You’ve read about the fastest-growing streamers before, but much like local pizza shops claiming the world’s best slice, it’s often unclear who is judging or how the rankings are determined.
Typically, these rankings focus on a spike in subscriber or follower numbers, but true success lies in fostering a loyal audience who returns again and again.
When a streamer consistently grows their actual viewer count, it’s a real indicator of sustained popularity. Our research zeroes in on the top 20 streamers who’ve built genuine connections with their communities. These aren’t just clicks—they’re connections.
The numbers show a significant shift in the fastest-growing streamer rankings. In 2024, this chart included CaseOh, Jynxzi, Papaplatte, MontanaBlack, T2x2, HasanAbi, Drakeoffc, Tumblurr, Junichi Kato, Maximum, Stariy_Bog, EliasN97, Rader, and MartinCirioOk. None of these 14 names remain in the top 20 for 2025.
What hasn’t changed much is the language breakdown: English-speaking creators still make up half the list, Russian speakers hold six spots, and the rest are split among Spanish, Ukrainian, and French streamers.
When it comes to country representation, the US has tightened its grip, now claiming nine of the top 20—two more than in 2024. Meanwhile, Japan, Germany, Argentina, and Italy have all dropped out of the list. France is the only newcomer to the rankings this year.
As for content categories, Just Chatting still leads the pack, making up exactly half the list. Esports-adjacent streams continue to churn out stars too: Counter-Strike (3) and Dota 2 (2) together represent a quarter of the chart. League of Legends, Minecraft, and IRL Travel & Outdoors also remain strong launchpads for new talent.
- True success on Twitch is indicated by consistent viewer growth, not just follower count.
- 14 of the top 20 fastest-growing streamers of 2024 dropped out of the 2025 rankings.
- The US increased its dominance this year, with American streamers now accounting for nearly half of the rankings.
- Half of the top 20 fastest-growing streamers of 2025 were focused on the Just Chatting category.
Our method explained
To compile this ranking of the fastest-growing streamers, we focused on a metric that reflects true loyalty: the absolute increase in average viewers within a year. This offers a clearer picture of sustained engagement than follower or subscriber counts.
In our analysis, we concentrated on personality-driven channels, deliberately excluding brands to highlight individual creators. Our evaluation specifically compared monthly averages for concurrent viewers between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025. We had a minimum requirement of 40 streaming hours during the observed quarter to filter out one-hit wonders.
We chose Streams Charts as the source for these statistics while deliberately omitting Kick streamers due to concerns about unreliable and potentially inflated viewer counts. Our list will be updated in October 2026 with the newest findings.
Meet the top 20
1. Ibai (Spain)
- Monthly viewers gained: 35,453
- YoY growth: 33%
- Most popular category: Special Events
Ibai Llanos, a Spanish streaming icon, transitioned from an esports commentator to a full-time content creator. Ibai is more than just a streamer, he is a cultural phenomenon in Spain and Latin America. The Spaniard has shown that streamers from non-English-speaking regions can thrive on a global scale, setting a new standard for international content creators.
Ranked fourth on this list last year, Ibai has soared to number one in 2025. We have excluded his record-breaking event La Velada Del Año from the dataset to avoid skewing the results with an extreme outlier (the event drew over 6 million concurrent viewers).
2. evelone2004 (Ukraine)
- Monthly viewers gained: 27,301
- YoY growth: 146%
- Most popular category: Counter-Strike
A fixture of the Eastern European scene, evelone2004 leaned into Counter-Strike watchalongs and community streams that translate into sticky daily viewership. The tone of his content is casual, the pace relentless, and the result is a clear step up in average audience compared to the year before, when he didn’t crack the top 20.
3. Kai Cenat (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 23,258
- YoY growth: 25%
- Most popular category: Minecraft
Kai Cenat has achieved such mainstream celebrity status that suburban moms know who he is. His explosive success has made him a cultural icon, and allowed him to bring his high-energy streams to collaborate with household names like Kevin Hart and Lebron James.
Already operating from a sky-high baseline, Kai still found room to climb thanks to big-personality variety, Minecraft sessions, and collabs that spill into mainstream culture. When your everyday stream feels like an event, averages creep upward even without a marathon. Kai thus managed to move up two spots in this year’s rankings.
