In May 2025, the United States accounted for over 23 percent of Twitch's desktop traffic worldwide. Germany accounted for a further 8.69 percent of the streaming platform's desktop traffic. Twitch has gained massively in popularity during coronavirus-related lockdowns in 2020.

First founded in 2011, the live streaming video platform, Twitch, is one of the most popular ways in which viewers watch their favorite gamers play a variety of online video games. Streamer ibai (real name: Ibai Llanos) currently holds the record with the highest number of peak concurrent viewers in 2025 with 710,473.

Twitch.tv is a web traffic powerhouse: in May 2025 approximately 1.2 billion visits were measured to the video streaming platform, making it one of the most-visited websites online. The most popular games on Twitch generate billion of views, with League of Legends currently ranking first.

We'll tailor a Twitch dataset to meet your unique needs, encompassing streamer profiles, viewer engagement metrics, streaming times, demographic data of viewers, follower counts, chat statistics, and other pertinent metrics.

Leverage our Twitch datasets for diverse applications to bolster strategic planning and market analysis. Scrutinizing these datasets enables organizations to grasp viewer preferences and streaming trends, facilitating nuanced content development and engagement initiatives. Customize your access to the entire dataset or specific subsets as per your business requisites.

Popular use cases involve optimizing content strategy based on streamer performance and viewer engagement, enhancing marketing strategies through targeted audience segmentation, and identifying and forecasting trends in the streaming community to stay ahead in the digital entertainment landscape.

twitch.tv is ranked #37 in US with 1.09B Traffic. Categories: Computer and Video Games, Online Services. Learn more about website traffic, market share, and more!

Traffic analytics, rankings, and competitive metrics for twitch.tv as of September 2025

Twitch Streamers: Comparing Top Streamers Across Time

A Look at the Evolution of the Top Twitch Streamers

About this dataset

This dataset contains information on top Twitch streamers, including their hours watched, peak viewers, average viewers, airtime, followers gained, live views, last streamed game, avatar URL, channel country, stream language, partnership status, and channel type

How to use the dataset

Research Ideas

• To compare the top Twitch streamers across time
• To study the evolution of Twitch streamers
• To analyze the viewership of different games being streamed on Twitch

Acknowledgements

Dataset by kaggle/Twitch. Contains data on the top Twitch streamers across time. Data includes game being played, number of hours watched, peak viewers, average viewers, peak channels, average channels, and viewers per channel

Columns

File: Week Directory.csv | Column name | Description | |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------| | Game | The game being streamed. (String) | | Hours Watched | The number of hours watched by the streamer. (Float) | | Peak Viewers | The peak number of viewers of the stream. (Integer) | | Average Viewers | The average number of viewers of the stream. (Float) | | Peak Channels | The peak number of channels streaming the same game. (Integer) | | Average Channels | The average number of channels streaming the same game. (Float) | | Viewers per Channel | The average number of viewers per channel. (Float) |

File: Weekly Streamers Follower Gain.csv | Column name | Description | |:--------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------| | Hours Watched | The number of hours watched by the streamer. (Float) | | Peak Viewers | The peak number of viewers of the stream. (Integer) | | Average Viewers | The average number of viewers of the stream. (Float) | | Channel Name | The name of the Twitch channel. (String) | | Language | The language of the Twitch channel. (String) | | Total Followers | The total number of followers of the Twitch channel. (Integer) | | Airtime | The amount of time the Twitch channel is live. (Float) | | Followers Gain | The number of followers gained by the Twitch channel. (Integer) |

File: Twitch_data_39_2022.csv | Column name | Description | |:-------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------| | platform | The platform the channel is on. (String) | | channel_name | The channel's username. (String) | | channel_display_name | The channel's display name. (String) | | hours_watched | The number of hours the channel has been watched. (Float) | | peak_viewers | The channel's peak number of viewers. (Integer) | | average_viewers | The channel's average number of viewers. (Float) | | airtime_in_m | The channel's airtime in minutes. (Float) | | followers_gain | The number of followers the channel has gained. (Integer) | | live_views | The number of views the channel has while live. (Integer) | | last_streamed_game | The last game the channel streamed. (String) | | avatar_url | The channel's avatar URL. (String) | | channel_country | The channel's country. (String) | | stream_language | The channel's stream language. (String) | | partnership_status | The channel's partnership status. (String) | | channel_type | The channel's type. (String) |

File: Twitch_data_40_2022.csv | Column name | Description | |:-------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------| | platform | The platform the channel is on. (String) | | channel_name | The channel's username. (String) | | channel_display_name | The channel's display name. (String) | | hours_watched | The number of hours the channel has been watched. (Float) | | peak_viewers | The channel's peak number of...

