The leading Twitch channels of March were the ones covering esports tournaments such as the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 (Counter-Strike) and the VCT 2024 Masters Madrid (Valorant). Additionally, streams by ibai and KaiCenat garnered significant popularity among viewers; among female streamers, ironmouse emerged as the most-watched. Furthermore, Kyedae's channel made it to the top ten channels by peak viewership across the entire platform.
The total Hours Watched of Twitch in March increased by 2% compared to the February, largely due to the difference in the number of days. As for other metrics, they continue to show a downward trend; the most significant decrease was observed in the average number of viewers, which dropped by almost 5%.
The number of channels also slightly decreased, with the decline starting from January 2024. Overall, such fluctuations are quite common for the platform and can be attributed to various factors. For instance, the number of channels on the platform significantly increased due to holidays and various New Year events in December-January, but now an expected decline is occurring.
Most Watched Games and Categories on Twitch, March 2024
Compared to February, there were almost no major changes in the top Twitch sections — the first seven categories maintained their order. In March, viewers of the platform watched slightly fewer streams of League of Legends, but there was an increase in watch time for Valorant and Counter-Strike, all thanks to the VCT 2024 Masters Madrid and PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.
Overall, the Counter-Strike section showed the largest growth among the top 10 categories, with a 36.5% increase in viewing hours compared to February. As for the biggest decline, Fortnite experienced a decrease of around 17% in the same metric.
Towards the bottom of the rankings, there were no significant rearrangements. Apex Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone swapped positions, while Minecraft exited the ranking, making way for Overwatch 2 to claim the tenth spot. It's worth noting that Blizzard's shooter received several updates in March, one of which included the addition of a new hero. Additionally, Overwatch 2 launched a new series of esports tournaments.
Most Watched Twitch Channels, March 2024
Most popular Twitch channels by watch time and peak viewership, March 2024
The most watched Twitch channel in March was Gaules, who broadcasted Counter-Strike matches round the clock. Throughout the month, Gaules accumulated 16.1 million Hours Watched, almost double compared to February. Gaules covered such events as BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2024, PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, and others.
In the second position is the American streamer Kai Cenat, who amassed over 10.6 million HW — a 71% increase compared to February. This growth was due to a significant increase in Kai's airtime. Additionally, the streamer engaged in several notable activities, including a 50-hour streaming marathon featuring the Red Dead Redemption game series.
Occupying the third spot in the rankings is Jynxzi, the previous month's leader and the most popular Rainbow Six Siege streamer. In March, his channel generated over 10.2 million HW, thanks to daily broadcasts and a plethora of entertaining content with guests. For instance, Jynxzi organized show matches in Rainbow Six Siege featuring popular Twitch streamers. Guests on his streams included shroud, Kai Cenat, Caseoh, and others.
The channel of tournament operator PGL secured the fourth spot in March's ranking with a total of 9.8 million HW. This channel hosted the official English broadcast of the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, the first world championship for Counter-Strike 2 by Valve.
American streamer Tarik claimed the fifth position in the March ranking. Throughout the month, his channel accumulated 9.1 million HW, primarily driven by tournament broadcasts of Valorant. It's worth noting that Tarik is the most popular community caster for the discipline and actively covered the VCT 2024 Masters Madrid. The Sentinels, where Tarik is credited as a content creator, emerged as the champions of the Spanish tournament.
Popular Spanish streamer ibai secured the sixth position, with his channel accumulating 7.4 million HW in March. Interestingly, despite increasing his viewing hours by 8% compared to the previous month, ibai dropped from the fourth to the sixth position in the overall ranking, as other streamers outperformed. In March, ibai covered the LEC and Superliga for League of Legends, football matches of his team in the Kings League, and announced the boxing event LA VELADA DEL AÑO IV: the announcement stream was watched by 800K Peak Viewers.
The seventh position went to Japanese streamer kato_junichi0817, whose channel amassed almost 6.8 million HW. As usual, he played various indie titles throughout the month and spent over 110 streaming hours in Overwatch 2 and Valorant.
