YouTube Gaming in April 2026 continued to be dominated by esports, with Mobile Legends: Bang Bang's monthly watch time spiking by 94% as its regional leagues kicked off properly. Various other titles also headed toward their mid-season championships, meaning studio channels and independent content creators focused on the coverage of matches across games last month.
MLBB received particular attention on livestreaming, meaning that a lot of the most popular organization channels and streamers last month made this YouTube Gaming list by covering the mobile MOBA. VTubers also kept at it, with multiple names entering these lists as they kept fans engaged with their variety gaming content.
Top YouTube Gaming organization channels, April 2026
The official channels of two of the most prominent MLBB regional leagues bookended this top ten leaderboard, led by MPL Indonesia, which reached 9.3 million Hours Watched (HW) in April 2026. It was joined by MPL Malaysia, which covered the action from the circuit of the same name to accrue almost 1.6 million watch hours.
Multiple League of Legends channels also made it here, as the numerous regional circuits in this PC MOBA entered the midway points of their Group Stages. LCK Tiếng Việt (official Vietnamese channel), LCK-Carry (Taiwanese), and LCK Global (English audiences) accumulated between 2 and 3 million HW to find places here.
Another popular mobile title on YouTube and in the Southeast Asian region, Arena of Valor, had a pair of channels that covered its diverse esports ecosystem. Both covered the league in Vietnam, the game's biggest market today, combining to put up over 6 million watch hours in April 2026.
We also saw representation from top studio channels covering tournaments in Counter-Strike and Dota 2. The ESL Counter-Strike channel livestreamed action from the IEM Rio 2026, while PGL broadcast the action from multiple competitions, including the PGL Wallachia Season 8 and the PGL Bucharest 2026.
Last but not least is Dozle (ドズル社), the Japanese content group that has been taking these monthly rankings by storm recently thanks to its Minecraft content. The channel continued to focus on streams related to challenges in the sandbox game and an ongoing marathon livestream where the members are investigating urban legends on a desert island.
When it comes to the channels with the highest single-moment peaks in viewership in April 2026, the entries are similar to the ones above, thanks to the quality esports actions that fans got to witness. Among fresh entries, the official Brawl Stars channel took the second spot thanks to the latest Brawl Talk, which almost touched 359,000 Peak Viewers. The biggest news for fans from this broadcast was the introduction of three new brawlers.
The VALORANT Esports LA studio channel finished fourth after the stream of the ENVY vs LOUD clash at the VCT Americas Stage 1 peaked at just over 182,000 viewers. It was joined in this top ten leaderboard by the official channel of Japanese esports organization REJECT, whose broadcast of the team member Umehara taking on MenaRD match at the Evo Legends Live reached 162.5K PV.
Channels covering the Indonesian and Malaysian MPL circuits also found places here. Joining them was the Garena RoV Thailand channel, which streams everything related to the Arena of Valor competitive segment in the Southeast Asian nation.
Top YouTube Gaming streamers, April 2026
TheBurntPeanut continued to reign atop these rankings, putting up just over 10 million HW last month, which was almost three times higher than any other entry. He was joined by fellow VTubers Pekora Ch., Kanae Channel, and Subaru Ch., whose content continued to focus on games and collaborations endemic to their country, Japan.
Ade "set1awanade" Pamungkas was among the most-watched and most popular MLBB influencers last month, reiterating his status as one of the top destinations for fans to watch esports matches. This fame also regularly helps him finish among the top community streamers at competitions like the MPL Indonesia.
Indian video gaming creator Yash "LoLzZz Gaming" Thakker was back in this leaderboard after missing out recently, with the broadcasts of his Conqueror rank push earning plenty of eyeballs. He was joined by the popular CS2 creator SL4M & Counter-Strike, run by Igor Sopov, who continues to be the top destination for Russian-speaking fans looking to catch the legendary shooter's esports action.
There was also the pair of star Brazilian esports broadcasters, Alexandre "Gaules" Borba and Gustavo "BaianoTV" Gomes, who made it here yet again. The former, an iconic name in the country's CS2 circle, continued providing top-notch coverage of its games, while the latter streamed LoL leagues like LCS, LCK, and LPL.
The most popular YouTube Gaming streamers list had a different feel to it, as a few new names made the cut. RRQSutsujin, the channel of RRQ Jungler Arthur "Sutsujin" Sunarkho, was third with 154.4K PV thanks to his restream of the MPL Indonesia Week 2 Day 3 match between his team and Team Liquid ID.
He was joined by the Russian World of Tanks guide maker KorbenDallas Топ Стрелок, who puts up honest and detailed guides for all the game's tanks, helping players learn how to play the team-based MMO action game. BGMI pro and content creator Jonathan "JONATHAN GAMING" Amaral was also in this leaderboard, attracting over 100K PV for a suit opening in stream.
MLBB content received the most single spike moment among YouTube Gaming streamers in April 2026. The likes of set1awanade, Steven "Steven Age" Gunawan, Rivaldi "R7 Tatsumaki Fatah, Deden "RRQ Clayyy" Nurhasan, and Delwyn "CEOKOPAT ALTER EGO" Sukamto saw their livestreams peak at over 130K viewers thanks to live coverage of restreams of its various ongoing regional leagues.
