List of most-subscribed Twitch channels

See also: List of most-followed Twitch channels

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Kai Cenat currently holds the record for the most-subscribed channel on Twitch of all time.

A subscription on Twitch is a way for users to support streamers and creators on the platform using real money. ^[2] Content creators can offer custom emotes, badges, and more to subscribers. Users can also gift subscriptions to others, so subscriber numbers can increase. ^[3] A subscription expires after one month and can be renewed for a "subscription streak". ^{[4] [5]}

As of September 30, 2025, Kai Cenat holds the most-subscribed channel on Twitch of all time, with 1,112,947 subscribers. ^{[6] [1]}

History

Most-subscribed Twitch channels

In April 2018, Tyler Blevins, known by his Twitch username Ninja, held the record for the most-subscribed Twitch streamer with 269,154 subscribers until April 2021, when Ludwig Ahgren broke the record during his subathon with 283,066 subscribers. ^[7] Later in March 2023, Kai Cenat broke Ahgren's record during his subathon with 306,621 subscribers ^[2] until September 30, 2024, when VTuber Ironmouse broke the record during her subathon with 313,000 subscribers at the time. ^{[8] [9]} On November 11, 2024, Cenat broke the record again during his month-long subathon, Mafiathon 2, with 337,000 subscribers at the time. ^{[10] [11]} Later on November 30, 2024, Cenat ended his subathon with 728,535 subscribers, doubling the previous record held by Ironmouse. ^[1] On September 28, 2025, Cenat reached one million subscribers on Twitch during his Mafiathon 3 subathon, breaking his own previous record and becoming the first streamer in the platform’s history to surpass one million active subscribers. ^[12] On September 30, 2025, he ended his subathon with 1,112,947 subscribers. ^{[12] [6]}

Most-subscribed female Twitch channels

In November 2021, Kim Mi-Young, known by her Twitch username kkatamina, held the record for the most-subscribed female Twitch streamer with 73,623 subscribers until March 2022, when VTuber Ironmouse broke the record during her 31-day subathon with 171,818 subscribers. ^{[13] [14] [15]} A year later, in July 2023, Ironmouse broke her own record during her subathon with 205,488 subscribers. ^[16] Later on September 30, 2024, Ironmouse broke Twitch's and her own personal record during her subathon with 313,000 subscribers becoming the most-subscribed Twitch channel of all time until Kai Cenat broke the record on November 11, 2024. ^{[9] [11]}

List of most-subscribed Twitch channels

The following table lists the top 50 most-subscribed channels on Twitch as of October 23, 2025, ^[6] as well as the primary category or categories in which they stream. The channels are ordered by number of most-subscribed.

† indicates a channel is no longer active on the platform.

