Recently, Mexican Twitch streamer ElMariana became the 10th-most-followed Twitch streamer on the entire platform. The Latin American creator boasts 9.34M Followers on Twitch and has been on a rapid journey to the top since 2021.
Not to undermine ElMariana’s hard work and consistency in live streaming, but pokimane’s decision to go non-exclusive with Twitch did leave the 10th spot easier than ever to take. Since late 2023, pokimane’s Followers Gain metric took a turn for the worse, roughly seeming to coincide with her release of her Midnight Mini Cookies: a polarizing product due to its price tag. Her announcement of going non-exclusive with Twitch seemingly added fuel to the fire, and this all culminated in ElMariana being able to snatch the 10th spot.
While all this was happening, ElMariana continued to grow his audience and climb the ranks. After building a respectable audience on Twitch in 2021, the Mexican content creator shifted his focus more heavily towards Minecraft content on Twitch for 2022. Although the majority of his time on Twitch remained spent in the Just Chatting section for the year, Minecraft became by far his most-streamed game of the year.
This success only continued to snowball in 2023, when ElMariana was invited to the QSMP Minecraft server in March, becoming one of the original creators to join. Exposed to new creators and their audiences, the Mexican content creator continued to grow his brand and by the end of 2023, he was one of the biggest names in live-streaming throughout Latin America.
At the end of 2023, Streams Charts named ElMariana the fourth-most-watched Latin American streamer of 2023, having recorded 28.89M Hours Watched for the entire year. Not only is the creator highly watched, but his community is also one of the most active on Twitch. Earlier this month, we scoured Twitch chats across the platform to determine which streamers had the most active chats on the platform. ElMariana ranked within the top 5 channels by Active Chatters and was the only Spanish-speaking streamer to rank so highly by this metric.
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ElMariana is now the second Latin American Twitch streamer to rank within the top 10 most followed channels, falling behind Colombian juansguarnizo in 8th place with 11.17M Followers. Critically, the departure of pokimane and the arrival of ElMariana has tipped the scales for the biggest demographic of fans on Twitch. With ElMariana taking 10th, the top 10 most-followed Twitch channels are now majority Spanish-speaking.
Alongside Spanish streamers auronplay, ibai, Rubius, and TheGrefg, ElMariana has joined the titans of Twitch at the top of the industry. Streams Charts users can stay on top of the changing Twitch landscape with our statistics database, including our advanced statistics available exclusively to our PRO subscribers.
