Each year, top streamers and organizations bring fans a lineup of thrilling events on platforms like Twitch and YouTube. From charity marathons and boxing show matches to award ceremonies and special broadcasts, there’s something for everyone. To keep you in the loop, Streams Charts has compiled the ultimate 2025 event calendar, complete with dates and highlights, so you won’t miss a moment.
January:
Kings World Cup Nations 2025 (Jan 1-12 // Football Event)
Kings World Cup Nations 2025 is a football show tournament created by the makers of Kings League, featuring 16 national teams from around the world. Brazil emerged as the winner, with popular Counter-Strike commentator Alexandre ''Gaules'' Chiqueta managing the team. The event reached a peak of 3,503,593 viewers, making it the most-popular tournament in the Kings League franchise.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 (Jan 5-12 // Speedrun Event)
Awesome Games Done Quick is an annual livestreaming video game marathon organized by Games Done Quick to raise funds for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The AGDQ 2025 event drew 96,673 concurrent viewers at its peak and raised more than $2,500,000 for charity.
IShowSpeed trip in South America (Jan 12-29 // IRL-marathon)
Darren ‘’IShowSpeed’’ Watkins Jr has become one of the most popular content creators in the world. Last year, IShowSpeed hosted two massively popular IRL-marathons where he traveled across Europe and Southeast Asia. At the start of 2025, the YouTuber kicked off another tour, this time visiting several countries in South America.
Stream for Humanity (Jan 20-21 // Charity Event)
The French streaming community is widely regarded as one of the tightest-knit groups in the livestreaming world. They’re known for organizing charity streams that raise significant funds for various nonprofit organizations. Recently, a group of top French content creators held a marathon called Stream for Humanity, raising over €3,500,000 for Doctors Without Borders, which works in Sudan, Palestine, Lebanon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kings League Mercato 2025 (Jan 20, 23, 27 // Football Event)
The Kings League January Mercato 2025 was held over three days in January, serving as a series of transfer windows. Teams from the men's and women's segments of the popular Spanish seven-a-side media football tournament could buy, sell, and trade players to strengthen their squads for the upcoming season.
Adding a dynamic and exciting period to the popular league's fifth split, where teams made strategic moves to improve their rosters and increase their chances of success in the upcoming season, it reached over 127,000 Peak Viewers (PV) across its official channels.
Galaxy Unpacked (Jan 22 // Tech Event)
Galaxy Unpacked is Samsung's annual event where the company reveals its latest devices, including smartphones, tablets, and wearables. At Galaxy Unpacked 2025, Samsung is expected to introduce the new Galaxy S25 smartphone series.
Xbox Developer Direct (Jan 23 // Gaming Showcase)
Xbox Developer Direct is a livestream event series hosted by Microsoft Gaming to showcase upcoming content from Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and King. One of the highlights of the upcoming event is expected to be the reveal of DOOM: The Dark Ages by id Software.
Nintendo Switch 2 Presentation (TBA // Gaming Showcase)
Multiple gaming outlets have reported that Nintendo is set to officially reveal the Nintendo Switch 2 in January 2025. While rumors suggest it could happen on January 16, no official date has been confirmed. The presentation is expected to focus on the console, with games being shown at a later event.
February:
Back to Black 2025 (Feb 6-10 // Speedrun Event)
Back to Black 2025 is a livestreamed speedrun marathon to raise funds for Race Forward. Race Forward works across communities most affected by systemic racism to build collective power for racial equity and presents the biennial Facing Race Conference, the USA largest multiracial conference on racial justice.
March:
Sidemen Charity Match 2025 (Mar 8 // Football Charity Match)
The Sidemen, a group of content creators from the UK, are hosting a charity soccer match with top streamers from Twitch, YouTube, and other platforms. The event will take place on March 8, 2025, at Wembley Stadium, the largest stadium in the UK. The goal is to raise funds for BBC’s Children in Need charity and the Sidemen’s own charity, Bright Side. Past matches have featured stars like Olajide ‘’KSI’’ Olatunji, Felix ‘’xQc’’ Lengyel, Darren ‘’IShowSpeed’’ Watkins Jr., James ‘’MrBeast’’ Donaldson, and other top influencers.
Sidemen Charity Match
Frost Fatales 2025 (Mar 9-17 // Speedrun Event)
Frost Fatales is a week-long charity speedrun marathon raising money for the National Women's Law Center. This organization focuses on gender justice and advocates for issues that are crucial to the lives of women and girls.
May:
TwitchCon Rotterdam 2025 (May 31 - Jun 1 // Convention)
TwitchCon is an annual convention organized by Twitch, the popular livestreaming platform primarily focused on video games, esports, and creative content. It brings together viewers, content creators, and industry professionals to celebrate and engage with the Twitch community.
ZLAN 2025 (TBA // Gaming Event)
ZLAN is a massive annual multi-game LAN event, organized by Adrien "ZeratoR" Nougaret, a well-known French streamer. The last event featured over 200 participants and peaked at 196,591 concurrent viewers. Half of the participants are selected randomly from open applicants, while the other half were top streamers from the country. ZLAN 2025 is expected to take place in the spring or early summer, though the exact date hasn’t been announced yet.
