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Twitch Players with the Highest Follower Growth Over the Past 30 Days The Twitch League Data & Sources Top 30 Twitch Players Average Total Hours Total Hours Total Videos Earnings Per Ranking Twitch Name Twitch Profile URL Streamed Watched Age Uploaded Total Views Followers Type of Video Video Twitch Income 1 SHROUD https://www.twitch.tv/shroud 7,505 212M 25 1,239 365M 7.07M Apex Legends $26,887 $33,312,993 2 AURONPLAY https://www.twitch.tv/auronplay 379 14.2M 31 52 15.6M 2.32M Minecraft $287,164 $14,932,528 3 LIRIK https://www.twitch.tv/lirik 6,950 171M 29 3,655 340M 2.60M Lost Ember $3,637 $13,293,235 4 RUBIUS https://www.twitch.tv/rubius 1,206 32.2M 30 91 49.5M 3.98M Just Chatting $134,979 $12,283,089 5 FORTNITE https://www.twitch.tv/fortnite 553 33.7M N/A 181 78.9M 2.81M Fortnite $61,973 $11,217,113 6 LOLTYLER1 https://www.twitch.tv/loltyler1 5,417 110M 25 714 159M 3.24M League of Legends $8,089 $5,775,546 7 ALANZOKA https://www.twitch.tv/alanzoka 4,901 69.5M 29 1,241 98.5M 2.73M Special Events $4,543 $5,637,863 8 GOTAGA https://www.twitch.tv/gotaga 6,914 78.0M 26 4,064 104M 2.20M Fortnite $1,253 $5,092,192 9 POKIMANE https://www.twitch.tv/pokimane/ 3,347 33M 23 734 107M 4.55M Valorant $6,593 $4,839,262 10 CASTRO_1021 https://www.twitch.tv/castro_1021 5,144 68.4M 28 1,738 84.8M 2.27M FIFA 20 $2,434 $4,230,292 11 NICKMERCS https://www.twitch.tv/nickmercs 7,525 104M 29 2,138 96.8M 3.39M Fortnite $1,801 $3,850,538 12 RIOT GAMES https://www.twitch.tv/riotgames 4,963 265M N/A 2,256 1,221M 4.42M League of Legends $1,442 $3,253,152 13 SODAPOPPIN https://www.twitch.tv/sodapoppin 6,567 148M 26 1,007 312M 2.71M World of Warcraft $3,158 $3,180,106 14 TFUE https://www.twitch.tv/tfue 6,775 170M 22 214 202M 7.99M Fortnite $11,534 $2,468,276 15 MONTANABLACK88 https://www.twitch.tv/montanablack88 3,142 62.0M 32 181 67.0M 2.44M Slots $9,434 $1,707,554 16 SUMMIT1G https://www.twitch.tv/summit1g 10,677 249M 26 344 366M 5.19M Valorant $4,498 $1,547,312 17 XQCOW https://www.twitch.tv/xqcow 10,151 136M 24 102 138M 2.92M Valorant $10,057 $1,025,814 18 ESL_CSGO https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo 28,923 161M N/A 6,068 464M 3.78M Counter-Strike: Global Offensive $152 $922,336 19 DRDISRESPECT https://www.twitch.tv/drdisrespect 4,940 103M 38 86 172M 4.23M Playerunknown's Battleground $8,795 $756,370 20 MONGRAAL https://www.twitch.tv/mongraal 1,528 15.0M 15 99 35.1M 2.20M Fortnite $7,206 $713,394 21 SYPHERPK https://www.twitch.tv/sypherpk 8,113 40.3M 23 2,227 59.9M 2.98M Fortnite $212 $472,124 22 TIMTHETATMAN https://www.twitch.tv/timthetatman/ 6,688 125M 30 78 183M 4.78M Valorant $4,457 $347,646 23 SYNDICATE https://www.twitch.tv/syndicate 1,790 6.58M 26 109 63.3M 2.94M Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 $2,983 $325,147 24 MYTH https://www.twitch.tv/myth 7,134 70.2M 20 184 102M 6.26M Fortnite $1,440 $264,960 25 DRLUPO https://www.twitch.tv/drlupo 9,662 62.2M 33 265 109M 3.94M Fortnite $801 $212,265 26 NIGHTBLUE3 https://www.twitch.tv/nightblue3 4,836 45.4M 26 61 227M 2.61M League of Legends $2,478 $151,158 27 DAKOTAZ https://www.twitch.tv/dakotaz 7,492 93.7M 33 76 114M 4.30M Fortnite $1,132 $86,032 28 IMAQTPIE https://www.twitch.tv/imaqtpie 9,639 121M 28 186 329M 2.66M League of Legends $424 $78,864 29 FAKER https://www.twitch.tv/faker 1,066 27.8M 23 6 74.7M 2.29M League of Legends $11,478 $68,868 30 TSM_DAEQUAN https://www.twitch.tv/tsm_daequan 2,689 45.5M 25 3 50.6M 3.78M Fortnite $4,465 $13,395 Ones To Watch: Twitch Players With The Highest Follower Growth Over The Past 30 Days Average Total Hours Total Hours Total Videos Earnings Per Follower Ranking Twitch name Twitch Profile URL Streamed Watched Age Uploaded Total Views Followers Type of Video Video Twitch Income Growth 1 RUBIUS https://www.twitch.tv/rubius 1,206 32.2M 30 91 49.5M 3.98M Just Chatting $134,979 $12,283,089 +1.54M 2 SUMMIT1G https://www.twitch.tv/summit1g 10,677 249M 26 344 366M 5.19M Valorant $4,498 $1,547,312 +826K 3 XQCOW https://www.twitch.tv/xqcow 10,151 136M 24 102 138M 2.92M Valorant $10,057 $1,025,814 +814K 4 LUMI https://www.twitch.tv/lumi 4,868 2.94M N/A 92 5.10M 1.02M Apex Legends $215 $19,780 +813K 5 MOCZY https://www.twitch.tv/moczy 7,094 873K Unknown 82 2.88M 26.4K Battlegrounds $11 $902 +811K 6 POKIMANE https://www.twitch.tv/pokimane/ 3,347 33M 23 734 107M 4.55M Valorant $6,593 $4,839,262 +519K 7 MYTH https://www.twitch.tv/myth 7,134 70.2M 20 184 102M 6.26M Fortnite $1,440 $264,960 +457K 8 TIMTHETATMAN https://www.twitch.tv/timthetatman/ 6,688 125M 30 78 183M 4.78M Valorant $4,457 $347,646 +443K 9 BUSTER https://www.twitch.tv/buster 1,243 4.86M 60 12.2M 419K Fortnite $8,228 $493,680 +397K 10 ONSCREEN https://www.twitch.tv/onscreen 5,548 13.5M 32 192 29.4M 645K Valorant $542 $104,064 +356K Sources 1 Twitch Tracker 2 IgFace.
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