With the esports season approaching its mid-season point, YouTube Gaming was filled with competitive content in May 2026. The list of the most popular and most-watched organization channels was filled with official esports channels from titles like Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, League of Legends and Counter-Strike 2.
The esports hype also extended to individual channels, as many top community streamers attracted high engagement for their coverage of the various events happening across the globe. Of course, we have to mention Virtual YouTubers as well, as their variety gaming content continues to attract thousands of viewers.
Top YouTube Gaming organization channels, May 2026
With the first splits of the 2026 Mobile Legends Professional League (MPL) season nearing an end, studio MLBB channels were busy covering the various regional leagues and other events that doubled as qualifiers for the two global mid-season championships. Leading the entire table was MPL Indonesia, the only entry with over 6 million Hours Watched, according to Streams Charts.
Joining it on this top-ten leaderboard were other official MLBB studio channels, MPL Philippines and MPL Malaysia. As a result, all three of the MPL's franchised leagues appeared here, with the Malaysian circuit worthy of special mention as it has broken a slew of regular-season records in its debut as a franchised tournament.
KRAFTON INDIA ESPORTS finished second with 3.3 million HW, most of which came from streaming the Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series 2026 qualifiers. It was joined by the Japanese content group Dozle (ドズル社), whose content continued to focus on beating the Ender Dragon in Minecraft under different, challenging circumstances.
League of Legends is also reaching its mid-season point, and quite a few of its regional circuits are nearing an end as well. LCK Tiếng Việt, LCK Global and LCK-Carry represented the game's contribution to this list, led by their coverage of the PC MOBA's most popular regional league in South Korea.
PGL and ESL Counter-Strike were the studio channels covering CS2 that made it to this watch time standing. The former had a busy May 2026, streaming the PGL Astana 2026 and the CS Asia Championships 2026. ESL broadcast games from the IEM Atlanta 2026, where NAVI triumphed even as Team Vitality's sparkling run ended.
A look at the table for the top YouTube Gaming organization channels by Peak Viewers in May 2026 shows that esports content produced the most popular moments. A lot of the entries from above made the cut, with the highest-ranked fresh entry being Square Enix (スクウェア・エニックス), whose Dragon Quest 40th anniversary celebration livestream from May 27 reached 385,328 PV.
Liên Quân Mobile eSports-Garena also featured in the top five after its coverage of the Arena of Glory Spring 2026 finals peaked at 219,394 viewers. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Indonesia and BLAST Premier joined this Arena of Valor channel here as they covered matches from tournaments like the MPL Indonesia Season 17 and the BLAST Rivals Spring 2026.
There was also the official Genshin Impact (原神-Genshin-公式) channel that reached 118,662 PV during the livestream of the version Luna VII Trailer on May 8. This update, titled Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana, was launched on May 20, 2026, bringing the Hexenzirkel storyline, the "Phantasmal Pals" event, and a new zone to the popular gacha game.
Top YouTube Gaming streamers, May 2026
TheBurntPeanut remained the dominant YouTube Gaming name by watch time, accruing 6.63 million HW in May 2026. He was not the only VTuber to feature here, with colleagues Pekora Ch. and Subaru Ch. also making the cut thanks to their focus on variety gaming broadcasts involving titles like Lost Judgment and Dragon Quest VI.
Two prominent Brazilian esports broadcasters also found places here. Alexandre "Gaules" Borba and Gustavo "BaianoTV" Gomes remain top destinations for CS2 and LoL events, respectively, for Portuguese-speaking viewers, and there was no shortage of content for the two last month.
Two other renowned shooter influencers leveraged the excitement around their games to accumulate millions of watch hours in May 2026. SL4M & Counter-Strike, run by Russian sensation Igor Sopov, streamed multiple CS2 competitions. Heitor "TcK10" Tomazela was the lone Valorant channel to make it here, with his exclusive coverage of the Americas league making him one of the game's most-watched co-streamers across the globe.
Indonesian sensations and rankings regulars Ade "set1awanade" Pamungkas and Windah Basudara also ranked in the top ten by watch time. The former covered top matches from the country's regional MPL league, while Windah Basudara was one of the many content creators to try out May's top video game release, Subnautica 2.
MLBB creators finished as the most popular YouTube Gaming streamers in May 2026. Joining set1awanade in the top two was CEOKOPAT ALTER EGO, the channel run by Alter Ego CEO Delwyn Sukamto, who spent the month streaming his side's matches at the MPL Indonesia Season 17.
Russian streamer and former professional War Thunder player Artur "ЧСВ" Kachaev made a debut appearance here. His May 23 livestream of the free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game peaked at almost 166,000 viewers. He was joined by Indonesian musician Reza "yb" Oktovian, who played FIFA 20 during one of his recent broadcasts, which attracted over 88,000 PV.
Sneaking into the top ten were Seth "Scump" Abner and Nolan "steak" Crait. The former reiterated his status as a leading Call of Duty streamer by consistently pulling in thousands of viewers for his CoD League streams. Meanwhile, steak was one of the most visible Roblox creators across livestreaming, and he even had a livestream where he released his own merchandise.
