Shroud\u2019s historic Twitch return makes him fastest-growing streamer Twitch: shroud[jwplayer 91I9RIGm]Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek returned to Twitch after a post-Mixer vacation and the legendary FPS player and streamer has been rewarded by over 1 million new followers, giving him, by far, the platform\u2019s fastest-growing channel. Shroud joined Ninja by accepting a multi-million-dollar contract to exclusively stream on Mixer in December 2019. Eight months later, Mixer folded, and the two walked away with fatter bank accounts. According to reports, shroud\u2019s contract was worth $30 million, causing speculation over his next deal. Now, after a light vacation, he\u2019s back on Twitch and early statistics prove him to be the platform\u2019s fastest-growing streamer by a very wide margin. According to TwitchMetrics, shroud has gained 1,073,289 new followers over the last 30 days. That makes him the platform\u2019s hottest channel by over 500,000, as no other channel has grown by even half a million over the last month. Ninja hasn\u2019t been streaming as consistently, but he still ranks as the most-followed channel on Twitch, with a whopping 15 million users still awaiting the gaming icon\u2019s streams. But thanks to his Valorant and variety streams, shroud is rising right back up the rankings. Now, at 8.1 million followers, he is right on track to battle with Tfue for the second-most followers on all of the platform (Tfue has around 9 million). I\u2019m coming homehttps:\/\/t.co\/0nsby7MTHi pic.twitter.com\/6qO2E4m4jy \u2014 Michael Grzesiek (@shroud) August 11, 2020 After announcing his return to Twitch in early August, shroud has cemented his status as one of gaming\u2019s greatest streaming talents. From Valorant to Fall Guys, to Escape From Tarkov, the FPS beast returned with a goatee and a vengeance \u2014 as proven by how quickly his channel is growing on a daily basis. In a testament to his community and presence, followers and brand partnerships have come easily for the head-clicker. Most recently, he was announced as a captain for Bud Light Seltzer\u2019s Battle of the Best tournament, which features 16 streamers in a contest spanning four different games. I\u2019m a captain in the @BudLight Seltzer\u2019s Battle of the Best. Competing against some real gamers and @timthetatman. Starts next Tuesday, see you there #BOTB #ad pic.twitter.com\/littwsA86J \u2014 Michael Grzesiek (@shroud) August 27, 2020 As experienced in banter as he is in flick shots, shroud got right back into the thick of streamer trash talk by taking a shot at TimTheTatman in his announcement Tweet, noting that he will be \u201ccompeting against some real gamers and TimTheTatman.\u201d Not all real gamers are legitimate streamer personalities, but shroud\u2019s fans apparently think he is both. Gaining over 1 million followers in a month is impressive and the industry will be eagerly anticipating just how far this growth can go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shroud\u2019s historic Twitch return makes him fastest-growing streamer Twitch: shroud[jwplayer 91I9RIGm]Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek returned to Twitch after a post-Mixer vacation and the legendary FPS player and streamer has been rewarded by over 1 million new followers, giving him, by far, the platform\u2019s fastest-growing channel. Shroud joined Ninja by accepting a multi-million-dollar contract to exclusively stream […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}