Video game streaming platforms such as Twitch have been getting traction in France over the past few years, emphasizing the ever-evolving video game consumption habits of French gamers. Kamet0 was the most-watched French-language Twitch channel, with 4.02 million hours watched in the past 30 days. Nasdas_off and the League of Legends streamer otplol_ followed with 3.62 and 3.33 million hours watched in the past 30 days, respectively. However, Squeezie was the most-followed French-language channel with more than 5.29 million followers, followed by Gotaga and Locklear. Twitch – ahead of the game Twitch is a live video streaming service well known to French gamers. Although originally general, the platform has specialized in the live broadcasting of video games and esports competitions. Indeed, watching video games online is a hobby more and more widespread among French gamers, who see it as a way to exchange and create a community around a common passion. eSports in France The rise of esports has been facilitated by the online broadcasting of numerous international and regional competitions. Professional players and amateurs alike compete against each other in front of large numbers of spectators, sometimes winning very high prizes. This new electronic sport, although it sometimes struggles to find its legitimacy among the general public, has been a leading figure in the video game industry, which organizes tournaments and sponsorships for the enjoyment of many players.
In March 2025, video streaming platform Twitch had approximately *** million active streamers, down from a peak of **** million in January 2021. The platform experienced a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many new users used the platform to connect with friends or try their hand at livestreaming. However, this trend normalized again towards the end of the year, and the streaming space has also grown more competitive as platforms apart from Twitch have evolved to attract streamers and viewers. Popular content categories on Twitch In 2024, most of the leading content categories on Twitch were all gaming-related – except for the top spot: Just Chatting. The general conversation category accumulated *** billion hours of viewing time in the measured period. In March 2025, global Twitch audiences spent around *** million hours watching Just Chatting content on Twitch, with the average viewer count of such content reaching *** thousand. HasanAbi was the most popular Just Chatting streamer on Twitch in the most recently measured month. Game streamers Twitch is very popular with gamers and gaming audiences, and the ranking of the most popular Twitch streamers reflects this. Ninja (real name: Richard Tyler Blevins), the top-ranked streamer on Twitch, had **** million followers in April 2025. Ninja saw a meteoric rise to fame when he was one of the first top-ranked players to stream the then-newly released Fortnite Battle Royale at the end of 2017. Second-ranked ibai (real name: Ibai Llanos Garatea) was ranked second with ***** million followers on Twitch. With more than **** million followers, Imane Anys, better known as Pokimane, was the only woman among the most-followed Twitch streamers worldwide. Overall, women only accounted for **** percent of the top-ranked Twitch channels.
According to a survey conducted in March 2024, ** percent of U.S. adults aged 18 to 34 reported that they watched live stream videos several times a day. However, ** percent of U.S. adults aged 35 to 54 reported that they never watched live stream videos. Only ** percent of U.S. adults ** and older watched live stream videos several times a day. Going live: meet the streamers In May 2024, American YouTuber and gamer KaiCenat was the leading Twitch streamer worldwide – with **** million hours watched in the previous 30 days. As in the case of their audiences, most live streamers topping the ranking were men as of February 2022: less than *** in ** of the leading streamers on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook gaming was a woman. ********* was the leading female streamer on Twitch, with **** million hours between January and May 2023, while Texas-based Amouranth ranked fourth with **** million hours watched by global users in the first months of 2023. The streamer made news when she decided to join Kick exclusively, becoming the platform’s leading female streamer in July 2023 with around *** thousand hours watched during the month. Kick positioning Kick is a live streaming platform launched at the end of 2022 to compete with market leader YouTube Gaming and Amazon-backed Twitch. In the first quarter of 2023, Kick slid into the ranking of the most popular global live streaming platforms, with over ** million hours watched by global users. While the number remains less significant when compared to the ***** billion hours watched generated by YouTube, as well as the **** billion hours watched cranked up by Twitch, Kick has been aggressively marketing itself as a creators’ hub in order to attract more creative talents. In mid-August 2023, the company announced the opening of their first Creator Incentive program, designed to boost emerging streamers’ popularity and increase the platform’s visibility.
In June 2024, content creator KaiCenat the highest number of average viewers among the most popular streamers across several platforms, with over 120,000 average viewers on twitch. YouTuber iShowSpeed ranked second, counting approximately 79,000 average viewers on the popular video platform when engaging in a live stream. Kick streamer n3on ranked third, with almost 57,000 average video viewers.
Twitch is a live video streaming service which broadcasts live video games and eSports events. The most popular game on the platform in May 2025 was first-person shooter game Counter-Strike. During the measured period, Twitch audiences watched approximately **** million weekly hours of the game. League of Legends was ranked second with **** million hours viewed in the preceding seven days.
In July 2025, American streamer Emiru was the most popular female Twitch streamer, with approximately 2.35 million hours of watch time during the measured period. ExtraEmily was the second-most popular female Twitch streamer, with about 2.2 hours watched within the preceding 30 days.
Dota 2 was the most popular game on Twitch in Russian over the past 30 days as of December 10, 2024, with a combined around ******* hours of the online battle game streamed. Created for vlogging rather than gaming content, videos in the Just Chatting category were streamed for over ******* hours.
