With January coming to an end, we at Streams Charts collected all the necessary data to present you with the traditional monthly totals of different streaming platforms. In this article, we will look at the most popular YouTube Gaming and YouTube Live channels in the first month of 2023, where we saw plenty of mobile channels having an impressive viewership increase.
Top YouTube Gaming Channels in January 2023
The M4 World Championship took place in January, with the event becoming the third most popular esports tournament in history (excluding Chinese viewers), reaching a very large audience. Because of that, most of the ML:BB channels that broadcast the event saw a huge increase in the HW metric, with the top five being made up of only ML:BB channels. The game's official channel occupies first place with 11.7 million Hours Watched, while MPL Indonesia and ML: BB Indonesia close out the podium respectively.
Moroccan streamer ilyas elmaliki - الياس المالكي is the first non-organizational channel on this list. Ilyas elmaliki streams a variety of content, playing games such as FIFA, or GTA V, reacting to videos, and also interacting with his fans and other content creators through TikTok lives while streaming. In January, viewers watched him for 4.8 million hours, securing him sixth place.
North American streaming star TimTheTatman comes after him with 3 million HW. TimTheTatman is known for playing a plethora of battle royale games, but lately, he streams Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 almost exclusively. He plays with other top content creators like Nickmercs, Swagg, cloakzy, among others, and his broadcasts are always full of funny moments. Internet sensation IShowSpeed was the eighth most-watched channel of January. As usual, IShowSpeed created very unique content, streaming with celebrities, playing various games, and streaming the Al Nassar vs PSG match that he saw in person.
In ninth place, we have Marsha Ozawa, the biggest ML:BB content creator on the platform, with 2.7 million Hours Watched. Closing the list we have arguably the most popular VTuber in the world, Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら. She plays a plethora of games, but Minecraft was her title of choice in January.
When it comes to the most popular YouTube Gaming channels of January, the list is pretty similar to the one mentioned above, having only two new entrances. The ML:BB channels dominated the ranking, with six channels on the list. Once again, the top five is only made up of ML:BB channels that broadcast the popular M4 World Championship.
The first new entrance into this list was the one of Windah Basudara. He is an Indonesian variety streamer, who broadcasts games such as Dead Space, The Man From The Window 2, and FIFA 22 mobile. It was in one of his FIFA 22 mobile broadcasts, that he had 150K Peak Viewers. Crazy Raccoon is the second new channel on the list. The Japanese esports organization created an Apex Legends tournament series for content creators that usually captivated the attention of many viewers. An impressive 146K simultaneous viewers tuned into the event, securing them the ninth place on this list.
Top Non-Gaming YouTube Live Channels in January 2023
When it comes to the most watched non-gaming YouTube channels, the popular Lofi Girl music channel sits in the first place, with a 25% increase in HW compared to December. It dethroned CazéTV, which went from first place in December to not even making the top 10 this month. Argentinian news channel Todo Noticias occupies the second place with 15 million HW, while the Arabic YouTube channel of popular news outlet AlJazeera closes the podium.
Vietnamese channel FPT Bóng Đá Việt, which is a channel dedicated exclusively to the coverage of the Vietnamese football scene, saw an impressive 28% increase in HW compared to the previous month. The most important event it broadcasted was the 2022 AFF CUP, but it also streamed the under-21 Vietnamese league regularly. Both events played an important part in the good viewership numbers achieved. It climbed an astonishing seven places, being one of the new entries on the list.
Pastor Jerry Eze channel also saw a huge increase in HW, with viewers watching him for 6.3 million hours this month. The digital evangelist, who streams regularly, and is the creator of Streams of Joy International, one of the biggest online prayer platforms in the world, climbed an impressive seven places. The ninth and tenth place are occupied by two Brazilian religious channels, with Bispo Bruno Leonardo being watched for 6.3 million hours, while Ir Kelly Patricia OFICIAL closed the list with 6.3 million HW.
The match between Al Nassar and PSG, which put face to face arguably two of the best football players in history, Mesi and Cristiano Ronaldo, was able to reach a worldwide audience. The official PSG channel broadcasted the match, reaching an incredible 1.3 million Peak Viewers, which tuned in to watch possibly the last time these two generational talents faced each other.
Vietnamese football channel FPT Bóng Đá Việt, occupies the second place, with the broadcast of the 2022 AFF CUP grand final, which saw Thailand defeat Vietnam 3-2, reaching 1 million PV. Closing out the top three we have the Miss Universe channel, which had 910K simultaneous viewers tuning in to watch R'Bonney Gabriel lift the trophy.
Vietnam Sports secured fourth place, while Brazilian streamer CazéTV had 793K PV watching the game between Vasco and Volta Redonda for the Campeonato Carioca de Futebol. Worth noting that four of the five most popular streams in January are from football events. Popular South Korean record label SMTown, organized their annual concert called SMTown Live, which captivated the interest of thousands of fans. The concert was broadcasted on their official YouTube channel, and had 736K viewers that came together to watch the many talented singers of the agency perform.
In seventh place we have Bispo Bruno Leonardo with 511K PV, followed by Egyptian social media star Hamdy Ashour. The official channel of the campeonato paulista, is yet another sports channel that made it into the list, with 423K PV watching the match between Inter de Limeira and Corinthians. Last but not least, we have ФЕЙГИН LIVE with 421K HW.