How We Determined Which Streamer Was Watched Most
We added the Twitch watch hours together to come up with this list. We didn’t add hours watched from any other platforms, keeping this purely Twitch.
Disclaimer: SullyGnome doesn’t have data from before August 2015, so these numbers are based on data since that date through April 2020. We plan to update this post periodically to keep it current.
Top Ten Most Watched Twitch Channels
Here are the top ten most-watched Twitch channels and the year-over-year results:
| Channel | Total | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riot Games | 476,904,401 | 73,904,590 | 102,561,941 | 42,379,663 | 104,180,939 | 114,692,617 | 39,184,651 |
| summit1g | 353,446,909 | 19,174,269 | 42,689,006 | 74,077,110 | 44,439,944 | 64,649,348 | 108,417,232 |
| Ninja | 315,683,525 | 978,440 | 3,126,792 | 16,832,356 | 234,190,643 | 47,962,961 | 12,592,333 |
| ESL_CSGO | 314,711,699 | 50,378,228 | 66,374,288 | 31,309,404 | 19,427,230 | 67,440,173 | 79,782,376 |
| LIRIK | 274,487,022 | 25,286,029 | 49,048,596 | 62,917,599 | 46,061,377 | 41,828,107 | 49,345,314 |
| Shroud | 250,524,181 | 3,223,333 | 6,460,724 | 44,249,693 | 102,255,436 | 62,777,120 | 31,557,875 |
| xQcOW | 244,355,864 | 3,250 | 82,719 | 5,714,147 | 29,358,059 | 61,746,330 | 147,451,359 |
| sodapoppin | 237,225,933 | 19,317,657 | 35,118,404 | 32,897,297 | 55,562,186 | 42,060,643 | 52,269,746 |
| GamesDoneQuick | 213,082,094 | 15,615,152 | 36,329,221 | 44,771,172 | 39,664,298 | 41,860,775 | 34,841,476 |
| Tfue | 196,071,899 | 220,595 | 110,222 | 600,279 | 49,993,649 | 92,696,554 | 52,450,600 |
*The 2015 numbers are based on August – December
Top Ten Most Watched Twitch Channels in 2020
| Channel | Total Hours Watched |
|---|---|
| xQcOW | 147,451,359 |
| Gaules | 128,676,055 |
| summit1g | 108,417,232 |
| ESL_CSGO | 79,782,376 |
| NICKMERCS | 73,449,514 |
| loltyler1 | 68,273,647 |
| ibai | 68,194,738 |
| auronplay | 67,556,150 |
| Fextralife | 66,833,224 |
| LIRIK | 49,345,314 |
Top Ten Most Watched Twitch Channels in 2019
| Channel | Total Hours Watched |
|---|---|
| Riot Games | 114,692,617 |
| Tfue | 92,696,554 |
| OverwatchLeague | 80,483,472 |
| ESL_CSGO | 67,440,173 |
| summit1g | 64,649,348 |
| shroud | 62,777,120 |
| xQcOW | 61,746,330 |
| Asmongold | 56,946,342 |
| Ninja | 47,962,961 |
| LIRIK | 47,736,777 |
Top Ten Most Watched Twitch Channels in 2018
| Channel | Total Hours Watched |
|---|---|
| Ninja | 234,190,643 |
| Riot Games | 104,180,939 |
| shroud | 102,255,436 |
| OverwatchLeague | 66,591,992 |
| sodapoppin | 55,562,186 |
| dakotaz | 52,281,231 |
| Tfue | 49,993,649 |
| LIRIK | 46,061,377 |
| summit1g | 44,439,944 |
| eleaguetv | 43,599,706 |
Top Ten Most Watched Twitch Channels in 2017
| Channel | Total Hours Watched |
|---|---|
| summit1g | 74,077,110 |
| LIRIK | 62,917,599 |
| imaqtpie | 56,076,652 |
| GamesDoneQuick | 44,771,172 |
| shroud | 44,249,693 |
| Riot Games | 42,379,663 |
| LCS | 41,134,655 |
| eleaguetv | 37,716,297 |
| sodapoppin | 32,897,297 |
| ESL_CSGO | 31,309,404 |
Top Ten Most Watched Twitch Channels in 2016
| Channel | Total Hours Watched |
|---|---|
| Riot Games | 102,561,941 |
| ESL_CSGO | 66,374,288 |
| imaqtpie | 58,918,962 |
| LIRIK | 49,048,596 |
| nl_Kripp | 44,482,204 |
| summit1g | 42,689,006 |
| GamesDoneQuick | 36,329,221 |
| sodapoppin | 35,118,404 |
| MLG | 33,862,573 |
| Nightblue3 | 30,807,344 |
Chris
Chris is a marketing major with a strong background in small business and influencer branding. He applies his knowledge of content and promotional strategies to design actionable advice for new and intermediate streamers. When he’s not busy crunching analytics, he can be found in the salt pits of League of Legends.