Twitch all-time records: Followers, viewers, most popular games, streamers and more

Twitch is by far the biggest and the most popular streaming platform in the world.

Introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform, Justin.tv, the site primarily focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, but is it branching to other spheres as well, including creative work and general chatting.

In its almost 10-years-old history, Twitch remains the dominant streaming platform in the world, when it comes to gaming, and it will likely remain like that for the foreseeable future.

It is a go-to place whether you are into esports, streaming or you just watching your favourite content creator.

When it comes to streaming, Twitch is holding some of the biggest records in the world, so let's see some of them. 

Twitch all-time concurrent viewers record

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• PlayStation 5 Reveal - 6.1 million - 11th June 2020
• Fortnite The Device Event - 4.7 million - 15th June 2020
• Valorant Closed Beta - 4.5 million - 19th April 2020

Twitch all-time concurrent channels record

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• 15th June 2020 - 198,475 - Fortnite The Device Event
• 25th April 2020 - 164,010 - April 2020 Community Virtual Meetup

Single Game all-time concurrent viewers record

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• Fortnite The Device Event - 15th June 2020 -  2,331,987 viewers
• League of Legends Worlds 2029 Finals - 10th November 2019 - 1,782,765 viewers
• Valorant Closed Beta - 7th April 2020  - 1,728,977 viewers
• World of Warcraft Classic Launch Day - 26th August 2019 - 1,135,186 viewers
• Dota 2 The International 9 Finals - 25th August 2019 - 1,045,985 viewers

Esports events with the highest recorded number of concurrent viewers (main channel)

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• ELEAGUE Boston Major 2018 Finals - ELeague TV - 1,088,063 - 28th January 2018
• The Celebrity Pro-Am tournament - Fortnite - 700,529 - 13th June 2018
• PGL Major Kraków 2017 Finals - PGL - 649,414 - 23rd July 2017
• LoL Worlds 2019 Finals - Riot Games - 637,369 - 10th November 2019
• IEM Katowice Major 2019 Finals - ESL_CSGO - 562,080 - 3rd March 2019

Single Streamer Twitch all-time concurrent viewers record

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• TheGrefg - ~2,400,000 - Fortnite
• Ibai Llanos - 1,500,000 - Boxing
• TheGrefg - 660,133 - Fortnite
• Timmyinnit - 620,000 Minecraft
• Ninja - 616,693 – Fortnite (Stream with Drake, Travis Scott, and JuJu Smith-Schuster)
• TheGrefg - 538,444 – Fortnite
• Shroud - 516,289 - Valorant
• xTears88 - 512,246 - League of Legends
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - 439,000 - Among Us
• LOLiTO FDEZ - 418,204 - League of Legends
• ass_dave - 397,674 - League of Legends

Twitch Total Followers Record (As of June 2020)

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• Ninja - 14,714,093 – Fortnite
• Tfue -  8,603,621 – Fortnite
• Shroud - 7,069,584 – Variety Streamer (FPS Games)
• Myth - 6,609,359 – Fortnite
• summit1g - 5,360,108 - Variety Streamer (FPS Games)

Twitch Channels with the most total views

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• Riot Games - 1,226M – League of Legends
• Fextralife - 880M - Variety Streamer
• ShadbaseMurderTV - 719M – Creative/Art
• ESL_CSGO – 490M – CS:GO Esports
• Ninja – 479M – Fortnite

Twitch Games with the highest recorded number of concurrent streams (channels) of all time

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• Fortnite – 117,582 Peak Channels  – 15th June 2020
• World of Warcraft - 19,080 Peak Channels - 26th August 2019
• Apex Legends – 19,919 Peak Channels – 12th February 2019
• Valorant - 16,304 Peak Channels  – 6th May 2020
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - 14,831 Peak Channels – 30th May 2020

Twitch longest live stream sessions

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• Reecesy - 200:30:28 - 3-11 May 2020
• CallMeCypher -  200 hours, 18 minutes, and 17 seconds - 21-29 April 2020
• LosPollosTV - 161h - 29 March - 5th April 2020