Context

Gaming is a very big industry now. Every year there are millions of Dollars invested in Esports and many new companies want to invest in the Esports scene now. One of bigegest ever deals was when Mixer opened up and brought Ninja and Shroud to their platform from twitch. But Twitch has been a home to streamers since day 1 and now that Mixer has been shut down, streamers are returning to the platform again.Millions, if not billions, watch twitch streams everyday and i myself like to watch twitch streams. So i put together Top 1000 Streamers from past one year who were streaming on twitch. Content

This data consists of different things like number of viewers, number of active viewers, followers gained and many other relevant columns regarding a particular streamer. It has 11 different columns with all the necessary information that is needed.

CREDIT : @Ayush Mishra

Twitch is an online video streaming service which allows eSports and gaming fans to watch their favorite gamers play a variety of online video games. Unsurprisingly, the service experiences a surge in users at the weekends - Twitch had an average of *** million viewers on Saturdays in the last six months.

twitch.com is ranked #8426 in US with 5.61M Traffic. Categories: Computer and Video Games, Online Services. Learn more about website traffic, market share, and more!

Twitch is an online video streaming service which allows eSports and gaming fans to watch their favorite gamers play a variety of online video games. In November 2025, the most popular streaming channel on Twitch in terms of average viewers was caedrel. The channel averaged over 137,500 viewers worldwide in the last 30 days.

Streaming platform Twitch is an online traffic powerhouse and has set some impressive viewing figures. As of April 2025, the highest number of peak viewers (PV) for any individual stream stood at *** million. This record was set by Spanish streamer ibai during the fourth edition of his popular streamer boxing event, La Velada del Año IV, in July 2024.

Live streaming is a unique form of media that creates a direct line of interaction between streamers and viewers. While previous research has explored the social motivations of those who stream and watch streams in the gaming community, there is a lack of research that investigates intimate self-disclosure in this context, such as discussing sensitive topics like mental health on platforms such as Twitch.tv. This study aims to explore discussions about mental health in gaming live streams to better understand how people perceive discussions of mental health in this new media context. The context of live streaming is particularly interesting as it facilitates social interactions that are masspersonal in nature: the streamer broadcasts to a larger, mostly unknown audience, but can also interact in a personal way with viewers. In this study, we interviewed Twitch viewers about the streamers they view, how and to what extent they discuss mental health on their channels in relation to gaming, how other viewers reacted to these discussions, and what they think about live streams, gaming-focused or otherwise, as a medium for mental health discussions. Through these interviews, our team was able to establish a baseline of user perception of mental health in gaming communities on Twitch that extends our understanding of how social media and live streaming can be used for mental health conversations. Our first research question unraveled that mental health discussions happen in a variety of ways on Twitch, including during gaming streams, Just Chatting talks, and through the stream chat. Our second research question showed that streamers handle mental health conversations on their channels in a variety of ways. These depend on how they have built their channel, which subsequently impacts how viewers perceive mental health. Lastly, we learned that viewers’ reactions to mental health discussions depend on their motivations for watching the stream such as learning about the game, being entertained, and more. We found that more discussions about mental health on Twitch led to some viewers being more cautious when talking about mental health to show understanding.

First founded in 2011, the live streaming video platform Twitch is one of the most popular ways in which viewers watch their favorite gamers play a variety of online video games. In 2025 so far, the most popular video game based on total views was competitive MOBA game League of Legends with over 1.67 billion views.

Context

Gaming is a very big industry now. Every year there are millions of Dollars invested in Esports and many new companies want to invest in the Esports scene now. One of bigegest ever deals was when Mixer opened up and brought Ninja and Shroud to their platform from twitch. But Twitch has been a home to streamers since day 1 and now that Mixer has been shut down, streamers are returning to the platform again.Millions, if not billions, watch twitch streams everyday and i myself like to watch twitch streams. So i put together Top 1000 Streamers from past one year who were streaming on twitch.

