January 2026 was a busy month for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, as the most coveted event on its esports calendar, the M7 World Championship, took place throughout the month. As a result, quite a few studio channels and community streamers reaffirmed their presence near the top of our monthly YouTube Gaming rankings.
A swiftly-rising VTuber continued his run as one of the red platform's most preferred destinations for all things gaming and entertainment. He was joined by prominent influencers from the video gaming world who are regulars on our top-ten leaderboard for streamers, including those who play Fortnite and Roblox.
Top YouTube Gaming organization channels, January 2026
Official MLBB channels dominate these standings, with the top spot going to MPL Indonesia, which accrued 17.77 million Hours Watched (HW) last month. Reiterating its reputation as one of the most-watched and popular YouTube Gaming channels in recent years, MPL Indonesia put up almost 4.5% higher watch time figures than any other entry on this list.
Another official channel covering MLBB events in the Southeast Asian nation, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Indonesia, made the top five. Indonesian fans are among the most passionate for the game and their teams, and with two representatives — Alter Ego and ONIC Esports — reaching the Knockout Stage of the latest MLBB World Championship, they ensured to throw their support behind these sides till the end.
MPL Philippines, the official channel for MLBB in the Philippines, came in second with just over 4 million HW. The tiny archipelagic country in Southeast Asia continues to punch above its weight, and its fans remain invested throughout. After yet another world title win, once again beating an Indonesian side, it showed its biggest rival that, despite its massive fan support, the Philippines remains the true king of MLBB esports.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, which covers MLBB esports globally in English, and MPL Malaysia, were the other channels covering the M7 World Championship. Malaysian fans were another big positive at the mega event, with thousands turning up for every match of their sole representative, Selangor Red Giants, as the side notched the joint-highest finish for the nation at the M Series.
The official BLAST Premier channel, which covered Counter-Strike 2 action in January 2026, was next with 2.5 million HW. The Danish esports entertainment company's global series of tournaments for the legendary shooter this year kicked off with the BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 in Malta. It saw a fresh name come out on top, as PARIVISION secured its inaugural Tier-S trophy.
KRAFTON INDIA ESPORTS, the official channel for all things related to Battlegrounds Mobile India, accumulated 2.28 million HW. The new season kicked off with the Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2026: The Grind. This was the qualification event for invited teams in the Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2026, with their final positions deciding their seedings at the upcoming BGIS 2026: Main Event.
Two official League of Legends channels, LCK Tiếng Việt and LCK Global, also feature on this leaderboard. Both put up between 1.9 million HW and 2.3 million HW as they covered the curtain raiser for the new season of the game's biggest regional league, the LoL Champions Korea, via the LCK Cup 2026, which will run until the end of February 2026.
Finally, we have a channel mostly native to Japan, Dozle (ドズル社), run by a group of five enthusiasts who provide video game commentary. Most of their content revolves around Minecraft, as they run multiple projects, including challenges and speedruns. In January 2026, the gaming group held an event, Ender Dragon RTA Dozle Cup, which focused on racing to defeat the Ender Dragon as quickly as possible.
A lot of the names from above also made the standings for the most popular organization channels in January 2026. The MPL Indonesia channel was the only one to surpass 1 million Peak Viewers (PV), reaching this figure during the final of the M7 World Championship between the Indonesian side Alter Ego and the Philippines' Aurora Gaming PH, as did most of the other MLBB channels. Only the MPL Malaysia channel reached its peak elsewhere, during the Knockout Stage Lower Bracket Final between Alter Ego and Selangor Red Giants.
Among the fresh entries, the top channel was Nintendo 公式チャンネル, which had two short livestreams at the end of the month. The second one, from January 29 and titled Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct, hit 208,721 Peak Viewers, as the presentation gave details about the upcoming title of the same name for both the Switch and Switch 2.
