Unlike last month, when esports events topped the YouTube Gaming channel rankings, July saw a return to form for many VTubers. As many as four such creators made the overall top ten leaderboard, reducing the presence of official competitive gaming channels to just three. League of Legends and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang were the two highly-followed games that maintained their presence in the top ten, with one particular star roaring back thanks to a cross-continental journey that took him all the way to the top of the standings.
Top YouTube Gaming channels in July 2024
IShowSpeed is atop the overall leaderboard after accumulating 6.2M Hours Watched in July 2024, which can mainly be attributed to his travels across Europe as he frequented German stadiums to watch the Euro 2024 matches. He was also able to garner over 310,000 concurrent viewers for one such live stream during his second visit to Poland, making this series of broadcasts his most successful in 2024.
Second and third are two esports channels that continue to dominate the Gaming section of the red platform almost every month. First up is LCK, the official handle that covers everything related to the biggest regional league in LoL. With the conclusion of the Esports World Cup 2024 for LoL and the resumption of the latest split in this series, the LCK Summer 2024, which will go on till September, fan attention has once again been piqued as they anticipate another Grand Final between T1 and Gen.G.
The MPL Indonesia channel comes third with 4.07M HW thanks to the conduct of its latest split. Most of this came from the ongoing EWC 2024, where there were men's and women's competitions in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The EWC X MLBB Mid Season Cup 2024 ended as this lucrative cross-event spectacle's most popular tournament yet, while the EWC x MLBB Women's Invitational 2024 can safely be labeled as one of the most successful tournaments in the series' history and women's esports overall.
The first of the abovementioned four VTubers is next, with Pekora Ch. hitting 2.54M HW to reclaim her place as the top name in her field. The hololive star was mostly busy playing Ark: Survival Evolved, which managed to attract the attention of quite a few influencers last month thanks to the news that it will finally be coming out of Early Access and getting an official release on August 29.
Rounding off the podium is LoLzZz Gaming, now a regular on these monthly lists and arguably the biggest Indian Battlegrounds Mobile India creator today. Most of his content revolved around gameplay challenges he set for himself, apart from an update — version 3.3 — that dropped on July 18.
Kuzuha Channel, Miko Ch., and Subaru Ch. are the other VTubers to have made this top ten leaderboard for July. Their content revolved around multiple video games like 7 Days to Die and Valorant, with the latter two also putting in quite a few hours playing Ark: Survival Evolved, which will see a lot more content coming across platforms later this year.
There was also the official Vietnamese channel for Liên Quân Mobile, the country's version of Arena of Valor, which was busy with coverage of the highly successful Arena of Valor Premier League 2024. Last comes another official channel from this Southeast nation, with LCK Tiếng Việt hitting 1.79M HW while covering the various LoL competitions held across July.
Among only streamers, seven names made the overall list, so we'll start with the eighth name, the freshest one. Indonesia's Windah Basudara, who usually streams various games, including indie games and various simulators, garnered 1.72M HW thanks to playing titles like Supernatural and Chained Together.
VTuber akirosenthal is ninth after joining the Ark: Survival Evolved bandwagon, even playing its remastered version, ARK Survival Ascended. MLBB star caster Jonathan Liandi rounds off this list, having been busy covering the numerous events taking place around the globe.
YouTube Gaming US streamers in July 2024
The list of Americans is headed by the overall leader, so we will move to the second name, TimTheTatman, who saw a negligible fall in his month-to-month watch time but jumped four places to second in July. What helped him do so well was his reliance on the series that him famous, as he played Call of Duty: Warzone the most. He also played a bit of EA SPORTS College Football 25, which managed to create a stir on Twitch at the end of July.
The first of a few Roblox creators on this top ten list is KreekCraft, who reached 10 million subscribers on YouTube thanks to a series of challenges. It involved him setting small milestones every few days and even playing the game continuously till he reached the above landmark. He also got his viewers to try and reach specific milestones regarding likes and subs, after which he would do various activities.
Renowned Call of Duty creator Swagg, who survived the cull of more than a dozen streamers when FaZe Clan underwent a reboot back in April after the GameSquare takeover, is fourth. Warzone was his title of choice, with most of his broadcasts involving playing a lot of tournaments alongside other popular influencers.
The last online personality in the top five is Ludwig, another prominent name who is able to use the reputation he has cultivated over the years to pursue lots of projects away from live streaming. One such event that was live-streamed on his channel in July was the Creator League Basketball, while his most-watched video was his re-watching of the MrBeast 50-streamer challenge.
The other names on this leaderboard were online stars like Spide GM and Hoon. However, the most well-known broadcaster here is SypherPK, who remains one of the biggest Fortnite creators online and definitely one of the most followed on the red platform.
YouTube Gaming European channels in July 2024
The list of Europeans topping the YouTube Gaming charts for July is a mixed bag of content, although it is dominated by Russian-speaking names. The likes of EdisonPts, Титамин, Аналитика Ошибок, and MrLololoshka find places in this top ten leaderboard thanks to playing games like Minecraft, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and Dota 2.
There were also appearances by creators from Spain, with Nexxuz World, 6ixmox FF, and Trebor, whose content revolves around titles like Free Fire, Brawl Stars, Grand Theft Auto V, and 7 Days to Die. There's also a Romanian, imoGen da flash, apart from the one official esports channel, BLAST Premier, which was busy covering the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 that began at the end of the month.
Most watched esports channels in July 2024
The last table is mostly dominated by official channels from two highly popular MOBA games: LoL and MLBB. They each have three channels taking up six of the top seven places to reaffirm their dominance among global audiences when talking about the most popular esports disciplines today.
There is Liên Quân Mobile eSports-Garena, which found a spot in the overall table as well. The last three spots go to a diverse range of titles, starting with BGMI, which finds heavy coverage from NODWIN Gaming, one of the biggest esports organizers in the Indian subcontinent.
Ninth is Valorant Champions Tour Americas, the official channel for all things Valorant in North and South America. It attracted a healthy audience number thanks to the recently concluded VCT 2024: Americas League - Stage 2, which emerged as the most successful of the four regional championships.
Last but not least is the Call of Duty League, which was kept busy in July thanks to the conduct of the final Major, the season-ending playoffs, and the Esports World Cup. The world championship was especially successful, ending as the second most-watched post-season event in the Call of Duty League to bring the season to a satisfactory end.
