List of most-followed Twitch channels

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Ninja is the most-followed channel on Twitch.[1]

The live streaming social platform Twitch launched in 2011 and is an important platform for digital entertainment.[2][3] The distribution of followers across all of the streamers on Twitch follows the power law,[4] and is a useful metric for assessing the popularity a streamer has on the platform.[5][6] As of March 2024, the most-followed channel belongs to Ninja with over 19 million followers. The female streamer with the most followers on her channel is Pokimane with just under half of Ninja's followers at 9.3 million.[7][8][9]

The countries with the most Twitch users as of 2022 were the United States (93 million), Brazil (16.9 million), Germany (16.8 million), France (15.4 million), the United Kingdom (13.4 million), Russia (10.5 million), Spain (10.5 million), Argentina (10 million), Mexico (9.2 million), and Italy (8.3 million users).[10] The United States accounts for roughly 36% of all Twitch users.[10]

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  8. ^ "Twitch streamers with the most followers, April 2023". TwitchTracker. Archived from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  9. ^ Woodrow, Ryan; Wutz, Marco (January 5, 2023). "Top Twitch streamers: the Twitch streamers with the most followers". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023. Pokimane is the top female streamer on Twitch. She started streaming all the way back in 2013, building up a decent following thanks to her expertise in League of Legends before the explosion of popularity experienced by many Fortnite streamers in 2017 carried her to the top.
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