4. 2xRaKai (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 22,859
- YoY growth: 756%
- Most popular category: Travel & Outdoors
A breakout in the Travel & Outdoors category, Quvonn Rakai “2xRaKai” Linder rode the IRL wave with high-engagement trips and on-the-street moments that keep chat active between destinations.
The format rewards consistency. Case in point: 2xRaKai cracked the top 20 by going from 3,025 average viewers in Q3 2024 to 25,884 a year later. At 756%, his relative YoY growth is the highest on this list by a decent margin.
5. jasontheween (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 19,057
- YoY growth: 154%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
Equal parts Just Chatting and variety, Jason “jasontheween” Nguyen Twitch channel lives on momentum: reactive humor, fast pivots, and a community that shows up even when the game changes.
His highly dynamic approach to content saw him shoot up through the rankings in Q3 2025, gaining over 19,000 average viewers compared to the same period last year.
6. byilhann (France)
- Monthly viewers gained: 18,049
- YoY growth: 165%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
France’s talk-first meta continues to produce contenders, with Ilhan “byilhann” Coskun being the fastest-growing of the bunch. His streams are peppered with pop-culture riffs and creator crossovers, a combination that delivered a steady climb in average viewers throughout 2025.
7. plaqueboymax (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 17,781
- YoY growth: 130%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
Plaqueboymax turns Twitch into a live A&R lab, inviting rappers into “In The Booth” sessions where he engineers songs on camera from his basement studio and lets chat ride along for the whole creative process.
Between those sessions he runs crowd-competitive formats like “Song Wars,” bracket-style battles that spotlight emerging artists and put viewers in the middle of the verdict. Coupled with some IRL bits and overall punchy pacing, the American streamer more than doubled his audience over the past 12 months.
8. KmSenKangoo (France)
- Monthly viewers gained: 17,511
- YoY growth: 689%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
KmSenKangoo is another French riser who found velocity by making the chat the show. His signature formats swing from rapid-fire “Ping Pong Questions” to social-deduction chaos like “Loups Garoup,” regularly pulling five-figure live audiences.
Beyond live shows, he fuels a strong recap ecosystem with an active YouTube channel and a dedicated VOD replay stream (“KmSenKangooSpam”), keeping highlights circulating between broadcasts His quick-turn reactions, shared memes, and an always-on vibe added up to long watch times and a sharp YoY average viewer spike of 689%.
9. Caedrel (United Kingdom)
- Monthly viewers gained: 16,200
- YoY growth: 52%
- Most popular category: League of Legends
Caedrel is known for his in-depth analysis and co-streaming of League of Legends events, often providing unique behind-the-scenes content. In 2025, he kept consistently hosting analyses and co-streams. Worlds and Regional Finals offered some viewership spikes, as they always do, but it’s the clarity and cadence of Caedrel’s analysis that pull viewers back between big match days.
Compared to 2024, the British streamer dropped by seven spots, adding “only” 16,200 viewers to his monthly average as opposed to 22,415 the year before.
10. shadowkekw (Russia)
- Monthly viewers gained: 13,325
- YoY growth: 94%
- Most popular category: Counter-Strike
Max “shadowkekw” Pavlov is a Russian Twitch star who rose to prominence for his IRL, Just Chatting, and reaction content. He anchors watch parties and Counter-Strike 2 showmatches where streamers take on pro players, often with hilarious results.
Compared to Q3 2024, shadowkekw nearly doubled his average Twitch viewership, going from 14,164 to just under 27,500.
11. Lacy (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 12,631
- YoY growth: 114%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
Nick “Lacy” Fosco is an American streamer whose Twitch channel is mostly focused on IRL and Just Chatting content. He does walk-and-talks, collab-heavy broadcasts, and stunty subathons focused on chat interaction.
According to the Streams Charts data, Lacy’s average viewership climbed by over 12,500 year-over-year, making him the fifth fastest-growing 2025 streamer focused on the Just Chatting category.
12. Stable Ronaldo (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 10,791
- YoY growth: 77%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
Stable Ronaldo, or “Ron” to his fans, is the embodiment of chaotic, unfiltered energy on Twitch—like if your overly competitive cousin also happened to be a Fortnite pro. Whether he’s humorously beefing with Ninja or threatening to break his monitor in a fit of rage, Ronaldo draws viewers in with his larger-than-life antics.
