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Ninja is the most-followed channel on Twitch.[1]

This list contains the top fifty channels with the most followers on the live streaming social platform Twitch.[2] The distribution of followers across all of the streamers on Twitch follows the power law,[3] and is a useful metric for assessing the popularity a streamer has on the platform.[4][5] As of July 2023, the most-followed channel belongs to Ninja with over 18.6 million followers. The female streamer with the most followers on her channel is Pokimane with just over half of Ninja's followers at 9.4 million.[6][7][8] Quackity is the only individual streamer with multiple channels within the top fifty on the platform.

List

Pokimane is the most-followed female-led channel on Twitch.[9]

The following table lists the 50 most-followed channels on Twitch as of August 30, 2023,[6] with each total rounded to the nearest hundred thousand followers, as well as the primary category or categories in which they stream.

A Inactive channel indicates a channel is no longer active on the platform.
Rank Channel Owner Total followers (millions) Streamed categories Country
1 Ninja Richard Blevins[10] 18.6 Fortnite[11][12]  United States[13]
2 auronplay Raúl Álvarez 15.6 Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V, various games, chatting[14][15]  Spain- Andorra[16]
3 ibai Ibai Llanos 15.1 Special events, various games, chatting  Spain[17]
4 Rubius Rubén Doblas 14.5 Minecraft,[18] various games, chatting  Spain- Andorra[19]
5 xQc Félix Lengyel[20] 11.9 Various games, Overwatch,[21] chatting  Canada- United States[22]
6 TheGrefg David Cánovas 11.6 Fortnite,[23] Minecraft, various games, chatting  Spain- Andorra[24]
7 Tfue Turner Tenney[25] 11.4 Apex Legends, Fortnite[26]  United States[27]
8 juansguarnizo Juan Sebastián Guarnizo[28] 11.0 Minecraft,[29] Grand Theft Auto V,[30] various games, chatting  Colombia- Mexico[31]
9 shroud Michael Grzesiek[32] 10.6 Valorant,[33] various games  Canada[34]
10 pokimane Imane Anys[35] 9.4 Valorant,[36] various games, chatting[37]  Morocco- Canada[38]
11 sodapoppin Thomas Morris[39] 8.9 World of Warcraft, League of Legends,[40] various games  United States[39]
12 ElMariana Osvaldo Palacios[41] 8.7 Minecraft, various games, chatting  Mexico[42]
13 ElSpreen Iván Buhajeruk[41] 8.6 Minecraft,[43] various games, chatting  Argentina[43]
14 Myth Inactive channel[note 1] Ali Kabbani 7.4 Valorant,[45] various games  United States[46]
15 Heelmike Michael Peters 7.4 Various games, chatting  United States
16 tommyinnit Thomas Simons[47] 7.4 Minecraft,[48] chatting  United Kingdom[49]
17 AdinRoss Adin Ross 7.3 Various games  United States
18 KaiCenat Kai Cenat 7.1 Various games, chatting  United States[50]
19 TimTheTatman Inactive channel[note 2] Timothy Betar 7.0 Call of Duty: Warzone,[52] various games[53]  United States[54]
20 NICKMERCS Nicholas Kolcheff 6.7 Apex Legends, Fortnite[55]  United States[56]
21 AriGameplays Abril Garza[28] 6.7 Valorant, Minecraft various games, chatting  Mexico
22 alanzoka Alan Ferreira 6.7 Valorant,[57] Various games  Brazil
23 Riot Games Riot Games[58] 6.6 League of Legends[59]  United States[60]
24 SypherPK Ali Hassan[61] 6.6 Fortnite[62]  United States[63]
25 Dream Clay[64] 6.4 Minecraft[65]  United States[66]
26 AMOURANTH Kaitlyn Siragusa[67] 6.4 ASMR,[68] chatting[69]  United States[70]
27 Clix Cody Conrod[71] 6.3 Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto V  United States
28 summit1g Jaryd Lazar[72] 6.2 CS:GO,[73] Various games[74]  United States[75]
29 Quackity Alexis Maldonado 6.2 Minecraft,[76] chatting  Mexico- United States[77]
30 ESLCS ESL 6.2 CS:GO[78]  Germany
31 Robleis Tomás Arbillaga 5.6 Various games, chatting  Argentina- Andorra[79]
32 Fortnite Epic Games 5.5 Fortnite  United States
33 elded Victor Calderón 5.5 Various games  Mexico- United States[80]
34 Mongraal Kyle Jackson[81] 5.4 Fortnite, Valorant  United Kingdom[82]
35 rivers_gg Samantha Trevino Rivera 5.3 Various games  Mexico
36 Bugha Kyle Giersdorf 5.3 Fortnite  United States
37 loltyler1 Tyler Steinkamp[83] 5.3 League of Legends[84]  United States[85]
38 Tubbo Tobias Smith 5.2 Minecraft, chatting  United Kingdom
39 moistcr1tikal Charles White Jr. 5.2 Various games,[86][87] chatting  United States[88]
40 MontanaBlack88 Marcel Eris[89] 5.1 FIFA, chatting  Germany[90]
41 GeorgeNotFound George Davidson[91] 5.1 Minecraft[92]  United Kingdom[91]
42 NickEh30 Nicholas Amyoony[93] 4.9 Fortnite[94]  Canada[95]
43 SLAKUN10 Sergio Agüero 4.8 FIFA,[96] chatting  Argentina[97]
44 WilburSoot William Gold 4.8 Minecraft, chatting  United Kingdom
45 Squeezie Lucas Hauchard 4.8 Special events, various games, chatting  France
46 Dakotaz Brett Hoffman 4.7 Fortnite[98]  United States
47 loud_coringa Victor Augusto[99] 4.6 Free Fire, various games, chatting  Brazil[100]
48 QuackityToo Alexis Maldonado 4.5 Minecraft,[76] chatting  Mexico- United States[77]
49 RanbooLive Not Released[note 3] 4.5 Minecraft, various games, chatting  United States[102]
50 DrLupo Inactive channel[note 4] Benjamin Lupo[104] 4.5 Escape from Tarkov, various games[62][105]  United States[106]

See also

Notes

  1. Myth now streams exclusively on YouTube[44]
  2. TimTheTatman now streams exclusively on YouTube[51]
  3. Ranboo keeps his identity private.[101]
  4. DrLupo now streams exclusively on YouTube[103]

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