Livestream viewership records: Highest peak viewers on Twitch, YouTube & Kick of all-time

Ibai has shaken up the all-time Twitch viewership records with La Velada del Año 4, setting a new record on Twitch. Here’s how he stacks up against the livestream viewership records for Twitch YouTube, and Kick.

January 11, 2021, was a historic day for Twitch, as Spanish streaming sensation David ‘TheGrefg’ Cánovas Martínez shattered the record for most concurrent viewers, when he revealed his Fortnite skin. He reached another top three Twitch record on January 29, 2023, peaking at over 1.7 million for his streamer awards.

However, on June 25, 2022, another Spanish streamer, Ibai, destroyed that record, reaching over 3 million live viewers to watch his second boxing event. Over on YouTube, Casimiro set the record there, with over 6 million viewers, thanks to football streams.

When Ibai’s event returned in 2023, he once again beat his own record, with La Velada del Año 3 reaching over 3.4 million concurrent viewers. Ibai’s at it again, now breaking his own records with Velada del Año 4. French streamer Squeezi is third on Twitch now, with 1.3 million for his racing event.

North American streamers still make up the bulk of this list, but non-English speaking streams are growing rapidly on Twitch and YouTube. Expect to see more streamers from other regions fight for a place among the most-viewed streams ever.

Ibai

Ibai drew in over 3 million viewers during his La Velada Del Año II event. He beat his own record in 2023 and again in 2024.

But his La Velada Del Año 4 event has reached even greater heights.

Most viewed Twitch streams ever

1. Ibai: 3,846,256
2. Ibai: 3,442,725
3. Ibai: 3,356,464
4. TheGrefg: 2,470,347
5. TheGrefg: 1,745,462
6. Ibai: 1,502,295
7. Squeezie: 1,340,960
8. ELXOKAS: 1,208,144
9. aminematue: 1,155,060
10. Kingsleague: 1,098,636
11. ELEAGUETV: 1,088,063
12. PlayStation: 1,014,646
13. Squeezie: 1,018,187
14. Riot Games: 988,867
15. DOTA2TI_RU: 845,224
16. ONEXTWO_: 764,151
17. Kai Cenat: 712,600
18. Gaules: 707,648
19. Zerator: 707,071
20. Fortnite: 700,529

Spanish streamer Ibai holds the record for peak viewers on a Twitch stream, with over 3.8 million. This was achieved during his ‘La Velada del Año 4‘ event.

In second place is fellow Spaniard, TheGrefg. He was revealing his new Fortnite skin at the time, attracting viewers around the world. As the stream starting hitting record numbers, more people joined just to be part of the frenzy.

This list, via Twitch Tracker, includes streams from companies, rather than just individual creators.

See below for the list for solo streamers only.

YouTube: Ninja / Epic Games

Ninja was a previous record holder, thanks to his popularity at the peak of Fortnite. He’s long since been surpassed.

Most viewed streams for a solo Twitch streamer (companies excluded):

1. Ibai: 3,846,256
2. Ibai: 3,442,725
3. Ibai: 3,356,464
4. TheGrefg: 2,470,347
5. TheGrefg: 1,745,462
6. Ibai: 1,502,295
7. Squeezie: 1,340,960
8. ELXOKAS: 1,208,144
9. aminematue: 1,155,060
10. Squeezie: 1,018,187
11. ONEXTWO_: 764,151
12. Kai Cenat: 712,600
13. Gaules: 707,648
14. Zerator: 707,071
15. Shadoune666: 690,360
16. KaiCenat: 672,244
17. Tommyinnit: 650,237
18. Ninja: 616,693
19. Auronplay: 602,308
20. Axozer: 557,151

Twitch might still be considered the home of video game livestreaming for now, but YouTube has been making up major ground in this area.