A year ago, Stable Ronaldo’s explosive rise made him one of Twitch’s biggest comeback stories, but in 2025, he’s in calmer waters. He’s dropped from 7th to 12th overall. It’s less a decline than a normalization, as his channel has now found a steady rhythm following its viral highs of 2024.
13. sasavot (Russia)
- Monthly viewers gained: 10,714
- YoY growth: 195%
- Most popular category: The Last of Us Part I
Gleb Borisovich “sasavot” Orlov is a narrative-driven streamer known for his The Last of Us Part I playthroughs and carefully chosen variety content, which encourage long-session viewing. He’s the only Twitch content creator focused on single-player games who cracked this year’s top 20.
14. Asmongold (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 10,649
- YoY growth: 34%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
Asmongold, aka zackrawrr, is the unapologetic voice of the MMO community. He’s particularly known for his World of Warcraft streams that mix high-level gameplay with blunt but humorous commentary. As the co-founder of One True King (OTK) and co-owner of Starforge Systems, Asmongold is extremely successful—despite looking like your average Walmart employee.
Although he has taken multiple breaks to focus on personal well-being, following the death of his mother and now father, Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt’s audience remains as loyal and supportive as ever. It also keeps growing, with his average viewer count increasing by 34% YoY as of September 2025.
Still, Asmongold dropped eight spots in the 2025 rankings, so he’s currently on course to exit the top 20 by this time next year.
15. buster (Russia)
- Monthly viewers gained: 10,494
- YoY growth: 53%
- Most popular category: Counter-Strike
A cornerstone of Russia’s variety scene, Vyacheslav “Buster” Leontiev mixes Counter-Strike queues, co-streams, and talk-heavy segments into a format that often feels like a night club meetup. In 2025, he boosted his relative viewership by over 50%, surpassing the 30,000 average viewer mark.
16. Nix (Russia)
- Monthly viewers gained: 10,355
- YoY growth: 23%
- Most popular category: Dota 2
Aleksandr “Nix” Levin might not be competing professionally anymore, but his legacy in the Dota 2 scene runs deep. After years of competing, including a memorable stint with HellRaisers where he placed third at DOTA Summit 11, Nix made the jump to streaming and commentary.
Nix has the smallest relative viewership growth rate in this year’s top 20 at just 23%. But that’s mostly because his channel is already huge—his 2025 average viewership of 55,158 is topped only by two others on the list: Ibai and Kai Cenat.
17. mokrivskyi (Ukraine)
- Monthly viewers gained: 10,152
- YoY growth: 95%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
A conversation-first Just Chatting streamer, Roman Mokrivsky leans on cultural riffs, creator crossovers, and long, relaxed Twitch sessions. In Q3 2025, he recorded an average viewership of 20,844, an impressive 95% improvement over the same period last year.
18. ramzes (Russia)
- Monthly viewers gained: 10,008
- YoY growth: 185%
- Most popular category: Dota 2
A decorated Dota 2 pro turned everyday streamer, Roman “Ramzes” Kushnarev blends ranked queues with laid-back watchalongs, giving CIS fans a reason to tune in between match days. With a jump from 5,401 average viewers in Q3 2024 to 15,409 a year later, he logs the strongest relative growth of 185% in the top 15–20 range.
19. Duke (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 7,795
- YoY growth: 78%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
Denzel Shaquille “Duke” Dennis is AMP’s resident jokester known for high-interaction Just Chatting stream where bits, memes, and quick pivots keep chat buzzing well past primetime.
In Q3 2024, his average viewership hovered just above the 10,000 mark, with Duke improving on that figure by 78%. Among the two English-language streamers in the 15–20 block, Duke leads in both average viewers and followers.
20. rayasianboy (United States)
- Monthly viewers gained: 6,979
- YoY growth: 159%
- Most popular category: Just Chatting
A late-night meme machine, Chen-Ruei “RayAsianBoy” Hsu thrives on rapid-fire banter and viral clip loops that convert curious scrollers into longer hangs. The 2005-born creator got his start after a chance meeting with Kai Cenat went viral in the summer of 2023, leading to regular appearances on Kai’s streams.
Ray started a TikTok account soon after, eventually expanding to other platforms. This led him to Twitch, where he has now cracked the top 20 fastest-growing streamer list for the first time ever, thanks to an impressive 159% year-over-year growth in Q3 2025.