June:
Summer Games Done Quick 2025 (TBA // Speedrun Event)
Games Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons, featuring high-level gameplay by speedrunners raising money for charity. Summer Games Done Quick is held every summer in partnership with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières.
Summer Game Fest 2025 (Jun 6 // Industry Event)
Summer Game Fest is a live-streamed video game event organized and hosted by gaming journalist Geoff Keighley. It’s one of the biggest annual events in the gaming industry, drawing millions of viewers with showcases of major upcoming game releases and exclusive presentations from developers. The festival will also feature a slate of TBA events from game publishers and platforms.
July:
La Velada del Año V (TBA // Boxing Event)
One of the most anticipated livestreaming events of 2025 is La Velada del Año V, a boxing event hosted by popular Spanish streamer Ibai ‘’Ibai’’ Llanos. While the event has been confirmed, details about the date, location, and participants have yet to be released. Rumor has it that Ibai himself may step into the ring for one of the fights. Previous events in the series have drawn millions of viewers and set multiple viewership records on Twitch.
La Velada del Año IV stage
August:
RTA in Japan Summer 2025 (TBA // Speedrun Event)
RTA in Japan is one of Asia's top speedrunning marathons, held twice a year in the summer and winter. It follows a similar format to the American Games Done Quick marathons and shares the same charitable goals, but is specifically targets Asian audience. The last summer event attracted 85,076 Peak Viewers and amassed over 6,700,000 Hours Watched.
Esports Awards 2025 (TBA // Award Ceremony)
The Esports Awards are held annually to honor the top performers in the esports industry, including players, publishers, videographers, journalists, and more. The 10th anniversary event will take place in August in Riyadh, coinciding with the Esports World Cup festival.
September:
Apple September Event (TBA // Tech Event)
Apple hosts several official events each year to unveil its latest devices and products. The biggest of these events takes place in September, where the company typically announces new iPhone models, Apple Watches, and other devices. In September 2025, Apple is expected to reveal the iPhone 17, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and a new version of the MacBook.
Z Event 2025 (TBA // Charity Event)
The Z Event is a French-speaking charity project created by Adrien ‘’ZeratoR’’ Nougaret and Alexandre ‘’Dach’’ Dachary, designed to bring together French streamers to raise donations for a good cause. The event is hosted on the Twitch platform. The most recent Z Event peaked at over 580,634 viewers.
October:
TwitchCon San Diego 2025 (Oct 17-19 // Convention)
TwitchCon San Diego is a larger version of TwitchCon Rotterdam. The event typically features panels, meet-and-greets with popular streamers, live performances, gaming tournaments, and various interactive experiences. TwitchCon serves as a space for fans to connect with their favorite creators and for the gaming and streaming community to network and learn from each other.
Stream Fighters 4 (TBA // Boxing Event)
Stream Fighters is a boxing show event created by popular Colombian streamer Luis ‘’westcol’ Álvarez’. Similar to the La Velada del Año event, Stream Fighters is mainly targeted at a Latin American audience. Stream Fighters 3 peaked at 1,606,320 viewers, making it the most-watched event in Kick platform history. While the exact date for Stream Fighters 4 hasn’t been announced yet, westcol has confirmed the event will take place.
December:
The Game Awards 2025 (Dec 11 // Award Ceremony)
The Game Awards is an annual ceremony celebrating achievements in the video game industry. Founded in 2014, the show is produced and hosted by gaming journalist Geoff Keighley. The event includes premieres of upcoming games and new updates on previously announced titles. It’s one of the most popular and respected events in the gaming world.
Geoff Keighley at The Game Awards stage
The Streamer Awards 2025 (TBA // Award Ceremony)
The Streamer Awards is an annual event that honors live streamers. Launched in 2022 by Twitch streamer Blaire ‘’QTCinderella’’, the awards celebrate and recognize streamers, mainly within the Twitch community.
Coscu Army Awards 2025 (TBA // Award Ceremony)
The Coscu Army Awards is an event that celebrates the achievements of streamers from Argentina's Twitch community, created by Argentine streamer Martín Pérez ‘’coscu’’ Disalvo.
RTA in Japan Winter 2025 (TBA // Speedrun Event)
RTA in Japan is one of the top speedrunning marathons in Asia, held twice a year in the summer and winter. It follows a format similar to the American Games Done Quick marathons and shares the same charitable goals, but is specifically geared toward a Japanese audience. The RTA in Japan Winter 2024 streams peaked at 90,090 viewers.
Jingle Jam 2025 (TBA // Charity Event)
Jingle Jam is an annual charity event hosted by Yogscast. Over two weeks, hundreds of popular streamers and content creators from the UK raise money for various causes. In Jingle Jam 2024, 678 streamers took part, with peak viewership hitting 46,886.
