After Ninja and Shroud left, this is the face that is dominating Twitch

Much streamer jumped from Twitch to various platforms in a series of exclusivity deals recently. Ninja kicked off a false domino effect when he decided to quit Twitch causing streamers to “pull each other” away, including Shroud and CouRage.

Most recent, famous streamerCorinna Kopf, chose Facebook Gaming was my go-to destination after being unreasonably banned by Twitch and adding my name to the list of known talents leave Twitch.

Former games Overwatch player is currently streamer on Twitchranked 28th in terms of number of followers, after subtracting channels live stream events, game channels and streamers are no longer active. Having more than 1.8 million followers, xQc livestream almost daily to keep viewers.

In addition to playing Overwatch, he often plays a lot of new games to attract more followers. In December, Canadian streamer regularly plays Jump King and CSGO, with the majority of his streams switching to “Just Chatting” (chat only) – which takes about 90 hours.

In December, he surpassed all the competitors, holding the 1st place in terms of watch hours on Twitch

1. xQc – 7,937,022 hours of viewing
2. ESL_CSGO – 5,397,022 hours of viewing
3. Yogscast – 4,720,269 hours watched
4. Tfue – 4,557,619 hours watched
5. loltyler1 – 3,566,091 hours watching
6. TimTheTatman – 3,194,599 hours of viewing
7. CSRuHub – 3,166,517 hours of viewing
8. gaules – 3,158,995 hours of viewing
9. Summit1g – 2,907,378 hours of viewing
10. (Handongsuk) – 2,897,083 hours watching

Since xQc has played a lot of different games, he brings a number of viewers new from different corners of the world streaming.

To date, xQc has livestreamed without a single day in December. Combine this with his range of games and you’ve got the recipe for success. That’s why xQc was the most watched channel on Twitch during the holiday season – with 7.9 million hours watched.

For this context, the Canadian streamer’s closest competitor is ESL’s Counter-Strike channel, with less than 2.5 million viewers. In terms of fellow streamers, xQc is far from Yogscast and Tfue by a large number.

In the next year, xQc is predicted to have more than double the current figure of 3.4 million. Based on this forecast, 2020 could be the year of xQc’s Twitch takeover.​