Ever since Twitch, a live streaming service, was launched, every creator has been trying to get the record of the most watched live stream on Twitch. In all those years of its service, a lot of independent creators and companies have beaten each record, but do you really know about the creator or the live stream that has got the most viewed on Twitch?
In this post, we are going to tell about the top 10 most watched live streams on Twitch in descending order. At the time of writing this article, these live-streaming events and creator hold their records, and the list will definitely shuffle sooner or later. So, read this post till the know to know more about the most-streamed live stream on Twitch.
Most Watched Live Streams on Twitch
Here is the list of the most viewed live stream on Twitch. Let’s check them out.
1. IBAI – 3.34 Million Live Viewers
Ibai Llanos Garatea, who is also known as Ibai, is a Spanish internet celebrity and streamer who has achieved a record by having 3.3 million concurrent viewers in his most watched live stream on Twitch. According to reports, he achieved this record on June 26, when the streamer was broadcasting the La Velada Del Año II boxing event on his own channel.
This made many internet celebrities and the official Twitch Twitter handle tweet about IBAI the most viewed stream. Not only did he get around 3.3 million Live Twitch viewers on this video, his account was flooded with over 4,00,000 new followers and made him one of the top Twitch celebrities in the world. According to some reports, he has earned over $110,000 (£89,542) in revenue from this single Twitch livestream.
2. TheGrefg – 2.47 Million Live Viewers
Our next leading Twitch streamer has also made a world record of live stream viewers with concurrent views of as many as 2.4 million.
It is managed and operated by another Spanish gamer named David Cánovas Martinez, who is popularly known as “The Grefg” in the gaming world. On his Twitch account, he routinely broadcasts himself playing Fortnite, League of Legends, and Valorant and has a whopping 7 million followers.
He revealed his icon series Fortnite skin, which features his red and black hair as well as red arm cuffs and a naked chest covered with gold, including his distinctive TheGrefg emblem.
During the stream that set a world record for the most viewed live stream on Twitch after Squeezie also contributed to Fortnite as the most played game on Twitch.
3. ElXocas – 1.20 Million Live Viewers
Next on the list of our most-viewed live stream ever on Twitch list is ElXokas, another video game streamer from Spain. Joaquin Dominguez, publicly named ElXokas, became well-known for recreating the popular “Squid Game” after Netflix, using the video game “Minecraft” on his channel, which created a streaming record for him and helped him land in the list of most watched live stream on Twitch.
He also became well-known for losing the grand final match against “OllieGamerZ” in front of more than 1.2 million viewers, the third-highest Twitch viewers at the one-time game.
He took to Twitter in order to convey his gratitude and his achievement news. Many of his friends and fans congratulated ElXocas on his record-breaking stream.
4. AmineMaTue – 1.15 Million Live Viewers
The owner of the Eleven All-Stars, which is FYI, another most played game by Twitch Streamers, AmineMaTue’s event coverage on Twitch was in no way inferior to the 2022 World Cup. The streamer has put in place enormous resources to ensure that its viewers and spectators have a memorable evening, and this helped him gain around 1.1 million viewers.
After a month at the top of Twitch FR audiences, the storied GP Explorer was deposed with roughly 1,040,000 viewers. This match served him his utmost popularity amongst the highest Twitch streamers in a one-time game, placing him in a list of top 10. The recent reports claim his average one-time payout to be $225,000, which is quite high, to be honest.
5. KingsLeague – 1.09 Million Live Viewers
Created and operated by a former professional player, Gerard Piqué, Kings League has announced the all-set women’s version of the game as ‘Queens League’, but what is the story behind Kings League’s success? King’s League is one of the prestigious, most popular Twitch streams, which crossed the viewership of approximately 1 million followers during the Final Four, a seven-a-side football competition on March 26, 2023.
While it is among the most watched live stream on Twitch, the main game witnessed 92,000 fans filling the stands of Camp Nou in Barcelona to enjoy the influencer sports phenomenon.
Hence creating a complete epic moment for Kings League to stand tall in the Spanish League with both iconic content creators and streamers. Just because of its popularity, many international female soccer players around the world joined the League to experience it themselves.
