Esports remained the dominant theme on YouTube Gaming in June 2025, as the mid-season tournaments of various prominent video games concluded. Viewers and fans witnessed action in games like Arena of Valor, Call of Duty, Dota 2, and League of Legends as PC games took center stage on a platform predominantly favored for mobile esports livestreaming.
The official channels of top PC event organizers, such as PGL and Riot Games, left their mark in June 2025. Japanese VTubers also continued to figure in these rankings (with one major name making a comeback for the ages) alongside known figures from the video game content creation scene.
Most popular YouTube Gaming organization channels in June 2025
The most popular gaming channel among organizations on the red platform last month was, unsurprisingly, MPL Indonesia. A regular on Streams Charts' YouTube rankings, the official channel for MLBB's most popular regional series enjoys high viewership figures every season.
In June 2025, fans saw the MPL Indonesia Season 15 conclude with ONIC Esports emerging as the champion. The side's Grand Final against favorites RRQ Hoshi hit an incredible 4.13 million Peak Viewers (PV), a new record for the Mobile Legends Professional League.
In the second spot was the official channel of The Game Awards, which notched 801,232 Peak Viewers (PV) during the Summer Game Fest 2025. Held over the June 6 to 9 weekend and involving Play Days, Day of the Devs, and regional showcases, it ended as the most popular SGF edition ever and the second most-watched showcase of 2025, behind the Nintendo Direct event announcing the Switch 2.
Another showcase from a renowned tech giant rounds off the podium, with the Sony PlayStation State of Play reaching record-breaking livestream viewership. The other places on this top ten leaderboard are taken up by channels from another showcase, this time from Xbox, and esports tournaments for games like Brawl Stars and Battlegrounds Mobile India.
Among the most-watched organization channels on YouTube Gaming in June 2025 were a lot of the names already mentioned above. However, topping the table was BLAST Premier, which covered the prestigious BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 throughout the month to give it a total of almost 9.6 million Hours Watched (HW).
There was also the official VALORANT Champions Tour channel that accrued almost 4.6 million HW thanks to the Toronto Masters. PGL also found a spot here with its livestreams of the PGL Wallachia Season 5, giving Dota 2 some representation on these standings.
Most popular YouTube Gaming streamers in June 2025
Darren "IShowSpeed" Watkins Jr. was the most popular streamer last month after reaching 481,435 PV during his much hyped race against Danielle Labelle. This happened around two weeks after Speed eased past another viral influencer, Ashton Hall, in a short-distance sprint that reached almost 300,000 PV on the youngster's YouTube channel.
There were numerous Southeast Asian content creators, including Ade "set1awanade" Setiawan Pamungkas, Zeros, and Sena 36, who attracted solid peak concurrent viewership numbers in June 2025. The former two are known for covering esports matches of games like League of Legends and MLBB, while the latter mixes IRL content with gaming sessions involving other influencers.
Quite a few globally famous streamers also found places on this top ten list, with Tyler "Ninja" Blevins leading the charge. The Fortnite icon was joined by the Brazilian duo of CS legend Alexandre "Gaules" Borba and Grand Theft Auto V veteran Lucas "LuquEt4" Leão Gagliasso.
Quite a few VTubers made their presence felt on the watch time rankings for June 2025, led by the ever-popular Kuzuha Channel. He was joined by Miko Ch., ローレン・イロアス / Lauren Iroas【にじさんじ】, Kanae Channel, and Pekora Ch., as they all tallied over 2.8 million HW. Most of their content centered around GTA V, with titles like Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Minecraft also finding preference.
