record-high for the platform". Shacknews. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Apparently, roleplaying saw a lot of play and viewership activity on the GTA Online corner of the game with channels like juansguarnizo garnering massive boosts in viewership throughout the month.
^Ford, James (January 17, 2020). "Who is Tfue? Everything you need to know about the ex-FaZe Clan Fortnite star". gamesradar. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Turner "Tfue" Tenney is a content creator who specialises in Fortnite content, ever since early 2018 when the game started to grow in popularity. Before this, he streamed games like Call of Duty and H1Z1, along with being a prominent member of the Destiny community.
^Taylor, Mollie (July 11, 2022). "Shroud makes grand return to esports as a Valorant pro". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2023. A large portion of that time has been spent with Valorant, a game he's been not-so-subtle in voicing his preference for over CS:GO.
^ abCastillo, Julián (July 6, 2022). "Quiénes son los streamers de Twitch más populares de Latinoamérica" [Who are the most popular Twitch streamers in Latin America]. La Opinión (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Osvaldo Palacios Flores, mejor conocido como ElMariana, es un joven mexicano de 24 años de edad que en estos momentos es uno de los streamers más famosos de la región con más de 12,700 suscriptores a su canal de Twitch. Su canal de Youtube cuenta con 4.17 millones de suscriptores y sus videos suman en total más de 354 millones de reproducciones. [Osvaldo Palacios Flores, better known as ElMariana, is a 24-year-old Mexican who is currently one of the most famous streamers in the region with more than 12,700 subscribers to his Twitch channel . His YouTube channel has 4.17 million subscribers and his videos have a total of more than 354 million view]
^"Spreen, el streamer argentino con más suscriptores en Twitch" [Spreen, the Argentine streamer with the most subscribers on Twitch]. Radio Dos (in Spanish). September 14, 2022. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Iván Buhajeruk, más conocido por su apodo Spreen, es el streamer argentino con más suscriptores en Twitch. [Iván Buhajeruk, better known by his nickname Spreen, is the Argentine streamer with the most subscribers on Twitch.]
^Williams, Demi (July 12, 2021). "Pokimane is now the biggest female Twitch streamer on the platform". NME. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Imane 'Pokimane' Anys has been broadcasting on the streaming platform since 2013, garnering a massive audience to her channel ever since and becoming one of the most viewed female streamers in recent years.
^Galloway, Ryan (September 21, 2021). "Pokimane achieves Immortal rank in VALORANT". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023. One of Twitch's most popular streamers, Pokimane, has hit an extremely impressive milestone in VALORANT, ranking up to Immortal for the first time during Episode Three Act Two.
^Kharif, Olga (May 13, 2021). "Female streamers are conquering Twitch". Valley News. West Lebanon, New Hampshire. Bloomberg. pp. B8. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^Polhamus, Blaine (September 16, 2022). "Sodapoppin makes a classic streamer blunder while playing League". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023. In preparation for OTK Rift Two, a competitive League of Legends event featuring multiple prominent streamers, Sodapoppin has been taking his role as team captain incredibly seriously.
^Powell, Steffan (January 13, 2023). "TommyInnit: Life as one of the world's top content creators". BBC News. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Many people wouldn't look twice if they walked past Tom Simons, known as TommyInnit, in the street.
^Webster, Andrew (September 29, 2022). "How to watch the 2022 League of Legends World Championship — and what to watch for". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2023. All of the matches are available to stream on the Riot Games Twitch channel, the League of Legends esports YouTube channel, and the League of Legends esports homepage.
^Erzberger, Tyler (June 8, 2020). "VALORANT Twitch Rivals -- what we learned". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023. Team Myth, composed of TSM's VALORANT starting roster and TSM streamer Ali "Myth" Kabbani
^Sayers, Justin (January 25, 2022). "Popular video game streamer behind 30,000-square-foot content creation hub coming to Cedar Park". Austin Business Journal. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2023. Oni Studios LLC, which was founded in 2020 to help manage the growth of popular Twitch streamer Ali "SypherPK" Hassan, is hoping to open the facility at 1220 Toro Grande Blvd. in Cedar Park in August. It will include studios, lounges, edit bays, sound stages, a basketball court and more.
^Krishnan, Joe (January 25, 2019). "Gaming Twitch Stars are Gaming's A-List". Evening Standard. London, Greater London, England. pp. A54. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
^Tsiaoussidis, Alex (July 19, 2022). "Who is Summit1g? History, Twitch earnings, age, setup". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2023. Jaryd "Summit1g" Lazar is one of the oldest and most iconic streamers on Twitch. He's been streaming on the platform since 2012, a time when he was still an active CS:GO player, which newer fans might not know about. His Counter-Strike esports career spanned eight years between 2011 and 2018.
^Clark, Nicole (November 28, 2022). "Amouranth says 'life is better,' and is streaming less hot tub content". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023. In a series of tweets on Nov. 27, Amouranth shared stats on her current streaming habits. Notably, she said "90 days ago" she spent 50%+ of her streaming time making hot tub content — it's now sub 10%. ... Instead, she's spent more of her time streaming games like Overwatch 2 and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
^Browning, Kellen; Hill, Kashmir (July 31, 2022). "A hidden price of fame". Citizens' Voice. New York Times. pp. A14. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^"Teenage gamer wins Fortnite World Cup, takes home more prize money than Wimbledon". ABC News. July 29, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2024. American Kyle Giersdorf, as he is called in real life, claimed first place in the solo finals of the tournament, held in Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, to claim the glory and the cash — out of a total prize pool of $43 million.
^Harwell, Drew (December 2, 2021). "Up all night with a Twitch millionaire: The loneliness and rage of the Internet's new rock stars". Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023. Just before midnight, six hours into his 10-hour Twitch live stream, Tyler Steinkamp's rage begins to erupt. He's just scarfed down a dinner of cold chicken fingers over the sink during a three-minute ad break and raced back to his computer, where he is playing the "battle arena" game "League of Legends" as 28,762 people watch.
^Rosario, Alexandra Del (February 3, 2022). "'Minecraft' Content Creators Ranboo, Tubbo Sign With Misfits Gaming Group". Deadline. Retrieved January 12, 2024. U.K.-based Tubbo, whose real name is Toby Smith, touts 4.8 million followers on the streaming platforms, 2.3 million followers on Instagram and 3.2 million Twitter followers.
^Rosario, Alexandra Del (February 3, 2022). "'Minecraft' Content Creators Ranboo, Tubbo Sign With Misfits Gaming Group". Deadline. Retrieved January 12, 2024. Florida-based global esports and entertainment company Misfits Gaming Group has signed Twitch streamers Ranboo and Tubbo, expanding its roster of Minecraft content creators.
^Saad, Nardine (October 3, 2022). "Popular YouTuber and 'Minecraft' gamer Dream reveals his face to followers". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2023. He said that George, who he's known since he was 11 years old, was in the U.K. trying to get a visa so that he can move to the United States. ... George, for the uninitiated, is the popular YouTuber George "GeorgeNotFound" Davidson, who often collaborates with Dream and fellow streamer Sapnap "Nick" as "The Dream Team," making Minecraft videos and other content for Dream's channel.
^Grayson, Nathan (June 3, 2021). "The Most Viewed Twitch Hot Tub Stream Yet Is Also The Most Cursed". Kotaku. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2023. Credit where credit's due, though: Minecraft megastar George 'GeorgeNotFound' Davidson at least went out of his way to make his take on tub boy summer as viscerally upsetting as possible.