With more than 770 BILLION minutes watched this year, Twitch is experiencing unprecedented growth. The top 20 Twitch streamers make millions – as much as $20M or more per month for the top tier.
Twitch is one of the most popular live video streaming portals boasting an average of 15 million daily active users and an estimated 2.2 million to 3 million broadcasters per month.
Statistics show that viewers watched an astounding 654 billion minutes of video streaming in 2020 to date. The platform is owned by Twitch Interactive – a subsidiary of Amazon. Since Amazon repurchased the live streaming platform in 2011, it saw an overwhelming surge in popularity and is currently giving YouTube Gaming a run for its money. Twitch is the leading video streaming site in the United States, and its following is gradually gaining cult status.
The videos on Twitch are either live or on demand and ranges from live video game stream to eSports broadcast and even music broadcast.
Currently, popular games such as Fortnite, PUBG, League of Legends, Call of Duty and DOTA are a permanent fixture on Twitch with many players live streaming their gameplay daily.
However, it is not all fun and games at Twitch, as streamers have a lot of options to earn money from such as subscriber fees, donations, ad revenues, and sponsorships. The money earned by some Twitch streamers just by uploading a live stream of them playing a game can put many jobs to shame and can make them wonder if they should have played video games more professionally. Here is a list of the top 20 Twitch streamers who choose to have a career in Twitch and are making millions of dollars each here. #CallofDuty #ModernWarfare #Warzone
1. Ninja – 15.8 million followers
Ninja – AKA Richard Blevins – signed back with Twitch after a brief misadventure at Mixer, which ended in July 2020. With 15.78million followers, Ninja is the top of the list of earners for Twitch streamers. He signed a new multi-million dollar deal with Twitch in September 2020 and is more popular than ever. He has over 11 million active subscribers on Twitch. Since he came home to Twitch his following has increased by 800,000.
People ask “What is Ninja’s Net Worth?” and it is estimated conservatively to top $20M.
One of Ninja’s favorite games is Fortnite, and he’s back streaming now live on Twitch. He’s also got 24.1M YouTube subscribers. Ninja brings homes millions each month with his subscriptions, followers, donations and sponsors. His sponsors on Twitch include Adidas and Red Bull.
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2. Tfue – 9.1 million followers
Turner Ellis Tenney (TFUE) is the Twitch streamer with the highest number of subscribers at 9.1 million last count. He’s gotten into some spats with Ninja, the former reigning champion before he got picked up by a different streaming platform. Fortnite Battle Royale is Tfue’s game. He played for FaZe Clan and his popularity grows every week. He’s got 13M subscribers on Twitch and 12M on YouTube. Between Twitch and YouTube, TFUE is sitting pretty, financially.
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3. Shroud – 8.3 million followers
Michael Grzesiek is a former professional gamer known for playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive who became successful as an eSports gamer. Now the Canadian is better known for playing PUBG under the moniker Shroud on Twitch. When he returned to Twitch from Mixer 500,000 watched his coming-back-home to Twitch debut. His highest recorded number of concurrent viewers: 516K.
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With an average viewership of around 200K per week, Shroud earns well over $10 million in yearly revenues. In addition to Twitch his YouTube channel has over 6.5M subscribers.
He has quit playing Counter-Strike professionally, but he now splits his stream between PUBG and Fortnite. Shroud streams in English and is supported by HyperX.
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4. Myth – 6.8 Million Followers
Ali Kabanni is a professional Fortnite Battle Royale gamer who is more popular as Myth, his Twitch nickname (formerly TSM_Myth). He also plays Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 but his stream of Fortnite is more viewed than his other streams.
Ali streams in English and is partnered by Dr. Pepper, HTC eSports, and Chipotle. Ali is currently hosting Dakotaz, a fellow Twitch streamer, on his channel which has on average over 20,000 views per week. His followers increased a lot since November 2017, but his viewership has seen a slight decline in recent weeks.
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Myth’s probable yearly income is around $1.25+ million thanks to his 5,000+ subscribers and 6.8M followers. His YouTube channel has 4.3 million subscribers. SWEET.
