Most Watched Twitch Streamers of 2023
2023 was a massive year for streaming, with multiple new faces coming to the forefront of Twitch, and experienced streamers continuing to grow their followings. We’re going to take a look at the Top 10 most-watched streamers on Twitch in 2023, focusing on total hours watched to rank them.
10: Handongsuk - Hours Watched: 56,933,803
Handongsuk is a Korean Variety Streamer who saw a big increase in total hours watched during 2023, growing by 21.1%. He also saw a 27.6% increase in average viewers compared to 2022. Handongsuk mainly streamed Teamfight Tactics but also played a lot of Lost Ark, EA Sports FC Online, and League of Legends.
9: IlloJuan - Hours Watched: 62,283,546
IlloJuan is a Spanish Variety Streamer with over 3.8 million followers on Twitch. He spent most of his time in 2023 streaming in the Just Chatting section, but spent a number of hours on DayZ, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Starfield.
His Twitch Channel grew by 9.8% in 2023, and saw an increase of 2.5% in Average Viewers.
8: eliasn97 - Hours Watched: 63,376,352
Eliasn97 is a German Variety Streamer with over 1.7 million followers on Twitch. In 2023, he spent most of his time streaming Just Chatting, while also doing sleeping streams, and the occasional game of EA FC 24, Fortnite, and Minecraft.
Eliasn97 saw a 7.7% decrease in total watch hours in 2023, but also streamed for 21% more hours during this time.
7: HasanAbi - Hours Watched: 64,156,929
HasanAbi is a variety streamer from the United States focusing primarily on political content. Over 90% of his streaming time in 2023 was in the Just Chatting section of Twitch, and he continued to build on his success from 2022.
6: tarik - Hours Watched: 73,299,558
Tarik is a Valorant streamer from the US. He spent 90% of his streaming hours on Valorant in 2023, but also went back to play some Counter-Strike at times. Tarik saw a big increase in average viewers in 2023, growing by 29.6%, while also streaming for 22.5% less hours compared to 2022.
5: fps_shaka - Hours Watched: 83,590,183
Fps_shaka is a Japanese variety streamer who spent most of their time streaming League of Legends, Grand Theft Auto 5, Street Fighter 6, and Escape from Tarkov in 2023. Fps_shaka also saw an 11.6% increase in average viewers in 2023 compared to 2022.
4: xQc - Hours Watched: 95,679,566
xQc is a former Overwatch professional turned Variety Streamer who has been pulling in major viewership numbers for years, and 2023 was no different. xQc was the most watched streamer in 2021 and 2022, however, the growth of newer streamers see him take the number 4 spot in 2023.
3: ibai - Hours Watched: 104,397,094
Ibai Llanos is a Spanish Variety Streamer who created the esports organisation, KOI. Ibai split his time in 2023 between Just Chatting and League of Legends, while also watching his KOI co-owner, Gerrard Pique’s Kings League in the Sports Category.
2: Gaules - Hours Watched: 110,367,463
Gaules is a Counter-Strike streamer from Brazil who spends most of his time watching the professional CS:GO and CS2 matches. Gaules has had a large following in South America for years, and continued to build on that in 2023.
1: KaiCenat - Hours Watched: 115,292,888
It should come as no surprise that KaiCenat tops the list for 2023. The Variety streamer from the US dominated Twitch in 2023, seeing a 70.2% increase in Hours Watched, and a 27% increase in Average Viewers while also gaining over 4 million followers in 2023 alone. With major guests appearing on his stream such as Nicki Minaj, Lil Yachty and more, 2023 was the year of KaiCenat.
Charlie has been a freelance esports writer since May 2020, primarily focusing on Call of Duty but has written about anything and everything! He is always getting involved and looking to learn everything about esports, but is also a massive football (soccer) fan and travels around the country to watch his home team Norwich City.