Week 2 of February on Twitch showcased a dynamic landscape marked by the rise of competitive gaming, the resilience of established favorites, and the emergence of new streaming trends. Counter-Strike's IEM Katowice and the Dota 2 player Nix had an interesting week propelling old esports favorites to the top in new ways.
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Nate Margolin
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February has continued to be a month full of surprises, with Dota 2 streamer Nix making a huge push to enter the top 10, and the ESLCS dominating esports with IEM Katowice. Join us as we take an in-depth look at the Top 10 Streamers of Games for February 5th-11th 2024.
The Statistics
Top 10 Streamers
Top 10 Games
Top 10 Streamers
1. ESLCS
The second week of February was huge for Counter-Strike, and the IEM (Intel Extreme Masters) Katowice was the main reason why. The IEM is set to be one of the biggest Counter-Strike tournaments of the year and was responsible for major growth in most statistics for the game on Twitch.
2. KaiCenat
KaiCenat had strong performances this week, with highly successful just-chatting streams. The variety of gaming content Kai is known for was not as popular this week, and he seems to be trending away from that style of content
3. Jynxzi
Jynxzi, the Rainbow Six streamer, seems to be branching out more into a variety of content. His most successful streams this week were just chatting, and he is getting large engagement on his Madden NFL 24 streams as well. Jynxi had a noteworthy decrease in overall watch time this week with around 25% fewer hours watched, but they also streamed for 25% less time which could be the cause of this.
4. Auronplay
Auronplay has had the most consistent schedule of the top performers this week. The just chatting segments gain some traction but the GTAV streams are the bread and butter. A remarkably consistent number of viewers tune in to watch every stream.
5. Gaules
Gaules had a lot of success with Counter-Strike this week. Some other variety content was sprinkled in, but CS was king for Gaules this week. Gaules saw a noticeable dropoff in viewership from last week, with a decrease of 21.2% despite streaming for roughly the same amount of time.
6. fps_shaka
FPS_Shaka has been the most successful variety streamer we have seen this week, with large numbers of people tuning in for his League of Legends broadcasts, as well as his fighting game streams.
7. Nix
Nix is one of two streamers in the top 10 of Twitch this week to only broadcast one thing. His Dota 2 streams performed so well, they represent a major anomaly in Twitch behavior. Over the last 90 days, Nix has transitioned from a variety of content to focusing solely on Dota 2, and his viewership has roughly increased by 500% since the year began. Nix had the highest amount of growth this week with a staggering 2,783,2% increase in watch time. Nix seems to have found a wave of popularity to ride, those looking to have success on Twitch should take notes and study their success.
8. Baiano
Baiano is the other streamer this week who achieved top-10 status without playing more than 1 game. Baiano has consistent success each weekend, with his League of Legends tournament broadcasts, a smash hit on the Portuguese-speaking Twitch space.
9. Summit1g
The new Tarkov wipe continues to be great content fuel for summit1g, who played the game almost exclusively. Summit took a few breaks to dabble in Palworld and Helldivers, but the Tarkov streams were consistent.
10. Ibai
Ibai had a slow week streaming less and receiving less viewership than normal. The League of Legends streams did perform well, in the face of slow performances elsewhere.
The Statistics
Here's a breakdown of statistics on the top Twitch streamers of the second week of Feburary, as tracked by Sullygnome. Watch time represents how much time viewers tuned in for, and stream time is the total time they were live. Peak viewership shows a streamer's most viewers at any point in the month, while average viewership shows the most regular amount of viewers. Followers are the number of unique Twitch accounts following a streamer, and followers gained to show the growth or decline of that number for each streamer this month.
Top 10 Games
0. Just Chatting
Just chatting is always the largest category on Twitch. The category as a whole saw small decreases in all statistics, representing a generally slower month for Twitch as a platform
1. Grand Theft Auto: V (GTAV)
GTA remains at a strong first place but has seen declines across all metrics, in line with a general downturn for Twitch as a platform
2. League of Legends
League of Legends remains in a stable second place but managed to make slight gains, against the general downturn in Twitch engagement.
3. Counter-Strike
the IEM Katowice was enormous for Counter-Strike this week, propelling the FPS giant into the 3rd most-watched slot. Counter-Strike performed well in all metrics and had large growth.
4. Fortnite
Fortnite saw the largest decline out of all games in the top 1, with a meaningful 16.2% loss of watch time and a 23.3% loss of peak viewership.
5. VALORANT
VALORANT remained relatively stable this week, without much change one way or the other.
6. Dota 2
Dota 2 saw the largest increase in watch time this week, and generally performed well across all metrics
7. Call of Duty: Warzone
Warzone saw large growth across all statistics, representative of a potential surge in popularity for the game's performance on Twitch.
8. Escape from Tarkov
As we get further into the “new” wipe, we can expect to see Tarkov’s popularity decline slowly, but so far the game has been holding on to its spots in the top 10. Tarkov saw slight decreases across all statistics in line with a general downturn in activity on the platform as a whole.
9. Minecraft
Minecraft remains as consistent as ever but is actually seeing small amounts of growth across all statistics with the exception of a number of streamers choosing to broadcast the game.
10. Apex Legends
Apex Legends returns to the top 10 with slight increases across the board in all statistics.
The Statistics
Here's a breakdown of statistics on the top games on Twitch for the second week of February as tracked by Sullygnome. Watch time represents how much time viewers tuned in for, and stream time is the total time streamers broadcasted that game. Peak viewership shows most viewers watching that game at any point in the month, while average viewership shows the most regular amount of viewers. Peak channels shows the largest number of streamers broadcasting that same game concurrently, whereas the average channels shows the regular amount of channels broadcasting a game one would expect to see. The Average Viewer Ratio represents the numbers of hours watched (Watch time) divided by the number of hours streamed.