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5. Rubius – 6.2 Million Followers
One of the biggest Spanish streamers in the world, El Rubius (Ruben Doblas) stuck with Twitch when the others jumped ship to Mixer. A stand-out on Twitch since 2018, Rubius is popular globally as a Twitch and YouTube rock star. He’s got 6.2M followers on Twitch and 38M subscribers on YouTube. He has over 8.7 billion views with an average of 71K viewers. Recently he cut a video showcasing his new ride, a sweet Porsche.
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6. TimtheTatman – 5.6 Million Followers
Timothy John Bater aka TimTheTatman is an active gamer who live streams on Twitch every day except Sundays.
Timothy mostly plays World of Warcraft, Overwatch and Counter-Strike among others and his videos garner nearly 28,000 viewers per week. With 44K active subscribers he is currently ranking #2 of all gamers with subscriptions and has close to 20K paid subscribers all tiers.
People often ask “What is TimtheTatman’s Net Worth” and it’s estimated $8M, conservatively.
His estimated income from his more than 44,000 subscriptions alone is $2 million a year, and along with sponsorships and Ad revenues, his total yearly income is well over $3 million.
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Tim is sponsored by Monster Energy and Audio-Technica, Cyber power PC and Razer.
On YouTube, Tim has 2.4M subscribers. He is a full-time streamer with a dedicated subscriber base which brings him a lot of money at the end of the month.
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7. Pokimane – 5.6 Million Followers
As the world’s top female gamer, Pokimane has a growing following of 5.6M on Twitch. Her real name is Imane Anys but you can call her Poki or Pokimane. She plays Fortnite and League of Legends plus streams food for entertainment and variety. And, she has her own makeup line. Her YouTube subscriber list tops 5.5M and climbing. She’s got over 4.8 subscribers on Twitch. Poki is a Canadian video gamer popular around the world. She made it big time on Twitch and is represented by one of the largest talent agencies in the world, United Talent Agency.
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8. Summit1G – 5.4 Million Followers
Jaryd Lazar is an American Twitch streamer who also used to be a pro Counter Strike – Global Offensive player much like Shroud. Known to his followers as summit1g, he now streams Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and plays for the team 1G SQUAD.
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With sponsorships from Monster Energy, Discord and Corsair among others, summit1g boasts of a weekly viewership of around 28,500.With more than 32K subscribers, his earnings are estimated at $200,000 a month. Nice!
Owing to his increasing popularity among Twitch users his income is only set to soar in the coming years.
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9. Dakotaz – 4.6 Million Followers
Brett Hoffman joined Twitch six years ago and haven’t looked back since then. He has over 4.6 million followers on Twitch as well as 3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.
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Dakotaz grows his following by streaming solo and with Myth, among others. This 33-year-old streams under the nickname Dakotaz and is a part of Team Solo Mid along with TSM_Myth. He started by playing WarZ videos and moved on to other survival games until he stumbled upon PUBG which boosted his viewership and number of subscribers. He’s got 6.9K active subscribers.
After Fortnite’s release, he became a professional Fortnite player and live streams it on Twitch. With an average of 17k viewers per week, Dakotaz earns over one million dollars annually.
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10. Riot Games – 4.5 Million Followers
Riot Games is home of LoL Esports. With 4.5M followers on Twitch and 319K subscribers on YouTube, video game publisher Riot Games provides space for Twitch streamers to compete. Watch best archives and highlights plus League of Legends streams. With 4.4 million subscribers, earnings can be estimated over $10M each month on month.
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11. Auronplay – 4.5 Million Followers
Auronplay is a top streamer with 4.5M followers on Twitch. He’s a Spanish-speaking gamer who crushes YouTube with 25M subscribers. His YouTube videos receive 10M to 20M views each. On Twitch, he has 49M views and 62K viewers at any given time. One of his recent broadcasts pulled in 1M+ views: “Among Us || Tengo Miedo” or have fear.
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12. DrLupo – 4.3 million followers
Benjamin Lupo is a professional gamer specializing in Fortnite and PUBG. He also used to play Destiny 2: Forsaken, Ring of Elysium and even SpongeBob Square Pants but now he is a dedicated Fortnite player. He sometimes streams Call of Duty too. He’s got a strong dedicated following of more than 24K subscribers.
Known to Twitch users as DrLupo, he once played Fortnite along with Ninja which made him famous overnight. Now with an average of 10,000 viewers per week, he is one of the highest earners on Twitch thanks to his gaming skills.
