Spanish streamer Ibai holds the world record for livestream viewership, thanks to his La Velada del Año 5, setting a new record on Twitch. Here are the top livestream viewership records for Twitch, YouTube, and Kick.
On June 25, 2022 Ibai reached over 3 million live viewers with his second boxing event – which he has since gone on to beat many times over. On YouTube, Casimiro set the record there, with over 6 million viewers, thanks to football streams. However, he has since been trumped by India’s Chandrayaan-3 expedition to the moon.
Non-english streamers make up the bulk of the list on Twitch, as Ibai is by French stars Squeezie and Zerator, fellow Spaniards TheGrefG and ELXOKAS.
IbaiIbai 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.
Ibai’s La Velada Del Año 5 event currently holds the record with over 9 million live viewers. This is record across all of Twitch, YouTube and Kick.
Most viewed Twitch streams ever
- Ibai: 9,189,762
- Ibai: 3,846,256
- Ibai: 3,442,725
- Ibai: 3,356,464
- TheGrefg: 2,470,347
- TheGrefg: 1,745,462
- Ibai: 1,502,295
- Squeezie: 1,366,992
- Squeezie: 1,340,960
- ELXOKAS: 1,208,144
- RebeuDeter: 1,203,745
- aminematue: 1,155,060
- Kingsleague: 1,098,636
- ELEAGUETV: 1,088,063
- PlayStation: 1,014,646
- Squeezie: 1,018,187
- KaiCenat: 1,005,331
- Riot Games: 988,867
- DOTA2TI_RU: 845,224
- ONEXTWO_: 764,151
Spanish streamer Ibai holds the record for peak viewers on a Twitch stream, with over 9.1 million. This was achieved during his ‘La Velada del Año 5’ event. His livestream events hold the top 4 spots, consistently pulling a mind-blowing level of viewership.
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, so the list below excludes companies and brands.
YouTube: Ninja / Epic GamesNinja 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):
- Ibai: 9,334,779
- Ibai: 3,846,256
- Ibai: 3,442,725
- Ibai: 3,356,464
- TheGrefg: 2,470,347
- TheGrefg: 1,745,462
- Ibai: 1,502,295
- Squeezie: 1,366,992
- Squeezie: 1,340,960
- ELXOKAS: 1,208,144
- RebeuDeter: 1,203,745
- aminematue: 1,155,060
- Squeezie: 1,018,187
- KaiCenat: 1,005,331
- ONEXTWO_: 764,151
- buster: 758,101
- Kai Cenat: 712,600
- Gaules: 707,648
- Zerator: 707,071
- Shadoune666: 690,360
Twitch might still be considered the home of video game livestreaming for now, but YouTube has been making up major ground in this area.
YouTubeYouTube 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.
These records are dominated by football matches streamed primarily by CazéTV, which is the most popular source to watch the games online in South America.
- ISRO Official – 8 million (Chandrayaan-3 Mission)
- CazéTV: 6.1 million (2022 World Cup QF – Brazil vs Croatia)
- CazéTV: 5.5 million (2025 Club World Cup RO16 – Bayern vs Flamengo)
- CazéTV: 5.2 million (2025 Club World Cup QF – Palmieras vs Chelsea)
- CazéTV: 5.2 million (2022 World Cup RO16 – Brazil vs South Korea)
- CazéTV: 5.1 million (2025 Paulista Final – Corinthians vs Palmieras)
- CazéTV: 5 million (2025 Club World Cup SF – Fluminese vs Chelsea)
- ge tv: 5 million (2025 Club World Cup Final – PSG vs Flamengo)
- CazéTV: 4.9 million (EURO 2024 QF – Portugal vs France)
- CazéTV: 4.9 million (2025 Club World Cup Groups – Flamengo vs Chelsea)
- CazéTV: 4.9 million (2025 Club World Cup QF – Fluminese vs Al Hilal)
- FPT Bóng Đá Việt: 4.9 million (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CUP 2024)
- CazéTV: 4.7 million (2023 Cariocão Championship SF – Vasco vs Flamengo)
- FPT Bóng Đá Việt: 4.7 million (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CUP 2024)
- CazéTV: 4.6 million (2025 Club World Cup RO16 – Palmieras vs Botafogo)
- ge tv: 4.6 million (2025 Copa de Brasil Final – Vasco vs Conrinthians)
- CazéTV: 4.3 million (2025 Club World Cup RO16 – Inter vs Fluminese)
- CazéTV: 4.2 million (2025 Club World Cup SF – PSG vs Real Madrid)
- CazéTV: 4.2 million (2025 Club World Cup Groups – PSG vs Botafogo)
- CazéTV: 4.1 million (2025 Paulista Groups – Corinthians vs Santos)
- SpaceX: 4 million (Crew Demo 2)
- Apple: 3.6 million (Apple Event – September 2024)
- CazéTV: 3.6 million (Corinthians vs Sao Paulo)
- Law & Crime Network: 3.5 million (Depp vs Heard trial)
- Apple: 3.5 million (Apple Event – September 2024)
- Fluminese Football Club: 3.5 million
- Fluminese Football Club: 3.2 million
- CazéTV: 3.2 million (Euro 2024 RO16 – Portugal vs Slovenia)
- CazéTV: 3.1 million (Euro 2024 Semifinal – Holland vs England)
- FPT Bóng Đá Việt: 2.9 million (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CUP 2024)
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 the 2025 Club World Cup and Euro 2024. He also streamed the Olympics, and 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.
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.
- WestCol: 4,001,560
- WestCol: 1,417,574
- elzeein: 1,369,663
- Sliker: 917,125 (Suspected viewbotting)
- luquitarodriguez: 766,169 (Suspected viewbotting)
- Mellstroy271: 720,592
- moises: 701,445 (Suspected viewbotting)
- kingteka: 699,467 (Suspected viewbotting)
- sxb: 690,753
- luquitarodriguez: 671,753 (Suspected viewbotting)
- bakaprase: 601,900
- ilyaselmaliki: 601,000
- AdinRoss: 583,694
- crazytawn: 525,962 (Suspected viewbotting)
- cheesur: 483,380
- evonmoss: 477,932 (Suspected viewbotting)
- gerooo_arias: 473,100 (Suspected viewbotting)
- sselss: 436,506 (Suspected viewbotting)
- hypefighting: 416,026
- rampagejackson: 357,437 (Suspected viewbotting)
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. Now, Drake is still appearing in high-profile streams and even setting viewership records on his own account.
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.
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