The streaming world is composed of plenty of content creators. Some create content for thousands of viewers, while others do it on a smaller scale. However, they all have something that makes them unique. Every year, some streamers reach an insane level of popularity, and others see astonishing growth. We at Stream Charts collected all the necessary data to bring you the streamers that saw the fattest growth, or reached an astonishing level of popularity.
KaiCenat
KaiCenat started streaming on Twitch in 2021, but 2022 was his breakthrough year. The North American streamer loves to talk with his viewers. He also invites plenty of famous people, like rappers, or basketball players to his streams. There, they talk about different topics, play games, or do some challenges. His personality and sense of humor, are what make viewers tune into his streams regularly.
In 2022, KaiCenat reached plenty of milestones, such as reaching 100K subscribers, 3.4 million followers, and becoming one of the faces of Twitch. He made a lot of diversified content, such as e-dates, playing NBA 2K23 with 21 Savage, reacting to the Twitch drama, coining the famous “rizz” term, and inviting other famous streamers such as AdinRoss, or xQc to his broadcasts.
KaiCenat viewership stats are fantastic, with the streamer averaging 49.5K concurrent viewers, and 283K Peak Viewers. His peak viewership was reached in his stream with the famous rapper 21 Savage. As mentioned above, they played NBA 2K23, reacted to KaiCenat music video, and talked about plenty of things. As of today, there are only a few streamers that can be considered as popular as KaiCenat. Taking into account it's only his second year streaming on Twitch, it makes his achievements even more impressive. We will surely see KaiCenat achieve more milestones in the future.
IShowSpeed
IShowSpeed is an internet sensation. He started streaming in 2020, but similar to KaiCenat, it was in 2022 that he reached stardom. The 17-year-old North American streamer, went viral because of a clip where he imitates legendary football player Cristiano Ronaldo celebration. Fast forward a couple of months, and he is now known worldwide.
IShowSpeed has a very unique personality, and his content is distinctive from every other content creator, independent of their platform. You can find IShowSpeed streaming a plethora of games, such as Fortnite, or FIFA 23. He also does IRL streams, reacts to videos, and is constantly on chatting websites such as Omegle, where he interacts with plenty of people. Most of all, IShowSpeed is known for idolizing Cristiano Ronaldo, and being a hardcore fan of the football player. He went to Qatar to see his idol play, but unfortunately for him, Cristiano Ronaldo started on the bench in both games, and didn't have much of an impact.
When we look at IShowSpeed viewership stats, we see why he truly is an internet sensation. In 2022, his broadcasts were watched by 51.5K Average Viewers, he gained 11 million followers, and achieved a peak viewership of 288K. This viewership was reached in Portugal vs Morocco World Cup game, where Portugal was eliminated. After the game, IShowSpeed was devastated to see his idol eliminated from the World Cup.
Casimito
Casimito is one of the most loved Brazilian streamers. He was already well-known in the streaming community, but this year casimito became a part of Twitch “streaming elite”. The Brazilian content creator is mostly known for reacting to videos and talking about football. He watches summaries of the games from all the major leagues, especially the Brazilian leagues.
In 2022, Casimito broadcasted plenty of football games on his channel, most being from the Copa do Brazil, and only subs could watch them. This was made possible due to a partnership with Amazon Prime, and other entities. However, what truly made 2022 a unique year for casimito, was the World Cup. He became the first-ever streamer to have broadcasting rights to the tournament.
During its entire duration, casimito broadcasted at least one game per day, and streamed all the matches of the Brazilian national team. It was in the quarter-final match between Brazil and Croatia, that casimito broke the record for the most popular broadcast ever on YouTube Live. He had 6.1 million viewers watch the game, becoming the most popular stream of 2022. Casimito Twitch viewership stats are very impressive, with 34K Average Viewers, and 545K Peak Viewers.
PaulinhoLOKObr
PaulinhoLOKObr started his career as a YouTube content creator in 2016. He mainly did prank videos in GTA V roleplay, which is how he got popular. However, it was only in May of this year that Twitch became his home. He started to broadcast only on Twitch, and quickly became one of the platform’s most popular creators. He mainly plays GTA V roleplay, and is known for creating some amazing narratives and storylines for his characters in the game.