6. ELEAGUE TV – 1.08 Million Live Viewers
Eleague Major: Boston is racing its way up on its streaming channel Twitch with a total of 1,080,000 concurrent viewers over the Counter Strike Global Offensive major with a win-win situation for E league and Astralis. Cristian Tamas, the senior Esports manager at Twitch, took down Twitter in order to announce the viewership breakthrough stats.
One of the all-time greatest Counter-Strike matches was being played by Virtus.pro and Astralis called ‘train’ with scores 14 and 16, respectively, breaking the records for Eleague live Twitch broadcast concurrently. Not only did they manage to get 1.08 million viewers but also 250,000 new followers on their main Twitch streaming account.
7. SQUEEZIE – 1.04 Million Live Viewers
One of the greatest of all times and the top most watched Twitch streamers in 2023, we have another widely known French tuber accumulating more than a million people, namely Lucas Hauchard.
Video-logically named Squeeze on his Twitch Live Broadcast while hosting an F4 race with a few more streaming and YouTube stars under Le Mans Circuit to announce the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO).
The race is called GP Explorer and can be revisited on his video channels. 11 months ago, he took this down to Twitter as a gratitude for his record and has set an example for many Twitch streamers.
He not only managed to bring millions of views on his Twitch Squeezie account but also 40,000 new followers at the same time, which made him land in the list of most viewed Twitch streamers.
8. PlayStation – 1.01 Million Live Viewers
Following Squeezie, we PlayStation in our list of the most watched live stream on Twitch with a sudden, interesting turn of events. Over a million people saw the PlayStation 5 event live on Twitch, while over two million people watched it on YouTube. Both achievements only apply to English-language PlayStation broadcasts; they do not apply to official streams or broadcasts in any other languages.
During the three hours that the PlayStation channels were on air, around 10.5 million hours of programming were watched. According to Dot Esports, the VOD on Twitch received 103,000 views barely an hour after the event ended. Less than 50,000 spectators separated the PS5 event from reaching its maximum of 1,014,646. 7,270,523 viewers watched the tournament across all platforms.
9. RIOT Games – 0.85 Million Live Viewers
The limited beta launch of Riot’s most recent and popular stream game, Valorant (a hybrid of Overwatch and Counter-Strike), set a most-watched Twitch stream record. Twitch claims that the game surpassed the “single-day hours watched record in a single game category,” with 34 million hours watched in total across channels.
Since the game was launched on regional profiles of the developers, the viewers were distributed but it still made it to the list of the most watched live stream on Twitch.
In the meantime, the game attracted 0.84 million concurrent viewers at its height, second only to the 2019 League of Legends World Championship.
Riot attracted several of the most prominent shooter gamers on the network, such as Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar, whose stream had more than 200,000 viewers. Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, Imane “Pokimane” Anys, and Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm were among the more well-known most popular Twitch streams.
10. Dota2TI_RU – 0.84 Million Live Viewers
On October 17, 2021, the Dota 2 game created a world record of around 0.84 million concurrent viewers on its live stream and that gave it a record of the highest number of Twitch viewers at one time game.
There are two variants in question, Dota2TI_RU and Dota2TI, and the record is created by DOTA2TI_RU, so don’t get confused between the two. More information about the event and particular dates can be obtained from the TwitchTracker.com website.
Although you won’t be able to see what the active viewers looked like on the stream, the video is still there on the official account of Dota2TI_RU on Twitch.tv. Open the profile, navigate to Videos, and sort the videos based on “Popularity” using the drop-down button. Now you can also watch the Past Broadcasts, Highlights, Uploads, and more.
Final Words:
What started as a platform for gamers to share their gameplay with a small audience has evolved into a worldwide phenomenon with cultural impact.
It’s clear that as streaming continues growing, more traditional celebrities and brands will look to partner with the biggest Twitch names. This will likely lead to even more record-smashing streams and world record live stream viewers in the future.
We have tried to bring in all the available information about the most popular Twitch streamers and the most watched live stream on Twitch that created the record.
The streams and streamers listed above are the top 10 most watched Twitch streamers in 2023, as of now. We will keep the information and list updated with more information and new streams, so keep visiting.
Hi, I am Anshul Mathur. A Cisco Certified Network Associate and Blogger from Sikar, Rajasthan. I love digging deep into the technology world, therefore I write about it on this blog.