YouTube

YouTube Gaming is the home of livestreams on the platform and directly competes with Twitch

YouTube peak viewers record

Here are the highest viewership peaks on YouTube livestreams, via PlayBoard:

1. ISRO Official – 8 million (Chandrayaan-3 Mission)
2. CazéTV: 6.1 million (World Cup 2022 QF)
3. CazéTV: 5.2 million (World Cup 2022 RO16)
4. CazéTV: 4.9 million (Euro 2024 QF – France vs Portugal)
5. CazéTV: 4.7 million (Vasco vs Flamengo)
6. SpaceX: 4 million (Crew Demo 2)
7. Apple: 3.6 million (Apple Event – September 2024)
8. CazéTV: 3.6 million (Corinthians vs Sao Paulo)
9. Law & Crime Network: 3.5 million (Depp vs Heard trial)
10. Apple: 3.5 million (Apple Event – September 2024)
11. Fluminese Football Club: 3.5 million
12. Fluminese Football Club: 3.2 million
13. CazéTV: 3.2 million (Euro 2024 RO16 – Portugal vs Slovenia)
14. CazéTV: 3.1 million (Euro 2024 Semifinal – Holland vs England)
15. Apple: 2.7 million (Apple Event – October 2020)
16. NEXT Sports: 2.7 million
17. BTS: 2.6 million
18. CazéTV: 2.6 million (Paris Olympics Men’s Football – Brazil vs USA)
19. CazéTV: 2.5 million (Paris Olympics Women’s Volleyball – Brazil vs USA)
20. Sidemen: 2.5 million (Sidemen Charity Match 2022)

Note: Deleted livestreams and video previews are not counted in this list.

SpaceX previously held the record for the most viewed livestream on either YouTube or Twitch, with a launch of a test flight into space, showing the view inside the cockpit, on May 27, 2020.

But, this record was beaten not once, but twice, during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Brazilian streamer and journalist Casimiro did watch alongs of matches, and broke the record during the Brazil vs Croatia match, with 6.1 million live viewers.

He dominates the list now too, thanks to his livestreams from Euro 2024 and the Paris Olympics. Notably, his livestream of Women’s Volleyball between USA and Brazil peaked at over 2.5 million viewers.

The overall record for a YouTube livestream though is now over 8 million concurrent viewers, by the Indian Space Research Organisation, for their Chandrayaan-3 mission landing stream.

The Sidemen Charity Match in both 2022 and 2023 reached a peak viewership of 2.5 million.

Kick viewership records

Over on Kick, a newer player in the livestreaming platform wars, big streams have also pulled in impressive peak viewership numbers.

Currently, though, only one streamer on Kick has cracked the 1 million concurrent viewers mark – Colombian streamer WestCol.

He also took the crown of most-followed on Kick from Adin Ross, who is not only massively popular, but also closely associated to Kick and its ties with Stake, the gambling website.

These are the most viewed Kick streams of all time, by peak viewership. However, some of these streams are flagged by stats site StreamsCharts as potentially viewbotted.

1. WestCol: 1,417,574
2. Mellstroy271: 720,592
3. moises: 701,445 (Suspected viewbotting)
4. sxb: 690,753
5. AdinRoss: 583,694
6. crazytawn: 525,962 (Suspected viewbotting)
7. revo-vrc: 344,418 (Suspected viewbotting)
8. numeiro: 300,692 (Suspected viewbotting)
9. syrialive: 261,108 (Suspected viewbotting)
10. spreen: 248,609
11. lordbroo: 239,948 (Suspected viewbotting)
12. ibrahimalshref: 238,791 (Suspected viewbotting)
13. carldo: 232,299 (Suspected viewbotting)
14. sam: 216,685 (Suspected viewbotting)
15. japczan: 214,634 (Suspected viewbotting)
16. thegrefg: 214,222
17. coscu: 213,920 (Suspected viewbotting)
18. mokrysuchar: 210,296 (Suspected viewbotting)
19. Destiny: 190,383 (Suspected viewbotting)
20. elraenn: 170,113

Clearly, this list demonstrates the scale of the problem when it comes to viewbots on Kick. Although viewbotting is common on all streaming platforms, Kick’s top streams generally feature suspicious viewership activity.

When Ninja set the Twitch record by playing Fortnite with Drake and Travis Scott, it immediately elevated the streaming space more widely, paving the way for more records to be set.

We’ll keep you updated when new records are set and these rankings change, but Ibai has secured his spot at number one on Twitch for a long time to come.

For more lists, check out our Top 20 most followed TikTok accounts and the 20 most followed Twitch streamers.