Content

This data consists of different things like number of viewers, number of active viewers, followers gained and many other relevant columns regarding a particular streamer. It has 11 different columns with all the necessary information that is needed.

Counter-Strike is a series of first-person shooter video games in which two teams compete to perpetrate or prevent a terrorist act (bomb attack, hostage taking, etc.). One of the latest games in the series, Counter-Strike 2, is popular with gamers and viewers alike. Streams regarding the 2023 sequel to Counter Strike: Global Offensive on the video streaming service Twitch were watched by an average of 91,700 viewers in April 2025.

As of March 2024, hltv.org accounted for over 6.91 percent of referral traffic to video streaming platform Twitch.tv. Twitch's second-largest referral traffic driver was ikioi-ranking.com, which generated more than 6.3 percent of referral traffic to Twitch.tv. Overall, referrals accounted for 1.13 percent of traffic to Twitch.

Donald Trump's Twitch channels was reported having the the highest number of peak concurrent viewers among channels streaming political content on the platform. The official Twitch channel following the former U.S. president and Conservative candidate for the 2024 presidential election Donald Trump had over 3,000 concurrent viewers. The Twitch channel of French political Jean-Luc Mélenchon followed, with "JLMelenchon" recording approximately 3,000 average concurrent viewers in July 2024. The French Twitch channel MonteDeLinguisticae ranked third, with over 1,200 concurrent viewers following the politic, sociology, and linguistic information channel led by vlogger and content creator Romain Filstroff.

The people from Czech are publishing a dataset for the HTTPS traffic classification.

Since the data were captured mainly in the real backbone network, they omitted IP addresses and ports. The datasets consist of calculated from bidirectional flows exported with flow probe Ipifixprobe. This exporter can export a sequence of packet lengths and times and a sequence of packet bursts and time. For more information, please visit ipfixprobe repository (Ipifixprobe).

During research, they divided HTTPS into five categories: L -- Live Video Streaming, P -- Video Player, M -- Music Player, U -- File Upload, D -- File Download, W -- Website, and other traffic.

They have chosen the service representatives known for particular traffic types based on the Alexa Top 1M list and Moz's list of the most popular 500 websites for each category. They also used several popular websites that primarily focus on the audience in Czech. The identified traffic classes and their representatives are provided below:

Live Video Stream Twitch, Czech TV, YouTube Live Video Player DailyMotion, Stream.cz, Vimeo, YouTube Music Player AppleMusic, Spotify, SoundCloud File Upload/Download FileSender, OwnCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive Website and Other Traffic Websites from Alexa Top 1M list

The video game live streaming market is experiencing explosive growth, fueled by the increasing popularity of esports, the rise of streaming platforms, and the expanding reach of high-speed internet. The market, estimated at $5 billion in 2025, is projected to achieve a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15% from 2025 to 2033, reaching approximately $15 billion by 2033. Key drivers include the rising number of gamers engaging with live streams for entertainment and esports competition, the continuous improvement of streaming technology enabling higher quality broadcasts and broader accessibility, and the lucrative monetization opportunities for streamers through subscriptions, advertisements, and sponsorships. This growth is further accelerated by the integration of streaming platforms with social media, facilitating community building and content discovery. Major players like Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook Gaming dominate the market, but emerging platforms and innovative features continue to reshape the competitive landscape. Challenges include maintaining content quality, combating piracy, and managing the potential for negative interactions within online communities. Segmentation is evident across platforms, game genres (e.g., first-person shooters, battle royales, and massively multiplayer online games), and viewer demographics, revealing diverse opportunities for market penetration. The significant growth of the video game live streaming sector is not only driven by the increasing number of viewers but also by the evolving strategies of established and emerging players. While giants like Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming retain considerable market share, smaller platforms are carving niches by focusing on specific game genres or communities. This fosters innovation in streaming technology, content formats, and monetization models. The integration of mobile streaming technologies further expands the market's reach, making live streaming accessible across various devices and broadening the viewer base. However, concerns regarding content moderation, maintaining platform integrity, and managing the potential for toxic online behavior remain significant hurdles to address for sustainable growth. Future market trends are expected to be influenced by advancements in virtual reality and augmented reality, the integration of AI-powered features, and the ongoing development of more interactive streaming experiences. Geographical expansion, particularly into developing markets with high internet penetration growth, also presents a significant opportunity for future growth.