Streams Charts has reviewed the spring season on Twitch, highlighting the platform's key trends. Esports sections and community casters experienced significant growth, driven by the onset of the tournament season across various games. Among popular streamers, Kai Cenat emerged as a trendsetter, hosting several impressive gaming marathons and collaborating with celebrities for joint streams.
Most Growing Categories on Twitch — Spring 2024
Valorant saw the largest growth compared to winter, generating 63.1 million more Hours Watched in spring. This increase was driven by the start of regional partner leagues and two major international tournaments: VCT 2024: Masters Madrid and VCT 2024: Masters Shanghai. Valve's Counter-Strike ranked second, with Hours Watched increasing by 46.3 million, largely due to esports events, particularly the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.
A probably unexpected entry in the top rankings is Elden Ring, which saw a significant rise in watch time thanks to a 100-hour marathon by Kai Cenat. Another surprising addition is Supermarket Simulator, which recently went viral on the platform. Many top Twitch streamers played it, including Caseoh, Ibai, Ironmouse, Gaules, and Rubius.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth also experienced significant growth, thanks to the likes of Maximilian_DOOD, CohhCarnage, and several Japanese VTubers, who collectively spent hundreds of hours streaming this new PlayStation exclusive.
In terms of percentage growth, the survival game V Rising from Stunlock Studios saw the largest increase this spring. The game's section on Twitch grew by an astounding 2489% after V Rising entered full access in May 2024. Many popular streamers, including CohhCarnage, elxokas, ZeratoR, and others, streamed the game.
The space sandbox game The Planet Crafter experienced a 1803% increase in watch time, significantly boosted by joint streams from top French streamers Locklear, Squeezie, and JLTomy.
New titles or those that have just exited early access typically show the largest percentage growth. The current meta also plays a significant role. For example, the Fallout series experienced substantial growth this spring, with interest spiking after the release of the TV series based on the game's lore.
Most Watched New Games and Categories on Twitch — Spring 2024
Among the new games this spring, Dragon’s Dogma II achieved the widest audience reach on Twitch, with over 17.1 million Hours Watched. This action RPG from Capcom was well-received by many streamers, including zackrawrr, CohhCarnage, shroud, LIRIK, Cellbit, and others. The title also led in the number of channels streaming it at its peak, with more than 4.5K+ channels.
The top three titles by watch time also included shooter games Gray Zone Warfare and Arena Breakout: Infinite. Arena Breakout: Infinite notably achieved the highest peak viewer count among new releases, with over 218K+ concurrent viewers.
Other popular new titles included Ubisoft's team-based shooter XDefiant, dubbed the "Call of Duty killer". The controversial Stellar Blade also made it into the top ten most-watched games of the spring, drawing significant attention with its provocative marketing campaign. A special shoutout goes to Manor Lords, a city-building simulator by a solo Polish game designer: it was warmly received by Twitch streamers and managed to compete with many popular titles on the platform.
Fastest growing streamers on Twitch — Spring 2024
The most followed streamer of this spring was Kai Cenat. In recent months, he has hosted numerous gaming marathons and collaborative streams with other popular Twitch streamers, as well as celebrities like Kevin Hart and Druski. Also in the top three are caseoh_ and Jynxzi, and among female streamers, alondrissa led in follower growth, with many viewers enjoying her IRL content.
Among organizations, the PGL channel saw the largest growth in followers, securing first place thanks to the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 broadcasts. Close behind were the official channels of the football media league Kings League. Most other top positions were occupied by esports channels broadcasting tournaments for Valorant, Dota 2, Overwatch, and Rainbow Six.
French streamer Michou emerged as the leader in average viewership growth this spring. His average viewers (AVG) over the last three months surged from 9.9K to 34.1K, driven largely by his participation in the French dance show Danse avec les stars (Dancing with the Stars).
Another standout among the top ten streamers is thesketchreal. Initially relatively unknown with a small following at the beginning of the year, he quickly gained popularity through collaborations with Jynxzi and the viral meme "What's up brother?", becoming one of Twitch's fastest-growing content creators.
Among female streamers, alondrissa led in average viewership growth. While she has been a regular Twitch streamer for some time, her channel reached new heights of popularity this spring.
In terms of organizational channels, the official PGL channel claimed the top spot for growth in this metric, thanks to the commencement of a new season in Counter-Strike. Close behind was the German media football league BallerLeague channel, which concluded its inaugural season in April.
Fastest Growing Twitch Teams — Spring 2024
Among Twitch organizations, Sentinels experienced the most significant growth in watch time. Compared to winter, their viewership nearly doubled, reaching 33 million Hours Watched. This surge was largely fueled by Tarik, who provided coverage of regional leagues and international Valorant tournaments. Tarik notably streamed VCT 2024: Masters Madrid, where Sentinels emerged as champions.
Twitch Women's Guild also stood out in the top 5. Mythic Talent, renowned for hosting numerous popular content creators including several from OTK, maintained its consistently strong position.
Several tournament studio channels secured spots in the top 10, including Paragon Events, PGL, and Riot Games.
Among Twitch channels with fewer than 10K average concurrent viewers, Russian streamer T2x2 stood out for the highest chat engagement, with over 36% of viewers actively participating in chat during his streams. Throughout spring, T2x2 predominantly streamed in the Just Chatting category but also dedicated time to popular games such as Minecraft and PUBG: Battlegrounds. Another notable streamer with an engagement rate slightly above 30% was Argentinean Bananirou, recognized for his IRL streams, GTA V RP servers, and gambling content.
Leading the pack in audience engagement among top Twitch channels (over 10K AVG) this spring was Spanish streamer DjMaRiiO, boasting an Engagement Rate exceeding 35%. DjMaRiiO's channel has been one of the platform's fastest-growing, maintaining viewer interest through regular streams featuring Kings League.
The most significant raids in spring 2024 involved Russian-speaking streamers evelone2004, strogo1337, and shadowkekw, who frequently raided each other, occasionally transferring between 43K to 47K viewers per raid. Among European streamers, notable raids were orchestrated by Kamet0, HandOfBlood, CDawgVA, ZeratoR, and MontanaBlack88, drawing between 37K to 42K viewers.
In the top 10, a noteworthy raid occurred from the main PGL channel to PGL_cs2. This took place on the evening of March 22 during the match between FURIA and ECSTATIC at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.
