xQc remains undeniably the most-viewed streamer from North America, accumulating over 23 million Hours Watched on both Twitch and Kick platforms in Q3. Speaking of individual platforms, Tarik took the lead on Twitch, Adin Ross faced no competition on Kick, and DrDisrespect once again topped the YouTube Gaming charts. In turn, viewers on Rumble preferred The Dan Bongino Show channel, where politics and world news were discussed.
Most Watched Streamers from North America — Q3 2023
Two Kick streamers made it into the Top 10 at once
In Q3, 2023, xQc became the most popular streamer from North America. His streams on Twitch and Kick brought him a total of 23.2 million Hours Watched.
In second place of the Top is Tarik. Over the three-month period, his Twitch channel accumulated 18.4 million Hours Watched, mainly from Valorant and Counter-Strike streams. A significant portion of his HW time was amassed thanks to the Valorant Champions 2023 community casting.
Adin Ross secures third place in the overall Top as the most popular Kick streamer. In the third quarter, he accumulated 17.4 million HW, primarily through conversational broadcasts on hot topics, streams with guests, gambling, etc. It is worth noting that in September, Adin Ross even set a channel record for Peak Viewers: his stream with an actor portraying Kim Jong-un was watched by over 333K PV.
Kai Cenat ranks fourth among North American streamers with the most views. His Twitch channel got 16.7 million HW between July and September. Kai enthusiastically engaged his audience with a range of streams during the quarter, inviting guests on air, sharing his international adventures, and even causing mayhem by igniting fireworks in his home for Independence Day celebrations.
American streamer k3soju, representing the organization Cloud9, secures fifth place on the leaderboard with a total of 13.8 million HW. All of his streams are dedicated to the game Teamfight Tactics, where he is the most popular community caster for the discipline.
Jynxzi also only plays one game — the shooter Rainbow Six Siege. During the third quarter of the year, Jynxzi's streams accumulated 13.3 million HW. Interestingly, he became the leader in terms of Twitch subscriptions in August. Read our special article to find out how exactly he managed to do it.
At the end of the third quarter, HasanAbi racked up 13.1 million HW. HasanAbi has historically covered a variety of topics on his streams, including current events, political remarks, controversies in the entertainment sector, and more.
In the third quarter, nearly 12 million HW were accumulated on summit1g's channel. He has been playing a lot of different games over the last few months, such as GTA V RP, Sea of Thieves, Halo Infinity, Dark and Darker, Escape from Tarkov, and Counter-Strike 2.
With 10.4 million HW in the third quarter of this year, Asmongold's second channel, Zackrawrr, takes ninth place in the ranking. Zackrawrr also played a variety of games, including Life of P, New World, Diablo IV, Starfield, and most recently Cyberpunk 2077, which got the Phantom Liberty DLC.
Shroud, another popular streamer from Canada, rounds out the ranking. From July to September, his Twitch channel accumulated 9.6 million HW. During these months, Shroud played a variety of games, but he gained the most HW thanks to playing Starfield, Counter-Strike 2, Diablo IV, and Cyberpunk 2077.
Most Watched Streamers on Twitch — Q3 2023
Without Kick statistics, the xQc position is much lower
With a few exceptions, rankings for Twitch streamers generally reflect the overall rankings. Firstly, Canadian streamer xQc dropped from first place down to eighth.
LIRIK has risen to the Top 10 Twitch streamers for the current quarter. The American streamer amassed 9.1 million HW over the last few months by playing all the highly anticipated games, such as Party Animals and Starfield.
Most Watched Streamers on YouTube Gaming — Q3 2023
Valkyrae becomes the only female streamer in the Top 10
In the overall ranking, there were no streamers from YouTube Gaming, so we created a separate ranking for this platform. DrDisRespect, the extravagant streamer from the USA, takes the top place. His channel accumulated 4.9 million HW in the third quarter of 2023, mainly thanks to his streams of CS:GO, Valorant, Apex Legends, Fortnite, and other shooters.