Grand Theft Auto V, developed by Rockstar North, is an action-adventure PC and PlayStation game launched in 2013. In July 2025, fps_shaka was the top-ranked Grand Theft Auto V streamer on Twitch, having accumulated over 6.49 million viewer hours on the platform during the preceding 30 days. Streamer らっだぁ (rader) ranked second, with users watching approximately 4.18 million hours of live-streamed GTA V content.
Fortnite is a free-to-play (F2P) battle royale game released in September 2017. In July 2025, Clix was the top-ranked Fortnite streamer, having accumulated approximately 1.09 million viewer hours on Twitch in the preceding 30 days.
We asked Chinese consumers about most used video live streaming sites by brand and found that bilibili takes the top spot, while Trovo Live is at the other end of the ranking.These results are based on a representative online survey conducted in 2023 among 3,445 consumers in China.
We asked UK consumers about most used video live streaming sites by brand and found that YouTube Live takes the top spot, while Mirrativ is at the other end of the ranking.These results are based on a representative online survey conducted in 2023 among 2,346 consumers in the UK.
Roblox was the most popular video game on TikTok in 2024, accumulating 13.26 billion views on Roblox-related video content. Meanwhile, Fortnite was the second-most popular game on the platform, with 10.76 billion video views. Trending games on TikTok With its high user engagement that can make or break careers, TikTok is a popular indicator of what will become popular in certain entertainment and culture sectors. It comes as no surprise that the trending games on TikTok are a mix of current blockbuster releases as well as multiplayer audience favorites. A January 2024 survey of mobile gamers in the U.S. and Canada found that 39 percent of respondents used TikTok to discover and discuss mobile games. Currently, Twitch is the most prolific streaming platform for video gaming content. The most popular video game releases generated millions of watch time hours on their release day, with Black Myth: Wukong ranking first among 2024 video game releases with nearly 5.6 hours of watch time on its launch. Streaming video games on TikTok TikTok also enables users to live-stream content, and creators can also stream video games, specifically. According to TikTok, gaming creators can use TikTok’s own tool, LIVE Studio, to start streaming content once they reach certain qualifying milestones with their accounts. TikTok Live is a growing competitor to Twitch and YouTube Live, with mobile titles such as PUBG Mobile, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and Garena Free Fire consistently ranking among the most popular games being live-streamed on the platform.
The League of Legends World Championship is an annual tournament hosted by Riot Games which pits the best League of Legends eSports players against each other for the chance to win a large amount of money. Since 2019, the League of Legends World Championships had an average prize pool of more than ********* U.S. dollars. The competition draws not just professional gamers but also avid fans of the game as well, as is evident from the large audience following the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final, which reached **** million peak concurrent viewers. Professional eSports players’ earnings Professional eSports players can earn a significant sum of money throughout their gaming careers. For instance, Lee Sang-Hyeok, who was the leading League of Legends player worldwide according to overall earnings, had won more than *** million U.S. dollars since he began his eSports career. Looking at other games as well, Johan Sundstein was the leading eSports player worldwide based on overall earnings, having received more than ********* U.S. dollars since he started playing Dota 2 professionally. Meanwhile, Sasha Hostyn, who is well known for her achievements playing Starcraft II, was the leading female eSports player based on career earnings, having pocketed more than ******* U.S. dollars since picking up the controller professionally. League of Legends on Twitch One way for eSports fans to tune in and watch their favorite gamers is using Twitch, a live-streaming platform which offers gaming video content in addition to various other forms of online entertainment. In the ** days preceding *************, Caedrel was the leading League of Legends streamer on Twitch, having amassed close to *** million viewership hours in that period. Focusing on the number of hours different games were watched within a week, League of Legends was the third most popular video game on Twitch as of ************, with Escape from Tarkov ranking first.
As of the beginning of 2024, one of the most popular YouTube gaming channels in India was Total Gaming with just under ** million subscribers, making its creator, Ajay, the country's leading game streamer. Game streaming has quickly caught up in India with the rapid penetration of the gaming and smartphone markets, respectively. YouTube and Loco are two popular game streaming platforms in the country, touted as alternatives to the American streaming platform, Twitch.
In May 2024, Xiaochaoyuanzhang, was the most successful video game influencer in China, obtaining 88.38 points in an index evaluation of the social media accounts of influencers. The official account of the newly released online game Black Myth: Wukong followed closely in second place.
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Video game streaming platforms such as Twitch have been getting traction in France over the past few years, emphasizing the ever-evolving video game consumption habits of French gamers. Kamet0 was the most-watched French-language Twitch channel, with 4.02 million hours watched in the past 30 days. Nasdas_off and the League of Legends streamer otplol_ followed with 3.62 and 3.33 million hours watched in the past 30 days, respectively. However, Squeezie was the most-followed French-language channel with more than 5.29 million followers, followed by Gotaga and Locklear. Twitch – ahead of the game Twitch is a live video streaming service well known to French gamers. Although originally general, the platform has specialized in the live broadcasting of video games and esports competitions. Indeed, watching video games online is a hobby more and more widespread among French gamers, who see it as a way to exchange and create a community around a common passion. eSports in France The rise of esports has been facilitated by the online broadcasting of numerous international and regional competitions. Professional players and amateurs alike compete against each other in front of large numbers of spectators, sometimes winning very high prizes. This new electronic sport, although it sometimes struggles to find its legitimacy among the general public, has been a leading figure in the video game industry, which organizes tournaments and sponsorships for the enjoyment of many players.