Brazilian streamer Baiano accumulated 6.7 million HW in March, nearly the same as his channel had in February. Throughout last month, Baiano actively covered tournament matches in regional leagues for League of Legends. Besides games in CBLOL and LCS, he also began showcasing some matches from LCK and LPL.
Caseoh generated 6.5 million HW in March. ;The biggest' American streamer managed to play dozens of different titles last month, including ROBLOX, Fall Guys, A Difficult Game About Climbing, and others.
In February, Japanese streamer fps_shaka ranked in the top 3 most-watched channels of the platform, but he only held the 10th position by the end of March. Last month, shaka's channel garnered 6.5 million HW, mainly thanks to broadcasts of Grand Theft Auto V and Street Fighter 6.
Most Watched Twitch Streamers, March 2024
Most popular Twitch streamers by watch time and peak viewership, February 2024
Nearly all positions in the March channel rankings were occupied by channels owned by streamers. The only exception was the PGL channel, which hosted the official English broadcasts of the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. Excluding this channel, the tenth spot in the ranking would go to ohnePixel, a popular community caster for Counter-Strike 2 from Germany. Last month, he extensively covered tournaments in the discipline, including the major in Denmark. Thanks to this coverage, ohnePixel's channel generated 6.4 million HW.
Most Watched Female Twitch Streamers, March 2024
Most popular Female Twitch streamers by watch time and peak viewership, February 2024
The most-watched female streamer in March was ironmouse, who rose from the eighth position to the top spot in the ranking. Throughout the month, her channel accumulated 2.33 million Hours Watched, which is twice as much as she had in February. Primarily, ironmouse hosted streams in the Just Chatting section last month, along with playing Supermarket Simulator, HELLDIVERS 2, Lethal Company, and other games.
Canadian streamer Kyedae secured the second position with 1.5 million HW. She garnered a significant portion of these hours through Valorant broadcasts and community casting for the VCT 2024 Masters Madrid. It's worth noting that Kyedae made it to the top 10 of the platform's overall rating by peak online viewership in March (including male streamers).
Maintaining her spot in the top 3 was streamer Mira, who hosts streams in Just Chatting and Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches categories. Compared to the previous month, her viewership hours increased from 1.27 million to 1.4 million HW, thanks to the growth in streaming hours.
Korean streamer Jinnytty made a comeback to the female top rankings. In February, she didn't make it to the top 10, but in March, she secured the fourth position with 1.3 million HW. Last month, Jinnytty primarily conducted outdoor streams, exploring colorful locations in Taiwan.
Mexican streamer Rivers_gg claimed the fifth position in the ranking with 1.3 million HW. Last month, she slightly increased her streaming hours, but her content remained largely unchanged — focusing mainly on broadcasting matches of her teams in the media football leagues Kings League and Queens League.
American streamer Emiru dropped from the second to the sixth position in the ranking. Last month, her channel accumulated 1.2 million HW, which was almost consistent with February's figures. Emiru mainly entertained viewers in the Just Chatting category and participated in joint streams with Alinity, Knut, Mizkif, and other streamers.
The seventh position in the ranking went to IJenz, a popular ASMR streamer from Spain. In March, IJenz's channel generated 1.13 million HW thanks to daily streams in the Just Chatting section. She mainly entertained viewers with various ASMR content related to sound effects.
Zentreya maintained her position at the eighth spot in the ranking, accumulating just over 1 million HW for the month (a figure similar to February's). In March, this American streamer actively played various titles, including Supermarket Simulator, HELLDIVERS 2, and Lethal Company.
Closing out the top 10 are asianbunnyx and BotezLive, who trailed slightly behind Zentreya in terms of hours watched. In terms of content, asianbunnyx specializes in bikini streams in the Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches category, while BotezLive focuses on chess and poker.
Leading in peak online viewership among female streamers was Kyedae — she gathered 148K Peak Viewers during the broadcast of the VCT 2024 Masters Madrid grand finals for Valorant. Coming in second for this metric was the channel of Spanish streamer IamCristinini, who covered the ÍDOLO 2024 event. Over 63 thousand viewers tuned in live to this ceremony.