IShowSpeed, another YouTube Gaming star, takes second place in the ranking. This streamer played a lot of FIFA 20, GTA V, and other popular titles, which helped him accumulate 4.6 million HW. It's intriguing to consider the kind of outcomes he might accomplish on Twitch, where his channel was recently unbanned after being suspended for almost two years.
TimTheTatman rounds out the Top 3. He is another popular gamer and content creator from the USA. In the third quarter, Tim amassed 4.4 million HW thanks to his regular broadcasts of Counter-Strike, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, and Madden NFL 24.
Ludwig takes fourth place with a total of 3.8 million HW. In addition to his gaming streams, the streamer also hosts various gaming shows. For example, in Q3, he was a caster for Worlds Greatest Gamer, PogChamps 5, and other events that attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers.
KreekCraft, who amassed over 3 million HW, during the third quarter, rounds out the Top 5. This streamer is mainly known among fans of Roblox and Minecraft, as he often streams these games.
Valkyrae becomes the only female streamer in the Top 10 for the platform during the quarter. Her channel accumulated nearly 2.6 million HW during this period. Valkyrae's main games for her streams were Valorant, Minecraft, and Fortnite.
American streamer Sykkuno, whose channel accumulated about 2.3 million HW over three months, ranks seventh in the YouTube Gaming leaderboard. Sykkuno was often spotted playing Fortnite, Valorant, and Minecraft during his streams. He was also occasionally seen conducting cooperative broadcasts with Valkyrae or Ludwig.
Typical Gamer is the only Canadian (and the only non-U.S. streamer in general) to make it into the Top 10 YouTube Gaming channels. He accumulated 2.2 million HW in the quarter, mainly thanks to Fortnite streams.
DrLupo and Swagg, who amassed 1.8 million and 1.6 million HW, respectively, round out the top streamers on the platform. DrLupo spent the majority of his time playing Escape from Tarkov, while Swagg focused all his attention on Call of Duty: Warzone. By the way, he is one of the most popular community casters for the game.
Most Watched Streamers on Kick — Q3 2023
Adin Ross is Top 1 again
With almost 7.7 million HW, iceposeidon holds third place among the top Kick streams. The streamer mostly provided IRL blogs from Thailand and Australia together with gaming streams to amuse his viewers. In each of these countries, by the way, the police took him into custody. These instances are described here and here.
With 5.6 million and 3.3 million HW, respectively, ac7ionman and yourrage both reach the list of the Top 5 Kick streamers for the quarter. ac7ionman mostly interacted with viewers and organized various streaming marathons, while yourrage recorded reactions and played games. By the way, yourrage started streaming on Kick only in mid-August and has already become one of the most-watched streamers on the platform.
N3on, fousey, syztmz, Trainwreckstv, and Destiny are in the second half of the Top. These streamers mostly conducted conversational and IRL broadcasts on a variety of subjects, including politics, parties, travel, daily life, celebrity scandals, sports, and other events. A large number of them streamed in the Slots & Casino category as well.
Most Watched Streamers on Rumble — Q3 2023
The Dan Bongino Show has become the most popular channel on Rumble for the third quarter of the year, accumulating 3.3 million HW in three months. During his broadcasts, Dan Bongino, the channel's host, discusses the latest news, global politics, scandals surrounding the upcoming U.S. elections, and more.
The channels RiceGum and SNEAKO, which amassed 2.6 million and 2.3 million HW, respectively, are in the Top 3 leaders. Interestingly, these two channels have similar content, primarily consisting of IRL streams and meetings with other streamers. Recently, RiceGum and SNEAKO even held a joint stream with n3on, a popular Kick streamer.
The channel tatespeech of the controversial influencer Andrew Tate ranks fourth in the ranking for Rumble. In the third quarter of the year, it accumulated 1.8 million HW.
Steven Crowder, an American-Canadian political commentator and comedian, is in fifth place. He accumulated 1.6 million HW from July to September of 2023.
The Top 10 for the quarter also includes The Charlie Kirk Show, Wendy Bell Radio, philgodlewski, Rekieta Law, and Akademiks channels. The majority of their broadcasts center on conversations about world politics, celebrities, scandals, and other topics.
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