As more and more esports titles saw their seasons get underway in March 2026, the viewership rankings for the month reflected this trend on YouTube Gaming. Almost all the top organization channels by watch time and concurrent viewership made the leaderboard based on their coverage of various events happening across the world.
Among YouTube Gaming streamers, the dominance of VTubers waned compared to the February 2026 ranking as these genre-specific content creators fell into their regular livestreaming patterns as opposed to participating in early-season events or showcases. However, the top esports community casters continued to put in high viewership figures as they also broadcast the myriad competitions taking place last month.
Top YouTube Gaming organization channels, March 2026
KRAFTON INDIA ESPORTS continued its streak as one of the most-watched studio channels on YouTube Gaming last month, reaching the top of the mountain with 7.74 million Hours Watched (HW). This signaled a 142% jump from February 2026, when it finished second on the table, with all the streams consisting of the matches from the record-breaking Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2026. A unique aspect of this channel, which undoubtedly helped it rack up such a massive monthly watch time figure, was the fact that the action from this tournament was broadcast in almost 10 regional Indian languages.
Next is ESL Counter-Strike, which fell a place to second from Ferbruary 2026's ranking after accruing 3.39 million HW last month. The channel streamed the ESL Pro League Season 23, which followed a new format where the opening rounds were held online to accommodate a massive LAN finale in Stockholm. In front of a live audience at the Annexet Arena, Natus Vincere eased past Aurora Gaming 3:1 to claim the title and enter the ESL Grand Slam race alongside Team Vitality, Spirit and FURIA.
Rounding off the podium is another channel covering Counter-Strike 2 action — BLAST Premier. This Danish studio spent March 2026 broadcasting action from the BLAST Open Spring 2026, held at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and won by Team Vitality. Coverage of matches from Day 6 ended among the channels' most popular streams as fans tuned in to catch heavyweight clashes like NAVI v Aurora Gaming, and Team Falcons v FURIA.
The VALORANT Champions Tour official channel takes the fourth spot after accumulating 2.98 million watch hours in March 2026. It live-streamed action from the Valorant Masters Santiago, which saw a new force emerge on the game's scene in the form of South Korean side NS RedForce. Quite a few viewership trends emerged from this top-tier event, which interested readers can check out here.
Arena of Valor continued to remain a huge draw among YouTube gaming audiences, with two official channels making this top ten table. Liên Quân Mobile eSports-Garena, which mainly covers the mobile MOBA's events in Vietnam, finished fifth thanks to coverage of the ongoing Arena of Glory Spring 2026. Garena RoV Thailand, meanwhile, took the eighth spot thanks to streams of the country's top domestic league, the ongoing RoV Pro League 2026 Summer.
With regional action in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang also beginning to pick up steam post the highs of the M7 World Championship, the MPL Indonesia channel put up just over 2.1 million watch hours to finish sixth. It was joined by Dozle (ドズル社), which continued its run of making these monthly rankings as the faces behind the channel continued to take on more Minecraft-related challenges.
Two channels covering Dota 2 round off this list, led by PGL, as some top teams battled it out for the PGL Wallachia Season 7 crown at the PGL Studio in Bucharest. Then there is ESL Dota 2, which live broadcast two competitions last month — the ESL One Birmingham 2026 and the DreamLeague Season 28 — with Tundra Esports clinching both titles.
When it comes to the most popular YouTube Gaming organization channels, two mobile esports titles took the cake. KRAFTON INDIA ESPORTS and MPL Indonesia took the top two spots, reiterating the genre's hold on the platform, especially among South and Southeast Asian audiences.
League of Legends also found representation through three channels, all covering the numerous regional leagues happening around the world. The CBLOL and LCK channels covered the Brazilian and Korean circuits, while the official LoL Esports channel streamed matches from the 2026 First Stand, the first global championship on the PC MOBA's calendar.
The Monster Strike Official channel also made it here on the back of a stream from March 28 that reached 132,648 Peak Viewers (PV). This Special Program saw the game celebrate its "12.5 Half Anniversary" with a celebration that included adjustments to many popular characters and several temporary missions and campaigns designed to reward players.
We also had the official Vspo! channel on this standing, thanks to a livestream that touched 113,989 PV. This number was reached during its event, VSPO! SHOWDOWN 2026, an esports event held at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo on March 21 and 22. What caught the attention of fans and viewers was that Vspo! members faced formidable opponents like active and former professional esports players and streamers in Valorant, League of Legends, and Street Fighter 6, making for an entertaining spectacle.
Top YouTube Gaming streamers, March 2026
TheBurntPeanut continued to reign atop the leaderboard for content creators on the red platform's gaming section. The star Virtual YouTuber racked up 11.46 million HW in March 2026, almost three times more than the next-best entry. Interestingly, the American veered away from his trademark game, ARC Raiders, and focused on collaboration streams that invovled titles like The Isle, Fortnite and Counter-Strike 2.
Two more VTubers, Pekora Ch. and Miko Ch., entered this top ten, each pulling in over 2.6 million watch hours last month. Both had some major streams that caught the attention of the community, with Miko celebrating her birthday at the start of March 2026. Pekora also made news with her Hololive Mario Tennis Tournament involving members of the popular agency, which did a decent 519,592 watch hours.
Two Brazilian legends, Alexandre "Gaules" Borba and Gustavo "BaianoTV" Gomes, take up the other podium spots. The latter covered most of the matches from the Brazilian League of Legends circuit, CBLOL. He also co-cast the First Stand 2026, where the Upper Bracket Semifinals between LOUD and LYON ended among his most-watched live streams. Similarly, Gaules was busy live broadcasting the numerous CS2 tournaments mentioned above.
Among other YouTube Gaming creators to appear here are Windah Basudara, the renowned Indonesian MLBB co-caster, and Hoàng Luân, the popular League of Legends community streamer. Windah Basudara also spent a lot of time playing titles like Megastore Simulator and Resident Evil Requiem, while his Vietnamese counterpart stuck to covering LoL matches for his legions of fans.
We also saw American representation from Darren "IShowSpeed" Watkins Jr. and Caylus "CaylusBlox" Cunningham. Marking his return to proper video game livestreaming, Speed spent a lot of time exploring the zombie genre, including playing titles like The Walking Dead and Resident Evil Requiem.
The peak live viewership table has a similar feel to the one above, with Baiano leading the pack after reaching 244,024 PV during a live stream of the CBLOL Cup 2026 Grand Final between LOUD and Red Canids. He is joined by fellow LoL caster in Dương "Killerqueen" Anh Vũ and Hoàng Luân here, as with the former hitting 176,249 PV for his coverage of the First Stand 2026 Upper Bracket Semifinals between Gen.G and JD Gaming, his second most popular stream ever.
There's another new name in the form of Crispy Cendy, an Indonesian video gaming enthusiast. His broadcast from March 3, which was available only to his channel's members, reached 170,402 PV as he played Grand Theft Auto V and discussed various topics with his viewers and fans on chat.
Rising Roblox creator ViewSIM also made his debut on these rankings, having seen a stream peak at around 130,000 viewers. It focused on a new update in the Garden Horizons game, with the British streamer giving his viewers a playthrough of all the new tweaks and additions, something his channel has become prominent for within the community.
