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List of most-followed Twitch channels

The live streaming social platform Twitch launched in 2011 and is an important platform for digital entertainment. The distribution of followers across all of the streamers on Twitch follows the power law, and is a useful metric for assessing the popularity a streamer has on the platform. As of March 2024, 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.

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). The United States accounts for roughly 36% of all Twitch users.

List

The following table lists the 50 most-followed channels on Twitch as of December 5, 2024,11 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† indicates a channel is no longer active on the platform.
RankChannelOwnerTotal followers (millions)Streamed categoriesLanguageNationality
1NinjaTyler Blevins1219.2Fortnite,1314 Marvel RivalsEnglish United States1516
2KaiCenatKai Cenat17.8Various games, chatting17English United States18
3IbaiIbai Llanos17.3Special events, various games, chatting19Spanish Spain2021
4AuronplayRaúl Álvarez16.8Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V, various games, chatting2223Spanish Spain24
5RubiusRubén Doblas15.7Minecraft,25 Fortnite, various games, chattingSpanish Spain,  Norway26
6TheGrefgDavid Cánovas12.2Fortnite,27 Minecraft, various games, chattingSpanish Spain28
7xQcFélix Lengyel2912.0Various games, Overwatch,30 chattingEnglish Canada31
8JuansguarnizoJuan Sebastián Guarnizo3211.5Minecraft,33 Grand Theft Auto V,34 various games, chattingSpanish Colombia35
9TfueTurner Tenney3611.3Apex Legends, Fortnite37English United States38
10ShroudMichael Grzesiek3911.1Valorant,40 various gamesEnglish Canada41
11ElMarianaOsvaldo Palacios4210.4Minecraft, various games, chattingSpanish Mexico43
12ElSpreenIván Buhajeruk449.6Minecraft,45 various games, chattingSpanish Argentina46
13PokimaneImane Anys479.4Valorant,48 various games, chatting49English Canada,  Morocco50
14SodapoppinThomas Morris519World of Warcraft, League of Legends,52 various gamesEnglish United States53
15ClixCody Conrod548.2Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto VEnglish United States55
16AlanzokaAlan Ferreira7.6Rocket League, Various gamesPortuguese Brazil56
17Heelmike†57Michael Peters587.4Various games, chattingEnglish United States
18TommyinnitThomas Simons597.3Minecraft,60 chattingEnglish UK61
19Riot GamesRiot Games627.3League of Legends63English United States
20MythAli Kabbani7.3Valorant,64 various gamesEnglish United States65
21TimTheTatmanTimothy Betar7.2Call of Duty: Warzone,66 various games67English United States68
22SypherPKAli Hassan697.2Fortnite70English United States,  Jordan
23JynxziNicholas Stewart7.2Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeEnglish United States
24MongraalKyle Jackson717.1Fortnite,72 ValorantEnglish UK
25AriGameplaysAbril Garza737.1Valorant,74 Minecraft, various games, chattingSpanish Mexico
26AdinRossAdin Ross757.0Various games, chatting76English United States
27caseoh_Case Baker7.0Various games, chattingEnglish United States
28NICKMERCSNicholas Kolcheff6.7Apex Legends, Fortnite77English United States
29Rivers_ggSamantha Rivera Treviño786.6Various games7980Spanish Mexico
30ESLCSESL6.5Counter-Strike 281English Germany France
31QuackityAlexis6.4Minecraft,82 chattingEnglish Mexico
32Summit1gJaryd Lazar836.3Counter-Strike 2,84 various games85English United States
33Loud_coringaVictor Augusto866.3Free Fire, various games, chattingPortuguese Brazil
34AMOURANTHKaitlyn Siragusa876.2ASMR,88 chatting89English United States
35DreamClay906.1Minecraft91English United States
36FortniteEpic Games6.1FortniteEnglish United States
37RobleisTomás Arbillaga5.9Various games, chattingSpanish Argentina
38EldedVictor Calderón5.7Various gamesSpanish Mexico
39NickEh30Nicholas Amyoony925.7Fortnite93English Canada
40Moistcr1tikalCharles White Jr.5.6Various games,9495 chattingEnglish United States
41MontanaBlack88Marcel Eris965.6FIFA, chattingGerman Germany,  Turkey
42BughaKyle Giersdorf975.5Fortnite9899English United States
43Loltyler1Tyler Steinkamp1005.4League of Legends101English United States
44TubboTobias Smith1025.3Minecraft,103 chattingEnglish UK
45SqueezieLucas Hauchard5.3Special events, various games, chattingFrench France
46CarreraaaRodrigo Carrera1044.9Various games, chattingSpanish Argentina
47GeorgeNotFoundGeorge Davidson1054.9Minecraft106English UK
48SLAKUN10Sergio Agüero4.8FIFA,107 chattingSpanish Argentina
49ELRAENNTuğkan Gönültaş1084.8Grand Theft Auto V109Turkish Turkey France
50QuackityTooAlexis4.8Minecraft,110 chattingSpanish Mexico

See also

Notes

References

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