What can we say about December 2021 regarding streaming? In a new Streams Charts article we'll tell you about the most popular categories, broadcasts and streamers. And we'll also show the clip that was most viewed in December.
Most popular categories in December 2021
Just Chatting was again in first place among the categories. The category got 30 million more Hours Watched than in November. Thanks to the New Year's Day streams, the category increased its statistics. For example, on December 31 Ibai wished its viewers a happy 2022 year and attracted 801K Peak Viewers, which improved the category's results on the last day of 2021.
GTA V remained in second place, but lost 17 million Hours Watched. Meanwhile, Valorant replaced League of Legends and took third place in the top-3 Twitch categories. This was due to VALORANT Champions 2021, the final tournament in the discipline's esports season, which drew 1 million Peak Viewers, setting a discipline record.
Escape From Tarkov ranked fifth. The game hasn't been in the top 10 categories on the platform for a while, but managed to make a comeback thanks to a New Year's Eve event and Twitch Drops (broadcast viewing gifts). The game' s Hours Watched increased 7 times compared with November and moved up 35 spots in the rankings.
Fortnite increased its Hours Watched by 30% thanks to the second chapter final and the new update. Call of Duty: Warzone also returned to the top.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive had a sharp drop: the category went down 6 positions, losing 46% of Hours Watched. The BLAST Premier Fall 2021 Finals held in November improved the category's performance, but there were no major tournaments in December, so the category dropped in statistics.
Most Popular Twitch streamers in December 2021
The first place in December went to Spanish streamer TheGrefg. He overtook the leader xQc thanks to a subscription marathon, accumulating 26 million Hours Watched. He streamed for 30 days uninterruptedly (682 hours on air) as part of the marathon and made it into the top 10.
Pestily took third place. He made it to the top thanks to Escape From Tarkov. He and most other streamers jump into the Twitch top on New Year's Eve.
Ibai moved up two places. The streamer amassed 10,7 million Hours Watched. Gaules lost as many as three positions. The Brazilian used to cast all major Counter-Strike:Global Offensive tournaments, but there were no more events in December, which affected his Hours Watched results.
We should mention the streamer Trainwreckstv — he held a money giveaway for viewers without announcing it in advance and donated $1 million in total. As a result, his popularity skyrocketed and he became the ninth most popular streamer of the month.
Amouranth overtook Kkatamina as the leader among female streamers, but Kyedae came right behind her. The streamer appeared in the top spot and immediately took second place thanks to Valorant. She covered the VALORANT Champions 2021 matches, the biggest tournament of the discipline. Twitch Drops were also on at the event, which also drew viewers.
Among the new faces in the top was IJenz, who has only been on Twitch for a year. The streamer creates ASMR content and that made her the fifth most popular female streamer of the month. ironmouse is another newcomer to our rankings. She streams with an anime avatar, which attracted the attention of the audience this month.
Most popular clip in December 2021
The most popular clip of December 2021 was Meowko's Japanese lady's trip to the sauna — 317 thousand views for the clip with the girl in a bathing suit.
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Most popular streams in December 2021
The most popular broadcast in December was Ibai's New Year's stream which attracted 801K Peak Viewers. Another top spots included the first day of TheGrefg marathon (349K Peak Viewers), the "last stream" of Russian TikTok content creator n3koglai (261K Peak viewers) and the Escape From Tarkov stream by Pestily from Twitch Drops (266K Peak Viewers).
Speaking about esports, the VALORANT Champions 2021 final (354K Peak Viewers) and BLAST Premier World Final 2021 (290K Peak Viewers) were in the rankings. Also in the top were the presentation of Genshin Impact update, Coscu Streamer Awards ceremony, The Game Awards and Kanye West and Drake's concert.
More December results:
Most popular tournaments in December 2021
Twitch results in 2021:
Most popular categories on Twitch in 2021
Top Female Twitch Streamers of 2021
Most watched streamers of 2021
The most watched esports channels in 2021
The most popular New Year broadcasts on Twitch in 2021
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