2022 was an incredible year for the Brazilian streamer, as he gained 1.5 million followers, had 58K Average Viewers, and his biggest broadcast attracted 150K simultaneous viewers. PaulinhoLOKObr unique personality and sense of humor are what make viewers come back to his streams. He always has something special prepared for each one of his broadcasts, and entertains thousands of viewers daily.
Tarik
Tarik is already a veteran in the streaming world, as the ex-CS:GO professional player has been streaming since 2014. However, tarik is on this list since 2022 was the year he had his big breakthrough, mainly thanks to his Valorant content, which made him one of the most popular content creators on Twitch.
He became a full-time streamer after being benched by Evil Geniuses in April of 2021. Since then, he started to stream mostly Valorant, and the content creator gained a lot of new fans, followers, and his viewership numbers skyrocketed. In 2022, he became the “king of co-streams”, with his broadcasts of the most important Valorant tournaments of the year, reaching a very wide audience. He is now arguably the biggest Valorant streamer in the world.
As mentioned above, tarik numbers skyrocketed in 2022. Last year, the steamer had 24K Average Viewers, reached 196K Peak Viewers, and gained an impressive 1.2 million followers. Tarik has proven he can compete with the best players in North America, and has a very deep knowledge of the game, providing insightful commentary on his watch parties. With 2023 being the first year of the Valorant partnership program, we can expect tarik to attract more viewers, and perhaps even break some viewership records.
IlloJuan
IlloJuan is one of the most loved and popular Spanish streamers. What makes IlloJuan so popular, is that he is very relatable. Just like plenty of people, he is a person who loves video games and has a good sense of humor. However, IlloJuan can captivate thousands of people, and entertain them for a long time, which is something only a few can do. He plays a plethora of games such as Minecraft, Rust, and God of War Ragnarök. But it's in the Just Chatting category that the streamer spends most of his time, talking with viewers about multiple topics.
In 2022, IlloJuan's loyal fan base continued to grow, with the streamer gaining 1.6 million new followers. He had 37K viewers tuning in regularly to his broadcasts, and reached 182K simultaneous viewers. With the ability to reach and entertain a wide audience like only a few are able to, 2023 can be a record-breaking year for the Spanish streamer.
LuquEt4
LuquEt4 is a Brazilian streamer who is very well known in the GTA V roleplay community, being the third most popular creator of the genre on Twitch in 2022. He started streaming in 2019 but didn't broadcast much in 2020, and in 2021 stopped streaming on Twitch. He came back in 2022, and quickly became one of the most popular GTA V roleplay creators on the platform. His content is similar to the one of PaulinhoLOKObr, with both creators collaborating regularly, and providing fans with some memorable moments. He is very good at coming up with different storylines for his characters, and his streams are always full of funny moments. PaulinhoLOKObr also loves to play some pranks on him, which makes for great content.
In 2022, LuquEt4 community grew considerably, gaining 951K new followers. He had 14K Average Viewers, and reached 92K Peak Viewers, in a broadcast with his friend PaulinhoLOKObr. With a great 2022, we expect LuquEt4 growth to continue in 2023.
K4sen
2022 was truly an amazing year for k4sen. It was the Japanese streamer's second year on Twitch, and his popularity skyrocketed. He went from having 5K Average Viewers in 2021, to an impressive 11.7K AV in 2022. He streams multiple games, but it's on competitive multiplayer titles such as League of Legends, or Valorant that he spends most of his time on. K4sen is one of the most popular variety streamers in Japan, and gained 311K new followers in 2022. Last year, the streamer reached 69K Peak Viewers, at his watch party of VCT Masters Reykjavík.
2022 was a great year for streaming, with many amazing events, and streamers that jumped into the spotlight. We saw many new stars being born, with some creators becoming internet sensations, while most haven't even reached their full potential. We expect all of these streamers to continue to grow in 2023, and to bring joy to thousands of fans from all around the globe, just like they did last year. 2023 has all the ingredients to be a spectacular year for content creation, and we can't wait to see which streamers will have their breakthrough year.
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