Rank	Channel	Owner	Total subscribers	Achievement date	Streamed categories
1	KaiCenat	Kai Cenat [17]	1,112,947	September 2025	Various games, chatting
2	evelone2004	Vadim Kozakov [18]	459,924	December 2024	Chatting, Counter-Strike
3	Jasontheween	Jason Nguyen [19]	327,346	October 2025	Chatting
4	Ironmouse	Ironmouse	326,252	October 2024	Various games, chatting [20]
5	Ludwig	Ludwig Ahgren [21]	283,066	April 2021	Various games, chatting
6	Ninja	Tyler Blevins [22]	269,154	April 2018	Fortnite [23] [24]
7	Jynxzi	Nicholas Stewart [25]	179,543	February 2024	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege [26]
8	vedal987	Vedal	167,017	January 2025	Chatting, Software and Game Development, various games
9	Ibai	Ibai Llanos	164,107	July 2025	Special events, various games, chatting
10	Casimito	Casimiro Ferreira [27]	159,487	November 2022	Chatting, sports
11	CriticalRole	Critical Role	139,559	November 2021	Dungeons & Dragons
12	Shlorox	Shlorox	123,516	February 2025	Grand Theft Auto V , chatting
13	RanbooLive	Ranboo [28]	116,870	August 2021	Minecraft , [28] chatting
14	stableronaldo	Rani Netz [29]	113,656	October 2025	Fortnite , chatting [29]
15	adapt	Alexander Prynkiewicz [30]	112,426	October 2025	Chatting, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone
16	Gaules	Alexandre Chiqueta [31]	102,857	June 2022	Counter-Strike
17	xQc	Félix Lengyel [32]	102,288	May 2022	Various games, Overwatch , [33] chatting
18	Shroud	Michael Grzesiek [34]	101,588	March 2019	Valorant , [35] various games
19	summit1g	Jaryd Lazar [36]	94,941	May 2020	Counter-Strike 2 , [37] various games [38]
20	MichiMochievee	Michi Mochievee [39]	90,181 [40]	August 2025	Various games, chatting
21	caseoh_	Case Baker [41]	89,238	January 2025	Various games, chatting
22	TheGrefg	David Martínez [42]	88,585	January 2022	Fortnite , Minecraft , various games, chatting
23	lacy	Nick Fosco [43]	87,355	October 2025	Chatting, Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto V
24	eliasn97	Elias Nerlich  [ de ] [44]	85,475	September 2023	Chatting, Fortnite
25	HasanAbi	Hasan Piker [45]	85,125	November 2024	Chatting
26	Pestily	Paul Licari [46]	81,926	July 2021	Escape from Tarkov [47]
27	plaqueboymax	Maxwell Dent [48]	81,115	September 2024	Chatting
28	PirateSoftware	Jason Hall [49]	80,861	April 2024	Software & Game development
29	NICKMERCS	Nick Kolcheff [50]	80,402	April 2021	Apex Legends , Fortnite
30	kkatamina	Kim Mi-young [51]	73,623	November 2021	Chatting, Valorant [51]
31	PointCrow	Eric Morino [52]	72,533	May 2022	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, [52] Various games
32	Fextralife	Fextralife [53]	72,090	July 2023	The Elder Scrolls Online, Diablo IV
33	AdinRoss	Adin Ross [54]	71,318	September 2021	Various games, chatting
34	Zizaran	Kjetil [55]	71,258	January 2025	Path of Exile [55]
35	DDG	Darryl Granberry Jr.	70,898	April 2025	Chatting
36	Tumblurr	Gianmarco Tocco [56]	70,656	October 2024	Chatting, various games
37	Anomaly	Ludwig Lagerstedt  [ cs ] [57]	70,420	May 2020	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [58]
38	Trymacs	Maximilian Stemmler  [ de ] [59]	70,196	February 2021	Fortnite, Clash Royale
39	Tfue	Turner Tenney [60]	69,586	February 2019	Apex Legends , Fortnite [60]
40	月希(tsukilin)	tsukilin	68,906	September 2023	Chatting, various games
41	DarioMocciaTwitch	Dario Moccia [61]	63,016	December 2023	Chatting
42	Quin69	Quintin Crawford [62]	62,040	January 2025	Path of Exile 2 , World of Warcraft
43	iiTzTimmy	Timothy An [63]	59,980	May 2022	Apex Legends [64]
44	JLTomy	Toma Abdellaoui [65]	59,405	February 2023	Grand Theft Auto V , chatting
45	Aztecross	Aztecross	58,493	June 2024	Destiny 2 [66]
46	Shylily	Shylily  [ ja ] [67]	58,072	March 2022	Chatting, various games
47	Trainwreckstv	Tyler Niknam [68]	57,551	January 2022	Slots, chatting
48	AdmiralBahroo	Sam [69]	57,066	March 2022	Various games
49	TimTheTatman	Timothy Betar [70]	56,915	March 2019	Call of Duty: Warzone , [71] various games [72]
50	Rubius	Rubén Gundersen [73]	56,577	March 2022	Minecraft , Fortnite, [73] various games, chatting

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