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He plays for the ASUS Republic of Gamers, and his subscriber count stands close to 20,000 for which he earns annual revenue of roughly $1.9 million- a little less than 2 million dollars.
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13. NICKMERCS – 4.3 Million Followers
Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff is a Fortnite Battle Royale and Call of Duty Modern Warfare top Twitch streamer with 4.3M followers and 16K average viewers and 123M views. He has 52K active subscribers placing him in the #1 position for total active subscribers on Twitch.
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He’s a full-time professional streamer with 2.82 YouTube subscribers, signed with the FaZe clan. He was an original Justin.tv streamer in 2010, and built YouTube channel in 2011. His squad led the record in Fortnite with 54 kills that was later overtaken (59). He’s aggressive and entertaining, with high energy you can’t mistake (one of a kind).
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He’s from Detroit, Michigan and also played Halo as a pro. He is a top Twitch earner with $6M in 2019 and is on track to being in the top earners in 2020.
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14. ESL_CSGO – 4.1 Million Followers
The ESL pro league features more than 4.1M followers on Twitch. The ESL Counter-Strike channel on YouTube has 1.32M subscribers. The site identifies itself as an open ecosystem connecting ESL and DreamHack events. People look to ESL CSGO for pro tips and information.
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15. The Grefg – 4.1 Million Followers
The Grefg is a top Twitch streamer with 4.17M followers and more than 6,400 kills and a YouTube base of 14.8M subscribers. A Spanish-speaking Twitch star, The Grefg also pulls in 3.9M followers on Twitter. One of his favorite sayings is “I usually talk about what I understand, what I don’t, I shut up and learn.” He’s a young top streamer born in 1997 in Murcia, Spain.
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The Grefg is known for his play on Call of Duty, Geometry Dash, Counter Strike Global Offensive, Clash Royal and more.
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16. TSM_Daequan – 3.8 Million Followers
Daequan is a pro streamer with more than 3.8M followers on Twitch and 5.3M subscribers on his popular YouTube channel Dequan Loco. His Twitch subscribers are estimated at 25K translated to an estimated $50K plus per month. His archives often boast more than 20M views and he also broadcasts on Twitter with 1.7M Twitter followers.
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One of the ways top streamers make money comes along with sponsorships and advertising. Here’s Daequan making bank with his sponsor G Fuel. His Fortnite prowess is responsible for his main fame.
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17. SypherPK – 3.7 Million Followers
Pro Fortnite content creator SypherPk with 3.7M followers and more than 70M total views is a top streamer who occasionally pairs up with top tier players including Nickmercs. On YouTube, Sypher has 4.5M subscribers. One of his hottest archives includes “Secret Car Tricks Epic Doesn’t Tell You” with more than 1.4M views.
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18. lolTyler1 – 3.7 Million Followers
Tyler “LolTyler1” Steinkamp has more than 3.7M Twitch followers. A top streamer with a full clothing line plus merchandise, he’s also got 2.4M fans on YouTube. He’s one of the world’s reknowned Leage of Legends gamers. He was banned for two years and became known for being “The Most Toxic Player in North America” but came back in January 2018.
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LolTyler1 is from Missouri, and lives in a gaming family with his brother also a Twitch streamer, erobb221.
19. alanzoka – 3.6 Million Followers
Alan “Alanzoka” Ferreira is a Brazillian streamer with more than 3.6M followers on Twitch. He averages 24K viewers on Twitch and has 20K subscribers. This translates to more than $80K each month in a very low estimate of potential earnings.
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Alanzoka is known for having a sense of humor. Alanzoka recommends fellow top streamers Nickmercs, XQcOW, TimThe Tatman, lolTyler1 and he follows Ninja, himself.
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20. XQCOW – 3.5 Million Followers
Canadian YouTuber and Twitch streamer, Félix Lengyel may not have as many followers as some of the more popular streamers on this list but make no mistake, this guy still makes well over a million dollars, $1.25 approximately, from home all thanks to his 13,000+ subscribers.
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Félix is a professional Overwatch player who played for the Dallas Fuel in the Overwatch League.
He also plays Call of Duty and Just Chatting from time to time and live streams them on his Twitch channel- XQCOW. He streams in English and records an average viewer count of 12,000 per week. XQCOW joined Twitch 4 years ago and is already earning millions.
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