TheBurntPeanut

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TheBurntPeanut
TheBurntPeanut.jpg
TheBurntPeanut's logo
Born
Texas, U.S.
Occupations
Years active2019–present
Known for
  • Peanut avatar
  • extraction shooters
Awards
  • Best VTuber (2025)
  • Best FPS Streamer (2025)
Kick information
Channel
Years active2026–present
Genres
  • Gaming
  • comedy
Games
Followers121.8 thousand
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2019–present
Genres
  • Gaming
  • comedy
Games
  • ARC Raiders
  • Escape from Tarkov
Followers2.4 million
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2024–present
Genres
  • Gaming
  • comedy
Subscribers2.05 million
Views620 million
Last updated: August 10, 2026
Website theburntpeanut.store

TheBurntPeanut, or simply BurntPeanut, is an American live streamer and content creator. Known for using an animated peanut avatar rather than showing his real face, he gained popularity in 2024 and mostly plays extraction shooters such as Escape from Tarkov and ARC Raiders .

Contents

He started content creation in 2019 with gaming guides for games like Escape from Tarkov. After his rapid growth on Twitch, he was accused of viewbotting his live streams. In 2025, he won "Best FPS Streamer" and "Best VTuber" at the Streamer Awards, although he refers to himself as a "PTuber".

TheBurntPeanut was nominated for "Content Creator of the Year" at The Game Awards 2025. He was featured in the video game Fortnite Battle Royale as a "sprite" as a part of a season in 2026. He was among the Streamer of the Year nominees for the 2026 Esports Awards.

Career

TheBurntPeanut started streaming on Twitch in 2019, mainly focusing on gaming guides and tutorials for games such as Escape from Tarkov to a small following. [1] Following a hiatus, he returned to streaming and adopted the "TheBurntPeanut" persona, represented by a peanut Snapchat-like filter; this also led him to become more of a comedy gaming streamer. [2] [3] During livestreams, TheBurntPeanut became known for saying terms such as "Goop!" when finding loot in video games. [2]

In 2024, TheBurntPeanut gained a significant amount of growth in viewers following his changes and interacting in in-game voice chat in Escape from Tarkov and other games. [4] [5] In mid-2025, he expanded his content to more extraction shooter games, such as ARC Raiders. [6] This also led to his live streams featuring large-scale community events and collaborations with other streamers, contributing to a large jump in viewership. [7]

In November, a community war started in ARC Raiders with TheBurntPeanut and another streamer by the name of HutchMF, leading to other creators such as Ninja and TimTheTatman split on joining sides, with some joining TheBurntPeanut's team "The Bungulators" and others joining HutchMF. [8] The war ended via a Discord call with TheBurntPeanut winning. [6] [9] In September 2025, TheBurntPeanut made a guest appearance on the Around The Bar Podcast which accumulated over 2 million views on YouTube. [10]

At the 2025 Streamer Awards, TheBurntPeanut won the "Best VTuber" award, beating out streamers such as Ironmouse and Usada Pekora; he also won the "Best FPS Streamer." [11] [12] After winning the award, various individuals were upset in response to Ironmouse's loss, where she responded saying, "The hate towards TheBurntPeanut is cringe," to which TheBurntPeanut later responded, saying, "It's not my community." [13] [14] Also in 2025, he was nominated for "Content Creator of the Year" at The Game Awards 2025, although he was beat out by another content creator. [15]

After his growth in 2025, TheBurntPeanut was accused of view-botting his live streams; he responded to the situation, calling those who accused him "losers". [16] In May 2025, TheBurntPeanut had a brief exchange with the X account for AT&T, successfully getting the brand to change its profile picture to TheBurntPeanut. This was reversed shortly after, with the Twitch streamer accusing "yacht owners and billionaires and stock holders and the rich" for pressuring AT&T. [17]

In January 2026, TheBurntPeanut threaten to quit Arc Raiders due to their apparent cheating problems in-game. [18] In February 2026, following the release of the video game Marathon, TheBurntPeanut played it on a live stream and responded to the wave negativity the game was receiving, saying, "Let them cook". [19] In April 2026, ARC Raiders players created a "bounty system" that targets foul players, and at the top of the list was TheBurntPeanut, in which he was eliminated quickly. [20] Also in April, the video game Rust had Twitch releases called "Peanut's Wasteland", which were themed around TheBurntPeanut. [21] In May 2026, TheBurntPeanut was offered $1 million by YouTuber MrBeast to reveal his face to his viewers; he said no and stated, "The peanut avatar already is my real face." [22] [23] Also in May, along with several other creators, TheBurntPeanut partnered with company Volt Factor. [24] [25] In 2026, he was featured as a "sprite" in the video game Fortnite Battle Royale ; this received backlash from some of the Fortnite community, with people bringing up his past use of homophobic slurs on stream. [26] [27] In August 2026, TheBurntPeanut was announced as a Streamer of the Year nominee for the 2026 Esports Awards. [28]

Awards and nominations

AwardsYearAwardResultRef
The Game Awards 2025 Content Creator of the YearNominated [15]
The Streamer Awards 2025 Best VTuberWon [29]
Best FPS StreamerWon
2026 Pending [30]
Best VTuberPending
Gamer of the YearPending

