The graphic designer turned Twitch superstar. Colombian streamer JuanSGuarnizo discovered a strong passion for content creation. He maintains a balance between his YouTube and Twitch content, assuring that he engages with both audiences.

The Michael Jordan of first-person shooters, Shroud is regarded as the best FPS player in the world. Starting as a professional player in CS: GO, he made a name for himself when viewers saw his insane skill at aiming. Whatever FPS game he picks up, he’s sure to dominate. In 2019, Shroud signed a contract to join Mixer as an exclusive streamer. But when Microsoft announced that shutting down of Mixer, he came back to Twitch. His first live stream back attracted over 500,000 concurrent viewers.

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Spanish streamer TheGrefg started his career by posting Call of Duty videos on YouTube. Over the years, he’s branched out to various games. In January 2021, he broke the record for the most concurrent Twitch stream viewers, with over 2.4 million watching his live presentation of his Fortnite skin.

Representing Denial Esports as an H1Z1 professional player in 2017, Tfue already had himself established in the gaming community. But it was when he joined FaZe Clan in 2018 as a professional Fortnite player that he started climbing as one of the most popular streamers in the world. While he has controversies, he still attracts thousands of viewers to his streams.

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Félix Lengyel, better known as xQc, is a Canadian Twitch streamer that plays any game for his viewers. His unique sense of humour and how he engages his audience have made him one of the funniest streamers on the platform. Though his jokes may only appeal to the younger generation, he is still beloved by millions.

Spanish streamer Ibai started as a League of Legends esports caster in 2014. Then in 2020, he announced his partnership with G2 Esports as a content creator and focused on streaming full-time. This was the turning point for Ibai as he won his first Streamer of the Year award at the Esports Awards. He would continue to win the same accolade in 2021 and 2022, making him the first three-time Streamer of The Year.

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Spanish-Norwegian YouTuber Rubius started his career as a hobby. But then he started seeing potential in his videos when he consistently got hundreds of thousands of views. Though the English-speaking Twitch community didn’t know much about him, he was bigger than Ninja in terms of concurrent viewers. He got so big that he now has a comic book, clothing brand, and animated TV show. He even got interviewed by Time magazine and signed a contract to stream exclusively on Twitch.

Like most streamers on this list, Auronplay started his content creation career with YouTube. And in September 2019, he started streaming on Twitch. He currently has the third most subscribed YouTube channel in Spain and holds the number two spot on Twitch.

Starting as a Halo 3 professional player, not many people knew about Ninja back then. His claim to fame began in 2017 when he played Fortnite Battle Royale. He made a name for himself as the best Fortnite player in the world. Right now, he sits at the top of Twitch as the most followed streamer on the platform.

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