List of most-subscribed Twitch channels

See also: List of most-followed Twitch channels

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Kai Cenat is currently the most-subscribed channel on Twitch of all time.

A subscription on Twitch is a way for users to support their favourite 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 November 30, 2024, Kai Cenat holds the most-subscribed channel on Twitch of all time, with 728,535 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, Kai 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, Kai Cenat ended his subathon with 728,535 subscribers, doubling the previous record held by Ironmouse. ^[1]

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. ^{[12] [13] [14]} A year later, in July 2023, Ironmouse broke her own record during her subathon with 205,488 subscribers. ^[15] Later on September 30, 2024, Ironmouse broke Twitch 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 February 26, 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 [16]	728,535	November 2024	Various games, chatting
2	evelone2004	Vadim Kozakov [17]	459,924	December 2024	Chatting, Counter-Strike
3	Ironmouse	Ironmouse	326,252	October 2024	Various games, chatting [18]
4	Ludwig	Ludwig Ahgren [19]	283,066	April 2021	Various games, chatting
5	Ninja	Tyler Blevins [20]	269,154	April 2018	Fortnite [21] [22]
6	Jynxzi	Nicholas Stewart [23]	179,543	February 2024	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege [24]
7	vedal987	Vedal	167,017	January 2025	Chatting, Software and Game Development, various games
8	Casimito	Casimiro Ferreira [25]	159,487	November 2022	Chatting, sports
9	CriticalRole	Critical Role	139,559	November 2021	Dungeons & Dragons
10	Ibai	Ibai Llanos	136,115	July 2023	Special events, various games, chatting
11	RanbooLive	Ranboo [26]	116,870	August 2021	Minecraft , [26] chatting
12	Shlorox	Shlorox	116,754	February 2025	Grand Theft Auto V , chatting
13	Jasontheween	Jason Nguyen [27]	104,615	September 2024	Chatting
14	Gaules	Alexandre Chiqueta [28]	102,857	June 2022	Counter-Strike
15	xQc	Félix Lengyel [29]	102,288	May 2022	Various games, Overwatch , [30] chatting
16	Shroud	Michael Grzesiek [31]	101,588	March 2019	Valorant , [32] various games
17	summit1g	Jaryd Lazar [33]	94,941	May 2020	Counter-Strike 2 , [34] various games [35]
18	caseoh_	Case Baker [36]	89,238	January 2025	Various games, chatting
19	TheGrefg	David Martínez [37]	88,585	January 2022	Fortnite , Minecraft , various games, chatting
20	eliasn97	Elias Nerlich  [ de ] [38]	85,475	September 2023	Chatting, Fortnite
21	HasanAbi	Hasan Piker [39]	85,125	November 2024	Chatting
22	Pestily	Pestily [40]	81,926	July 2021	Escape from Tarkov [40]
23	plaqueboymax	Maxwell Dent [41]	81,115	September 2024	Chatting
24	PirateSoftware	Jason Hall [42]	80,861	April 2024	Software & Game development
25	NICKMERCS	Nick Kolcheff [43]	80,402	April 2021	Apex Legends , Fortnite
26	kkatamina	Kim Mi-young [44]	73,623	November 2021	Chatting, Valorant [44]
27	PointCrow	Eric Morino [45]	72,533	May 2022	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [45]
28	Fextralife	Fextralife [46]	72,090	July 2023	The Elder Scrolls Online, Diablo IV
29	AdinRoss † [note 1]	Adin Ross [48]	71,318	September 2021	Various games, chatting
30	Zizaran	Kjetil [49]	71,258	January 2025	Path of Exile [49]
31	Tumblurr	Gianmarco Tocco [50]	70,656	October 2024	Chatting, various games
32	Anomaly	Ludwig Lagerstedt  [ cs ] [51]	70,420	May 2020	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [52]
33	Trymacs	Maximilian Stemmler  [ de ] [53]	70,196	February 2021	Fortnite, Clash Royale
34	Tfue	Turner Tenney [54]	69,586	February 2019	Apex Legends , Fortnite [54]
35	月希(tsukilin)	tsukilin	68,906	September 2023	Chatting, various games
36	stableronaldo	Rani Netz [55]	65,069	September 2024	Fortnite , chatting [55]
37	DarioMocciaTwitch	Dario Moccia [56]	63,016	December 2023	Chatting
38	Quin69	Quintin Crawford [57]	62,040	January 2025	Path of Exile 2 , World of Warcraft
39	iiTzTimmy	Timothy [58]	59,980	May 2022	Apex Legends [59]
40	JLTomy	Toma Abdellaoui [60]	59,405	February 2023	Grand Theft Auto V , chatting
41	Aztecross	Aztecross	58,493	June 2024	Destiny 2 [61]
42	Shylily	Shylily  [ ja ] [62]	58,072	March 2022	Chatting, various games
43	Trainwreckstv	Tyler Niknam [63]	57,551	January 2022	Slots, chatting
44	AdmiralBahroo	Sam [64]	57,066	March 2022	Various games
45	TimTheTatman	Timothy Betar [65]	56,915	March 2019	Call of Duty: Warzone , [66] various games [67]
46	Rubius	Rubén Gundersen [68]	56,577	March 2022	Minecraft , Fortnite, [68] various games, chatting
47	PaymoneyWubby	Dennis Richardson [69]	56,349	August 2023	Chatting
48	ZeratoR	Adrien Nougaret [70]	56,118	June 2023	Various games
49	TheRealKnossi	Jens Knossalla [71]	55,842	August 2020	Slots, chatting
50	GeekandSundry	Geek & Sundry [72]	55,349	February 2018	Talk Shows & Podcasts, Dungeons & Dragons

Notes

1. AdinRoss is banned from Twitch. ^[47]

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