Twitch\u2019s biggest streamer is not xQc or Ninja anymore Twitch: xQcOW \/ NinjaFor roughly the past four years, it has been generally accepted that either xQc or Ninja were the \u2018biggest\u2019 or most popular streamers on Twitch. But, as of 2022, they\u2019re no longer top dogs \u2013 instead, it\u2019s a streamer many English-speaking viewers are not aware of: Auronplay. His move to Mixer notwithstanding, Ninja is often held up as the biggest streamer on Twitch, simply because his follower number is the largest, at a whopping 17 million. Most of this, however, was accrued during his peak of popularity in 2018, and it doesn\u2019t equate to the most viewers four years on. If it\u2019s not Ninja, then xQc is often dubbed the most popular streamer, because he\u2019s consistently at the top of the \u2018hours watched\u2019 chart. However, while xQc is definitely number one for English-speaking streamers, this \u2018hours watched\u2019 figure is inflated because xQc simply streams more hours than almost any other broadcaster. Instead, a much better metric of judging the most popular streamer on Twitch is two-fold: average viewers and followers gained. And in both of these categories, Spanish streamer Auronplay comes out way on top. Auronplay is actually Twitch\u2019s biggest streamer Although Auronplay has always been huge on Twitch, 2022 has seen him boom like never before, as the Spanish-speaking community on Twitch grows too. In the past 30 days, Auronplay has averaged 112,000 concurrent viewers \u2013 miles ahead of second-place Dream with 80,000 (who only streamed once for 3 hours). Averaging over 100,000 viewers on every stream is something no other streamer even comes close to. In followers, Auronplay has over 12 million, which is second behind Ninja\u2019s 17 million. But, Auron has gained almost 400,000 new followers in the last 30 days, compared with Ninja\u2019s 70,000. What about hours watched, you may ask? xQc, king of the \u2018hours watched\u2019 stat, netted 21.5 million \u2013 almost double Auronplay\u2019s 11.3 million. But, xQc streamed 280 hours \u2013 well more than double Auronplay\u2019s 101 hours. If Auronplay had streamed the same amount as xQc, his hours watched would blow it out of the water. The rise of Spanish-streams on Twitch Auronplay\u2019s success is part of a wider boom in the popularity of Spanish and Portuguese-speaking streamers. He is joined by the likes of Ibai, El Rubius, TheGrefg, Juansguarnizo (Colombian), and Alanzoka (Brazilian) in the top 20 of all streamers by following. Read More: Livestream viewership records – Compare that to a few years ago, when only El Rubius featured in the top 20, and it\u2019s clear to see that more and more English-speaking streamers are being moved down the rankings. While the US & Canada is still Twitch\u2019s biggest market, there is a very real potential that in the coming years, non-English channels and viewers will usurp the overall popularity of their NA counterparts, and Auronplay is leading the charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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