Former FaZe stars Core Boys' formation generated over 13 million Hours Watched (HW) between May 2 and 6 after their formation earlier this month, according to data collected by Streams Charts.
The hype surrounding this collective, also known as The Core Boys, helped its members enjoy substantial increases in their monthly watch times, with a few of them appearing among Twitch's most-watched Just Chatting streamers.
How many viewers watched the initial streams of the Core Boys?
Between May 2 and 6, these six influencers showed varied levels of activity when it came to streaming as part of this new collective. Stableronaldo was the most active, streaming three days and putting up the highest viewership numbers as a result.
Stableronaldo, a former professional Fortnite player, was also the most popular creator to live broadcast content as part of the Core Boys. His first stream from the group's grand new content house reached 61,929 Peak Viewers (PV), as per Streams Charts.
Cumulatively, the six streamers put up 1.38 million Hours Watched (HW) between May 2 and 6. Moreover, thanks to the anticipation around their reveal as a collective during their debut streams, stableronaldo and jasontheween ended among the most-watched Just Chatting streamers on Twitch for these five days.
Lacy and Adapt also put up enough individual watch time numbers to enter the top 40 on the above table. Moreover, Stableronaldo, Marlon and Jasontheeen gained over 10,000 followers each, putting them among the top 16 on this table for the same duration.
What is TheCoreBoys, and who are its members?
The Core Boys is an independent streaming and content creator collective formed in May 2026 by ex-FaZe Clan members. This collective of popular Twitch streamers operates independently, owning 100% of their content, revenue, and operations as they aim for full independence from major organizations.
The group has six members, as seen below:
- Marlon "Marlon" Garcia
- Jerry "Silky" Woo
- Nicholas "Lacy" Fosco
- Jason "Jasontheween" Nguyen
- Alexander "Adapt" Prynkiewicz
- Rani "Stableronaldo" Netz
These streamers produce high-energy, in real life (IRL), and gaming content from a new $20 million content house in Los Angeles. Referred to as the "Core Compound," the mansion, formerly associated with the ACE Family, features a bowling alley, gym, pool, and theater, designed to act as a hub for their independent streaming brand "Create. Own. Run. Everything".
In terms of the content focus in its early days, the collective has livestreamed viral-style content, including influencer lifestyle, challenges, and vlogs. The members also frequently interact with their audiences on Twitch, YouTube and TikTok, showing off their new crib and creating much hype on social media.
What controversies did the Core Boys face in early May 2026?
The launch of their new YouTube channel was a big success, gaining over 100,000 subscribers in just a few hours, but things soon turned sour. The channel was briefly terminated shortly after reaching this mark due to a now-resolved automated security system error rather than policy violations.
Apparently, YouTube's automated security system suspended the CORE Boys' channel because of a mistake by. It noticed a bunch of simultaneous logins from different locations that were flagged as suspicious activity, leading to the channel's deletion.
Luckily, YouTube acknowledged the error soon and restored the account, releasing a statement on social media to clarify that the initial termination was due to a system error and not any rules that were broken.
If this initial scare was not enough, the group was swatted at their new content house during their first day of streaming, a scenario that unfolded live on stream, though all members remained safe. A hoax emergency call led to armed police responding during the May 2 broadcast, as officers were falsely told that people were being held inside the compound's basement.
Fortunately, the situation was resolved before it escalated further, and none of the group members were hurt or taken into custody. Marlon told fans that the police spoke with him at the scene to clear up the false report, and the group was allowed to return to streaming after.
Then, on May 4, Lacy decided to broadcast to his viewers while driving, and he was pulled over by the police live on stream. The officers asked him about several golf clubs found in his car, as they had been stolen from nearby, but nothing was fully confirmed by the local police.
The officers then arrested the popular streamer on charges of driving in a reckless manner and dangerously operating his car. They placed Lacy in metal handcuffs on-stream, and while this incident led many to question if the arrest was staged, neither Lacy nor his Core mates have made any statement so far.
The Core Boys enjoyed a pretty successful debut, albeit with some hiccups along the way. The success of their time at FaZe Clan and their individual fame has helped the group attract healthy viewership numbers off the bat, and if they can continue entertaining their fans, they could very well end the year among the most-watched Twitch teams.
Header image via Marlon on YouTube
