Twitch Hall of Fame: All-time records for channels, categories, and more

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As perhaps the most prominent livestreaming service across the globe, Twitch has lots to offer. With genres and segments ranging from video games to vlogs to sports to music to cooking, there's content of some kind available for everyone to enjoy.

The platform has also been around for a long time, enough to iron out flaws and help it endure not only competition but also any controversies (of which there have been quite a few). This longevity is also why there are a bunch of records that streamers on Twitch have been able to break regularly over the years.

Be it the number of followers gained, the highest Peak Viewers (PV) for any broadcast, or live subscribers gained, such records hold immense popularity, especially among fans and audiences. Streams Charts has put together a list of all current records held on Twitch.

General records on Twitch

All-time Peak Viewers: 6,741,553 PV (Jul 13 2024)

Last summer, Ibai "ibai" Llanos hosted the fourth edition of his highly popular streamer boxing event, La Velada del Año IV. Alongside playing a major role in the platform hitting a new high, it was also a personal record (and a streamer one) for the Spanish superstar's Twitch channel.

All-time Peak Channels: 250,095 (Dec 2, 2023)

Fortnite is the big player here, with its legendary event, The Big Bang, bringing to an end its highly successful 27th season, dubbed "Fortnite OG" as it brought back all the game's original content. Epic Games' builder-shooter contributed a record number of peak channels to this number, aided by an in-game Eminem concert. It also meant that Epic Games' popular title still holds the record for all-time peak channels by a game at 146,976.

Top category by Peak Viewers: League of Legends (3,111,143 PV on Nov 6, 2022)

The legendary Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) remains the gold standard for high peak concurrent viewership numbers among PC games, reaching 3.1 million PV during the all-Korean 2022 World Championship Grand Final between T1 and DRX.

Top category by Peak Channels: Just Chatting (13,299 on Feb 17, 2021)

Undoubtedly the most-watched category on Twitch, Just Chatting hit its peak in terms of streamer activity at the start of 2021 after growing substantially in 2020 thanks to the lockdown era.

Streamer records on Twitch

Overall streamer with the highest Peak Viewers: ibai (3,846,256 PV on Jul 13, 2024)

Ibai hit this landmark figure during the fourth edition of his La Velada del Año boxing event last summer. Interestingly, each subsequent iteration of this highly sought-after influencer tournament has been able to do record numbers, with the Kings League co-founder the only channel to pass the 3 million PV mark on the Amazon-owned platform.

Female streamer with the highest Peak Viewers: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (438,688 PV on Oct 21, 2020)

During the height of the COVID-19 lockdown era, Alexandria "AOC" Ocasio-Cortez debuted on Twitch by playing Among Us with fellow Congresswoman Ilhan "ilhan" Omar, Hasan "HasanAbi" Piker, and Pokimane, among others, attracting a record online crowd that still stands.

VTuber with the highest Peak Viewers: NimuVT (88,828 PV on Mar 8, 2022)

Former Spanish VTubing sensation NimuVT makes this leaderboard thanks to her live broadcast from March 2022, where she discussed her Twitter (now X) activity with viewers and reacted to other trending topics.

Most followed overall streamer: Ninja (19.2 million followers)

As perhaps the first superstar to emerge globally on Twitch, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has enjoyed a legendary career in content creation. This fame has translated into a scarcely believable following on the purple platform, where he has been the most followed streamer for years.

Most followed female streamer: Pokimane (9.3 million followers)

Another early player on Twitch who used the growing livestreaming scene in the early 2010s to become a platform mainstay, Imane "Pokimane" Anys is one of the most recognisable females in the community today, enjoying a fanbase that is as loyal as they come.

Most followed VTuber: NimuVT (2.5 million followers)

  For a while, NimuVT was the most popular non-Japanese VTuber   

Now an ex-VTuber, NimuVT  quickly rose through the ranks after joining Twitch in 2021, becoming the biggest independent Virtual YouTuber by followers and the largest VTuber outside Japan during that time.

Most subscribed overall streamer: Kai Cenat (728,535 subscribers)

Kai Cenat became the top Twitch creator by subscribers during his first subathon before reclaiming it in November 2024 during the second edition of his 24x7 broadcasting activity — dubbed the Mafiathon.

Most subscribed female/VTuber: Ironmouse (326,252 subscribers)

The streamer to break Kai Cenat's all-time subscriber record, albeit for a short period, Ironmouse did so during her annual charity subathon in October 2024.

Other achievements

Hype train record: Vedal at level 111 (56% to level 112) on Jan 1, 2025

  Neuro-sama is Britain's biggest VTuber today   

Earlier this year, Vedal, the British developer and level 5 certified hacker, saw his AI VTuber Neuro-sama break the Twitch Hype Train record set early in 2024 by Jason Thor "PirateSoftware" Hall.

Twitch channel with the most total views: Fextralife (2.1 million views)

Fextralife is a popular American video game community and news resource run by a team of dedicated gamers that provides game-related news, reviews, and guides.

Most popular Twitch clip: dota wtf by 4l411 (11.78 million views)

This clip by user 4l411 featured him playing as Dota 2's Legion Commander against Rubick and using a slight glitch to brush off the latter's Telekinesis ability and get the kill.

All-time Twitch records