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.

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.

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.

As of May 2025, users between the ages of ************** accounted for the biggest share of Twitch.tv users worldwide. During the measured period, users in this age group amounted to over ** percent of Twitch online audiences. Users aged between *************** were the second largest demographic accessing with Twitch.

League of Legends is a free online battle arena game. The objective of this game, in almost all game modes, is to destroy the enemy Nexus. The game is not only popular among players, but also among eSports viewers. League of Legends events on the video streaming service Twitch were watched by an average of 109,000 viewers in April 2025 after peaking at 280,000 average concurrent viewers in October 2021, when the animated series Arcane, which is based on the game, was released on Netflix.

In April 2025, SondergaardLol was the most popular Danish-language Twitch channel, with over one thousand concurrent viewers on average. Twitch streamer PlinkoPeter ranked second with around 690 viewers on average, followed by Kian26xx who averaged 644 concurrent viewers.

Twitch is an online video streaming service which allows eSports and gaming fans to watch their favorite gamers play various online video games. In July 2025, the most popular game on Twitch was competitive MOBA game League of Legends with 167,000 average concurrent weekly viewers.

Hero shooter Valorant is one of the top eSports games worldwide and one of the most-watched video games on streaming platform Twitch. In April 2025, Valorant gaming streams averaged approximately 81,200 viewers. The free-to-play game is developed and published by Riot Games and was officially released in June 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic that spread across the world at the beginning of 2020 was not only a big threat to public health, but also to the entire entertainment industry. While cinemas and theaters closed their doors to try to stem the spread of the disease, many people turned to home entertainment and eSports during periods of self-isolation. In **********, the online eSports streaming service Twitch set an all-time record of **** million peak daily active users.

As of April 2025, nasdas_off was the streamer with the top French-language channel based on highest viewership in the past 30 days. The channel recorded a peak viewership of roughly 225 thousand viewers during the measured period. Gaming channel Kamet0 was ranked second with 140 thousand peak viewers in the past month.

Overwatch 2 is a free-to-play team-based online shooter video game published by Blizzard Entertainment. The player can choose between 35 varied heroes, all of whom have different skills, and each character fulfills a specific role. The game was released in October 2022 on multiple gaming platforms. Overwatch 2 events on the video streaming service Twitch were watched by an average of 25,000 viewers in April 2025.

Apex Legends is an online royal battle game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released in February 2019 for Xbox One, Windows and PlayStation 4. Apex Legends events on the video streaming service Twitch were watched by an average of over 21,800 viewers in April 2025.

As of May 2025, more than ************ online visitors to streaming platform Twitch.tv were male. Women only accounted for *****percent of global desktop visitors to Twitch.tv. Twitch is a popular platform for video gaming live streams.

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.

As of February 2024, the Korean Twitch channel with the highest average viewership was Aine with around 11,918 average concurrent viewers. Twitch shut down its service in South Korea on February 27th in 2024 due to high operating costs caused by South Korea's network rules that increased costs for all video streaming platforms. Streaming via streaming platforms is common even among professional e-sports gamers and has become a popular form of irregular income for players.

Who watches online streams?

Twitch, well-known for its video game streams, had a large potential audience base in South Korea, where almost three out of four people play video games themselves. According to a survey in 2021, South Korean gamers spent up to three hours watching others players game via streams. While gamers had a higher interest in watching other people's gaming streams than, there are also streams of other categories to appeal to the sizeable Twitch community.

Popular content to stream

Aside from live streams of content creators on platforms such as Twitch or AfreecaTV, movie and TV streaming services were the most paid-for streaming content by South Koreans monthly. Accordingly, internet video viewership was high. While most people did not prefer any genre of online video in particular, domestic video content was widespread across all platforms.

In April 2025, skiben was the most popular Norwegian-language Twitch streamer, with a peak viewership of 7,418 viewers in the preceding 30 days. Komplettno ranked second with around 2,017 peak viewers, followed by detoo, who peaked at 1,372 viewers at the same time.

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 87,000 viewers in April 2025.

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. As of July 2025, the most popular game on Twitch in terms of all-time peak viewers was *****************. The online multiplayer game peaked at **** million viewers in November 2022.

Fortnite is an online battle royale video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. Fortnite events on the video streaming service Twitch were watched by an average of 49,000 viewers in June 2025. Engagement with the game spiked after the re-release of the original map in November 2023 as part of the OG season, as well as the launch of Lego Fortnite in December 2023.

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.