French livestreamed speedrunning event SpeeDons 2026 raised a record-breaking €2.34M for Médecins du monde, also known as Doctors of the World, an international humanitarian organization.
Viewership for the event maintained itself at over 34,000 average concurrent viewers. This result was bolstered by hosting re-streams for English, German, and Spanish-speaking audiences.
As usual, the official stream for SpeeDons 2026 was hosted by Xavier “mistermv” Dang, the founder of the event. Accordinng to Streams Charts, Mistermv earned over 2.53M Hours Watched and saw viewership rise over 50,000 concurrent viewers numerous times throughout the long weekend of speedrunning.
The most popular game of the event proved to be Hades II, which was run by French runner “Kyussey” and generated over 58,300 Peak Viewers (PV). While an impressive figure, this marks a significant step-down from the 78,471 PV achieved by SpeeDons 2025, and even further from the record 98,775 PV generated by SpeeDons 2023.
With over 75 games speedran throughout SpeeDons 2026, there was no shortage of action to cover. Apart from Mistermv’s own Twitch channel, it was also broadcast by SpeedrunsEspanol for a Spanish audience and Germench for German-speaking ones; the German re-stream proved more popular of these two, with over 4.5K Peak Viewers, according to Streams Charts.
However, the most popular re-stream of SpeeDons 2026 was the English broadcast hosted by GamesDoneQuick. This re-stream achieved over 11,000 Peak Viewers, although at a different time than Mistermv’s own peaks: the most popular game for the GDQ English re-broadcast of SpeeDons 6 was the Spyro Reignited Triology run, completed by speedrunner “Asukero”.
Previously, SpeeDons 2025 was also re-streamed for a Japanese audience, one larger than the German audience. However, this year, the “japanese_restream” channel covered a different livestreaming event during the same weekend: the Anime Speedruns Festival.
While SpeeDons 2026 was not the most-watched edition ever hosted by Mistermv, especially for his personal main broadcast, it still managed to reach a new donation record. While views and exposure are important, SpeeDons proves the importance of building a community, and developing a strong foundation over the years.