Another video game showcase, this time from Xbox, peaked at 191,584 viewers. This live broadcast, Developer Direct 2026, saw the iconic video gaming brand's developers give fans major updates for Forza Horizon 6, Fable, and Beast of Reincarnation, highlighting a 2026 lineup focused on both Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Among the other tournaments, BLAST Premier reached its peak of 144,594 viewers during the Bounty Winter 2026 Grand Final between PARIVISION and Team Falcons. The official Vietnamese channel for LCK, LCK Tiếng Việt, meanwhile, hit 165,976 PV during the LCK Cup 2026 Group Battle clash between DRX vs T1.
Top YouTube Gaming streamers, January 2026
TheBurntPeanut continued his rapid ascent to the top of the industry with another chart-topping performance. He was the only YouTube Gaming streamer last month to achieve over 10 million HW, and an average of 80,260 viewers proved that his livestreams are retaining a much higher audience number throughout their airtime. As was the case throughout his rise last year, the VTuber stuck to broadcasting his gameplay of ARC Raiders, including collaborations with other prominent influencers like Dennis "Cloakzy" Lepore, Bryce "HutchMF" Hutchinson and Nick "NICKMERCS" Kolcheff.
Three more VTubers, Kuzuha Channel, Pekora Ch., and Miko Ch., also made the top ten. Their content once again focused on playing multiple games across genres, especially those popular in their native Japan. The latter two were also busy participating in an event hosted by their agency, Hololive, titled Hololive New Year Game Fest 2026. Hosted by Towa Ch., Miko, and Ririka Kurumizawa (胡桃沢りりか), it featured a team-based, virtual tournament.
Two MLBB community streamers, popular among viewers for their coverage of its top events, come next. Ade "set1awanade" Pamungkas is a regular on our YouTube-related rankings, and he reiterated his fame among fans of the mobile MOBA by finishing second on this table. The Indonesian sensation spent a large part of January 2026 covering matches from the M7 World Championship, helping him accrue 4.79 million HW.
Delwyn Sukamto, the CEO and Founder of Alter Ego Esports, took the third spot with 4,73 million HW. His channel, CEOKOPAT ALTER EGO, once again did solid numbers to put him among YouTube Gaming's most-watched streamers, with his side making history by reaching its maiden MLBB World Championship final.
The last name to have made it here thanks to the M Series was Zay Casting Channel, the channel of popular MLBB caster Zay "ZyZyy" Yar So. The renowned Burmese analyst was a major destination for fans from Myanmar as its sole representative, Yangon Galacticos, went all the way to the playoffs. The Myanmar MPL champion even defeated title favorite ONIC Esports en route to finishing in the same bracket as the reigning Indonesian champion.
Andre "Typical Gamer" Rebelo, Alexandre "Gaules" Borba, and Caylus "CaylusBlox" Cunningham were the three regulars to once again make these rankings. As always, they concentrated on their most popular games, Fortnite, CS2, and Roblox, respectively, with Gaules being the only one to do so on the back of esports coverage.
Among the most popular streamers from January 2026, the top name was Delwyn Sukamto, whose channel reached a personal record of 635,634 PV during the aforementioned game between Alter Ego and Selangor Red Giants. The same was the case for ZyZyy, whose 255,465 PV came during the Swiss Stage Day 5 clash between Team Liquid PH and Yangon Galacticos.
Mexico's Abraham "ElAbrahaham" Flores once again made it to our monthly PV rankings for YouTube Gaming streamers, this time on the back of his livestreams of Minecraft and the popular Roblox game, Steal a Brainrot. Star Mobile Legends: Bang Bang streamer Rivaldi "R7 Tatsumaki" Fatah, who also covered the M7 World Championship, emerged as one of its top co-casters by peak live viewership.
Tatsumaki was joined by Amirul "Feekz" Shafiq, another Malaysian co-streamer who followed the latest M Series event throughout, especially the journey of the country's MPL champion, Selangor Red Giants. He also reached a channel record for peak concurrent viewership during the M7 World Championship playoffs Upper Bracket Final between Aurora PH and Selangor Red Giants.
