Twitch streamer rankings
Nine boards, each rebuilt from a daily snapshot of the broadcasts we tracked. Every board states how it is calculated and which channels are excluded, because a ranking you cannot audit is just an opinion with a table around it.
Average Viewers
Ranked by viewersTotal estimated hours watched divided by total hours streamed in the period, across broadcasts we tracked. Channels need at least 2 streams and 3 hours of tracked airtime to appear.
Peak Viewers
Ranked by viewersThe highest single viewer count we observed during the period. Because it is sampled rather than continuous, the true peak may be marginally higher.
Hours Watched
Ranked by hoursEstimated hours watched: average concurrent viewers multiplied by broadcast duration, summed across tracked streams in the period.
Followers
Ranked by followersCurrent follower total as most recently observed. Ordering reflects our latest observation, not a live reading.
Follower Growth
Ranked by followersFollowers gained between our first and last observation inside the period. Channels tracked for less than the full period are measured only over the time we actually observed.
Viewership Growth
Ranked by percentage changePercentage change in average viewers versus the immediately preceding equal period. Channels whose previous period was too small for a percentage to be meaningful are excluded rather than shown with an inflated figure.
Hours Streamed
Ranked by hoursTotal tracked broadcast time in the period.
Trending
Ranked by a composite scoreA composite of recent viewership growth, hours-watched growth, follower growth and activity, measured against each channel’s own baseline and scaled by data confidence. Deliberately not a ranking by size.
Rising
Ranked by a composite scoreSmall and mid-sized channels (10–2,000 average viewers) showing sustained growth over both 7 and 30 days, ranked by momentum against their own baseline.
What these boards do and do not cover
Rankings only include channels we track, measured only across broadcasts we actually observed. A channel we started tracking recently is measured over the time we watched it, not over its Twitch lifetime, and channels below each board’s minimum activity thresholds are left out rather than padded in with thin data. Read the full method.