Even as esports took over the global livestreaming scene thanks to the start of the Esports World Cup 2026, VTubers held their own on YouTube Gaming in July 2026. However, most of the single-moment spikes seen last month from individual streamers came from coverage of competitive video gaming.
Among organizations, most of the top names came from studio channels covering the Esports World Cup 2026. We also saw the entry of Marvel Rivals, a game that is slowly picking up pace in terms of its competitive scene. Moreover, a Special Program for one of the most popular gacha games today, Genshin Impact, made the peak concurrent viewership list.
Top YouTube Gaming organization channels, July 2026
More than half the list of the most-watched YouTube Gaming organization channels last month consisted of official League of Legends channels. All of them enjoyed massive spikes in their month-on-month watch times thanks to coverage of two prominent international events — the Esports World Cup and the Mid 2026 Mid-Season Invitational.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang also had an entry on this leaderboard in the form of MPL Indonesia, although its HW numbers were reduced by 36% compared to June 2026. This official channel usually covers action from the namesake regional league, but it focused on international tournaments that were part of the ongoing Esports World Cup 2026 in Paris — MLBB Mid Season Cup 2026 and MLBB Women's International 2026 — in July.
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Arena of Valor also found a place here via regulars in these rankings, Liên Quân Mobile eSports-Garena and Garena RoV Thailand. The latter channel made a rare appearance in these monthly rankings after continuously covering one of the mobile MOBA's biggest annual events, the Arena of Valor Premier League 2026. A couple of broadcasts late in July 2026 also came from the start of the Honor of Kings/Arena of Valor event at the EWC 2026.
Minecraft content group Dozle (ドズル社) maintained its presence in these rankings for another month and was joined by the official Games Done Quick channel. The latest event in the latter's busy annual schedule was the Summer Games Done Quick 2026, which was broadcast live to benefit Doctors Without Borders, with Resident Evil: Requiem being the standout game.
Among the top official YouTube Gaming organization channels in July 2026 by Peak Viewers, the top name was MPL Indonesia. It reached 418,531 PV during an MLBB MSC 2026 Knockout Stage clash. It was joined by a LoL entry, LCK, which peaked at 368,269 viewers during the Grand Final of the 2026 MSI, in the top two.
The official Monster Strike (モンスト（モンスターストライク）公式) channel also made it here after hitting 325,795 PV during a livestream of DREAMDAZE IV. This massive annual festival hosted by MIXI celebrated the mobile game with live stages, special in-game announcements, and exclusive visitor rewards.
The official Marvel Rivals channel peaked at 215,041 viewers during the reveal stream of Season 9, which gave fans new rules, new heroes, and new rivals. It was joined by the Genshin Impact channel on this list, as the action role-playing video game's Version 7.0 Special Program live broadcast hit just over 132,000 PV.
Top YouTube Gaming streamers, July 2026
A look at the individual YouTube Gaming content creators shows that TheBurntPeanut and his fellow VTubers continue to dominate the landscape, at least by watch time. However, the American Virtual YouTubing sensation was the only one to put up over 10 million watch hours in July 2026.
He was joined here by Kanae Channel, Subaru Ch., Pekora Ch., Kuzuha Channel, Miko Ch. and エクス・アルビオ -Ex Albio-. While the first few names are regulars here and are among the most prominent VTubers today, Ex Albio is a new name in these rankings. The Nijisanji streamer was mostly busy playing Rust's streamer server VCR, hosted and organized by VaultRoom and Crazy Racoon.
Popular Vietnamese esports community caster Hoàng Luân was busy with his coverage of League of Legends esports. His broadcasts of the EWC 2026 and 2026 MSI accumulated over 6.7 million HW on his channel, putting him among these events' most-watched co-streamers.
Top Indian YouTuber Yash "LoLzZz Gaming" Thakker put up more than 2.17 million watch hours in July 2026 as he focused on rank-grinding gameplay in Battlegrounds Mobile India. He was joined by Zay Casting Channel, run by popular Burmese esports caster and analyst Zay "ZyZyy" Yar So, who followed Myanmar champion Yangon Galacticos's historic run to the MLBB MSC 2026 finals.
The most popular YouTube Gaming streamer last month by peak concurrent viewership was Zay Casting Channel, with 290,993 PV. He was joined by fellow esports co-casters Hoàng Luân and Ade "set1awanade" Pamungkas in the top ten as they also covered global events in the titles of their choice, LoL and MLBB, respectively.
While VTubers regularly finish among YouTube Gaming's most-watched streamers in a month, they rarely make the PV leaderboard. However, in July 2026, Pekora Ch. reached 133,351 PV during a livestream celebrating her 7th anniversary as a VTuber, where fans also got a glimpse of her new outfit and enjoyed a 3D live concert.
Star Indian pro gamer Jonathan "JONATHAN GAMING" Amaral also made it here courtesy of a Naruto set opening broadcast on July 20. He was joined by other video game creators like Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach, Sezer "Sxzxr" Demir and Raj "Snax Gaming" Varma, whose content revolves around titles like BGMI, Roblox and Five Nights at Freddy's.