References

  1. ↑ "Who is the Burnt Peanut? The 3D peanut avatar behind Twitch's 2025 breakout success". The Times of India . November 27, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Chandonnet, Henry. "Men spent their holiday obsessed with a peanut". Business Insider . Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  3. ↑ Zalamea, Enzo (February 18, 2025). "How One Change Took this Steamer From 200 to 5000 Concurrent Viewers". Prima Games . Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  4. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (February 6, 2026). "Have you heard? Maya Higa's surprise emote, another Sidemen sellout, and TheBurntPeanut rises". Tubefilter . Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  5. ↑ "TheBurntPeanut becomes Twitch's most-watched streamer in January 2026". The Times of India. February 5, 2026. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Takahashi, Dean (November 23, 2025). "ARC Raiders streamer gang war ends as TheBurntPeanut wins". GamesBeat. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  7. ↑ Taylor-Hill, Grant (November 23, 2025). "ARC Raiders War—Battle of the Bunguraiders and Bungulators Explained". Insider Gaming. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  8. ↑ published, Elie Gould (November 21, 2025). "A gang war has erupted in Arc Raiders, and a victor is already emerging as Ninja joins the Bungulators: 'I am not declaring war or picking sides against somebody whose AFK stream gets more viewers than me'". PC Gamer . Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  9. ↑ published, Elie Gould (November 25, 2025). "Arc Raiders' streamer war is finally over, and it ended in the most underwhelming way possible via a Discord call: 'I declare sweeping victory for the Bungulators'". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  10. ↑ Around The Bar Podcast (September 18, 2025). The Life of NOT Being A VTuber | TheBurntPeanut . Retrieved August 10, 2026– via YouTube.
  11. ↑ Pop Culture & Art (December 7, 2025). "TheBurntPeanut ends Ironmouse's three-year run with major VTuber victory at Streamer Awards 2025 | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune . Archived from the original on January 6, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  12. ↑ Khan, Titas (December 8, 2025). "VTuber community split over TheBurntPeanut's win at Streamer Awards". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  13. ↑ ""It's not my community": TheBurntPeanut denies fans targeted Ironmouse as VTuber Awards controversy unfolds". The Times of India. December 13, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Ironmouse calls hate toward BurntPeanut 'cringe' after Streamer Awards controversy". The Times of India. December 10, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  15. 1 2 published, Tyler Colp (November 21, 2025). "The Game Awards nominated another Hololive vtuber and her boss just wants voters to give her a chance: 'I would hope that they watch her stream at least once'". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  16. ↑ Taylor-Hill, Grant (February 6, 2026). "TheBurntPeanut Addresses New Wave of Botting Allegations". Insider Gaming. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  17. ↑ "TheBurntPeanut And AT&T's X Profile Picture Controversy: What Really Happened?". NDTV. May 23, 2026.
  18. ↑ Banik, Sourav (January 16, 2026). "TheBurntPeanut threatens to quit ARC Raiders over cheating problems". Dot Esports . Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  19. ↑ Banerjee, Rijit (February 28, 2026). "'Let them cook': TheBurntPeanut slams day one Marathon negativity". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  20. ↑ Bounties, Elie Gould They should change the name from Speranza Bounties to Streamer (April 15, 2026). "Arc Raiders' players have created a bounty system that's meant to punish unsportsmanlike behaviour but surprise, surprise, top of the list sits streamer TheBurntPeanut". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  21. ↑ Claudino, Ashely (April 16, 2026). "All April 2026 Rust Twitch Drops (TheBurntPeanut Skins)". Game Rant. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  22. ↑ Raj, Aastha (May 13, 2026). "MrBeast's $1 million offer to TheBurntPeanut for a face reveal sends internet into chaos: Will fans finally see the Twitch gamer's face?". The Economic Times . Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  23. ↑ Lyons, Ben (May 14, 2026). "TheBurntPeanut won't do a face reveal even when offered $1 million by MrBeast". Gamereactor UK . Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  24. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (May 15, 2026). "Volt Factor, with partners like Alan Chikin Chow and TheBurntPeanut, puts a charge into creator IP". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  25. ↑ Whittock, Jesse (May 14, 2026). "The BurntPeanut, Alan Chikin Chow & That's Amazing Among Partners For Debuting Creator IP Biz Volt Factor". Deadline . Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  26. ↑ Phillips, Tom (June 1, 2026). "'It Would Never Cross my Mind to Harass the Developers': Fortnite Fans Are at War Over a Controversial Streamer's Inclusion, and the Toxic Backlash It's Created". IGN . Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  27. ↑ Shepard, Kenneth (June 1, 2026). "Fortnite Adds Creator Who Used A Homophobic Slur On Stream". Kotaku . Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  28. ↑ "Esports Awards 2026 nominees revealed: Jynxzi, Faker, Kai Cenat and top gaming names make the list". The Times of India. August 7, 2026. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  29. ↑ Taylor-Hill, Grant (December 7, 2025). "TheBurntPeanut Just Broke a Three-Year Streamer Awards Streak for Ironmouse". Insider Gaming. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  30. ↑ "Streamer Awards 2026: Full list of nominees across 37 categories". Geo News. October 17, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026.
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