Livestream viewership records: Highest peak viewers on Twitch & YouTube all-time

Ibai has shaken up the all-time Twitch viewership records with La Velada del Año 4, setting a new record on Twitch. Here’s how he stacks up against the livestream viewership records for both Twitch and YouTube.

January 11, 2021, was a historic day for Twitch, as Spanish streaming sensation David ‘TheGrefg’ Cánovas Martínez shattered the record for most concurrent viewers, when he revealed his Fortnite skin. He reached another top three Twitch record on January 29, 2023, peaking at over 1.7 million for his streamer awards.

However, on June 25, 2022, another Spanish streamer, Ibai, destroyed that record, reaching over 3 million live viewers to watch his second boxing event. Over on YouTube, Casimiro set the record there, with over 6 million viewers, thanks to football streams.

When Ibai’s event returned in 2023, he once again beat his own record, with La Velada del Año 3 reaching over 3.4 million concurrent viewers. Ibai’s at it again, now breaking his own records with Velada del Año 4. French streamer Squeezi is third on Twitch now, with 1.3 million for his racing event.

North American streamers still make up the bulk of this list, but non-English speaking streams are growing rapidly on Twitch and YouTube. Expect to see more streamers from other regions fight for a place among the most-viewed streams ever.

Contents

• Most viewed Twitch streams ever
• YouTube peak viewers record

But his La Velada Del Año 4 event has reached even greater heights.

Most viewed Twitch streams ever

1. Ibai: 3,846,256
2. Ibai: 3,442,725
3. Ibai: 3,356,464
4. TheGrefg: 2,470,347
5. TheGrefg: 1,745,462
6. Ibai: 1,502,295
7. Squeezie: 1,340,960
8. ELXOKAS: 1,208,144
9. aminematue: 1,155,060
10. Kingsleague: 1,098,636
11. ELEAGUETV: 1,088,063
12. PlayStation: 1,014,646
13. Squeezie: 1,018,187
14. Riot Games: 988,867
15. DOTA2TI_RU: 845,224
16. ONEXTWO_: 764,151
17. Gaules: 707,648
18. Zerator: 707,071
19. Fortnite: 700,529
20. Shadoune666: 690,360

Spanish streamer Ibai holds the record for peak viewers on a Twitch stream, with over 3.8 million. This was achieved during his ‘La Velada del Año 4‘ event.

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.

See below for the list for solo streamers only.

Most viewed streams for a solo Twitch streamer (companies excluded):

1. Ibai: 3,846,256
2. Ibai: 3,442,725
3. Ibai: 3,356,464
4. TheGrefg: 2,470,347
5. TheGrefg: 1,745,462
6. Ibai: 1,502,295
7. Squeezie: 1,340,960
8. ELXOKAS: 1,208,144
9. aminematue: 1,155,060
10. Squeezie: 1,018,187
11. ONEXTWO_: 764,151
12. Gaules: 707,648
13. Zerator: 707,071
14. Shadoune666: 690,360
15. KaiCenat: 672,244
16. Tommyinnit: 650,237
17. Ninja: 616,693
18. Auronplay: 602,308
19. Axozer: 557,151
20. N3KOGLAI: 543,743

Twitch might still be considered the home of video game livestreaming for now, but YouTube has been making up major ground in this area.

YouTube peak viewers record

Here are the highest viewership peaks on YouTube livestreams, via PlayBoard:

1. ISRO Official – 8 million (Chandrayaan-3 Mission)
2. CazéTV: 6.1 million (World Cup 2022 QF livestream)
3. CazéTV: 5.2 million (World Cup 2022 RO16 livestream)
4. CazéTV: 4.7 million (Vasco vs Flamengo)
5. SpaceX: 4 million (Crew Demo 2)
6. Apple: 3.6 million
7. CazéTV: 3.6 million (Corinthians vs Sao Paulo)
8. Law & Crime Network: 3.5 million (Depp vs Heard trial)
9. Fluminese Football Club: 3.5 million
10. Fluminese Football Club: 3.2 million
11. Apple: 2.7 million (Apple Event – October 2020)
12. NEXT Sports: 2.7 million
13. BTS: 2.6 million
14. Sidemen: 2.5 million
15. VTV Thể Thao: 2.5 million
16. Dynamo Gaming: 2.4 million
17. Deddy Corbuzier: 2.4 million
18. NEXT Sports – 2.3 million
19. Bein Sports: 2.3 million
20. Sandy & Junior: 2.3 million

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.

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.

The Sidemen Charity Match in both 2022 and 2023 reached a peak viewership of 2.5 million.

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.

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.