Many content creators love interacting with their fans and followers in real-time. Platforms such as Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok allow them to stream live videos.

Most streamers are gamers, playing various online video games.

As of August 2022, a gaming community and news source named “Fextralife” was the most popular Twitch streaming channel by total views with lifetime views of 2.15 billion.

January 2021 has the most significant number of streamers recorded. Find out in this article the number of Twitch streamers per month and other interesting facts about this platform.

How Many Twitch Streamers Are There in 2023?

In December 2022, Twitch recorded 7,031,429 active streamers, up by more than 87,000 from the previous month.

According to Twitch Tracker’s report, Twitch has around 1,156,417 active streamers per day.

In January 2021, it recorded the largest number of streamers, with 9,894,745.

Let’s take a look at the number of Twitch streamers every month in 2022:

• In January 2022, there were 8,555,092 Twitch streamers recorded
• In February 2022, there were 8,431,539 Twitch streamers recorded
• In March 2022, there were 8,066,069 Twitch streamers recorded
• In April 2022, there were 7,677,961 Twitch streamers recorded
• In May 2022, there were 7,250,016 Twitch streamers recorded
• In June 2022, there were 7,472,039 Twitch streamers recorded
• In July 2022, there were 8,042,796 Twitch streamers recorded
• In August 2022, there were 7,795,254 Twitch streamers recorded
• In September 2022, there were 7,115,865 Twitch streamers recorded
• In October 2022, there were 7,132,621 Twitch streamers recorded
• In November 2022, there were 6,944,399 Twitch streamers recorded
• In December 2022, there were 7,031,429 Twitch streamers recorded

Number of Twitch Streamers

In 2021, there were around 9 million Twitch streamers, representing a 30% year-over-year growth.

Here is the number of Twitch streamers per year from 2017 to 2021:

• About 9 million Twitch users streamed in 2021
• About 6.9 million Twitch users streamed in 2020
• About 3.6 million Twitch users streamed in 2019
• About 3.3 million Twitch users streamed in 2018
• About 2 million Twitch users streamed in 2017

Number of Twitch Channels

The number of concurrent channels on Twitch decreased from 105 thousand in 2021 to around 92 thousand in 2022.

As of January 2023, the average number of channels on Twitch was about 85,761, down from 104,935 last year.

Here is a list of the average number of concurrent channels on Twitch from 2017 to 2023:

• The average number of concurrent channels on Twitch was around 86 thousand in January 2023
• The average number of concurrent channels on Twitch was around 93 thousand in 2022
• The average number of concurrent channels on Twitch was around 105 thousand in 2021
• The average number of concurrent channels on Twitch was around 88 thousand in 2020
• The average number of concurrent channels on Twitch was around 50 thousand in 2019
• The average number of concurrent channels on Twitch was around 41 thousand in 2018
• The average number of concurrent channels on Twitch was around 25 thousand in 2017

Number of Twitch Viewers

Twitch recorded its peak viewers in 2021, with almost 2.8 million average concurrent viewers. As of January 2023, the average number of Twitch viewers reached 2.16 million.

There are approximately 56.16 million hours watched per day.

According to Streamlabs, Twitch streamed more than 91% of the video content in the market, with over 229 million streamed hours in Q1 2022.

Facebook Gaming comes next with 5%, and YouTube Gaming Live with 3.5%.

Below are the numbers of average concurrent viewers on Twitch from 2017 to 2023:

• As of January 2023, Twitch has 2.16 million average concurrent viewers
• In 2022, Twitch had 2.58 million average concurrent viewers
• In 2021, Twitch had 2.78 million average concurrent viewers
• In 2020, Twitch had 2.12 million average concurrent viewers
• In 2019, Twitch had 1.26 million average concurrent viewers
• In 2018, Twitch had 1.07 million average concurrent viewers
• In 2017, Twitch had 747 thousand average concurrent viewers

Conclusion

Twitch had around 7.6 million unique streamers streaming per month in 2022.

Ninja was the top-ranked and most followed Twitch streamer, acquiring 18.4 million followers.

Based on statistics, the most popular video games streamed on Twitch are League of Legends, Minecraft, Valorant, Grand Theft Auto V, Dota 2, and Apex Legends.

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