With the Esports World Cup in full swing, the importance of co-streamers in summoning online crowds to these games is on display. To celebrate, weโre going to look over co-streamers from some of the most popular esports tournaments and live-streaming events in the past year. Weโll see just how crucial co-streaming was to their success, and which co-streamers are fan favourites for their respective titles.
The tournaments and events weโre looking at for co-streaming include:
- MOBAs
- League of Legends with Worlds 24
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang with MPL Indonesia Season 14
- Dota 2 with The International 2024
- Shooters
- Counter-Strike with BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
- VALORANT with VALORANT Champions 2024
- PUBG Mobile with PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2024
- Rainbow Six Siege with Six Invitational 2025ย
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 with Call of Duty League 2025ย
- Events
- Sports with Kings World Cup Nations
- Game Showcases with Summer Games Fest 2025
League of Legends Co-streamers for Worlds 24
League of Legendsโ biggest event of the year pulled in 175M hours watched, but what really stood out was how much came from creators. Caedrel alone accounted for 16.1M hours watched, with co-streamers overall contributing 41.3% of total viewership. With names like Ibai, Hoร ng Luรขn, and ์ธํ rounding out the top co-streamers, the tournament was a showcase of how community coverage can complement the official experience across 184 unique channels.
Beyond co-streaming Worlds 24, Caedrel founded (and now coaches) pro esports team LosโฏRatones, leading them to back-to-back NLC and EMEA Masters titles in 2025 while also pioneering the live-streaming of professional scrims.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Co-streamers for MPL Indonesia Season 14
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang continues to thrive in Southeast Asia, and the numbers from MPL Indonesia Season 14 back it up. With 112M total hours watched, co-streamers like set1awanade (10.9M) and R7 Tatsumaki (5.9M) drummed up 25.6% of the total hours watched. An impressive 363 unique channels participated, underlining how deeply embedded the creator community is in the regional esports scene.
Known in the scene as โHyde OโBrien,โ set1awanade rose to prominence as a coach and analyst for EVOS Legends, guiding them to an M1 World Championship title in 2019 before becoming a popular streamer known for his educational yet entertaining commentary.
Dota 2 Co-streamers for The International 2024
Dota 2โs marquee event pulled in 51M hours watched, with a noteworthy 39.6% coming from co-streamers. Nix led the pack with 7.6M hours watched, while names like just_ns, Gorgc, and Nicoleheart23 added depth to the coverage. Nearly 500 co-streaming channels joined in, turning The International 2024 into a shared viewing experience that extended far beyond the main stage.
Real name Aleksandr Levin, Nix is a former professional Dota 2 player turned streamer who has competed in approximately 87 tournaments, earning around $42,000 in prize money and achieving several top-three finishes.
Counter-Strike Co-streamers for BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
Counter-Strikeโs 2025 Austin Major flipped the script: Co-streamers actually pulled more viewership than official channels. Out of 92M hours watched, creators accounted for 53.6%, led by Gaules (14.2M) and followed by shadowkekw, ohnePixel, and evelone2004. With 133 unique channels covering, the tournament showcased how creator-led broadcasts are more than just an alternative – theyโre a preferred destination.
A legendary Brazilian CS:GO figure, Gaules has become one of the most influential co-streamers globally, known for his deeply emotional broadcasts and the ability to gather massive, passionate audiences (especially during high-profile tournaments).
VALORANT Co-streamers for VALORANT Champions 2024
VALORANTโs global event in August saw 45M hours watched, with Tarik alone driving 5.4M. Co-streamers made up 56.8% of the audience share, beating official channels in viewership. With creators like Mixwell, GOFNS, and Kyedae involved, the event highlighted the strength and diversity of VALORANTโs creator base, especially across its 431 unique channels
Tarik รelik is a former CS:GO pro who won ELEAGUE Seasonโฏ2 with OpTic Gaming and the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 with Cloud9, where he claimed MVP honors. After this impressive feat, he transitioned into full-time streaming and became one of the biggest creators in VALORANT.
PUBG Mobile Co-streamers for PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2024
Though a smaller event by comparison to the others on this list, the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2024 pulled in 15M hours watched, with CR7 HORAA leading co-streamers at 1.1M. In total, 238 channels participated, contributing nearly a quarter of the total viewership (23.6%). The numbers show that even in mobile esports, creators are becoming critical amplification engines.
Sanjan Gautam (CR7 Horaa) holds the distinction of becoming the fastest-growing Nepali YouTuber, reaching 100K subscribers within just 3-4 months of launching. Heโs also the founder of Horaa Esports and a major figure in Nepalโs PUBG Mobile community.
Rainbow Six Siege Co-streamers for Six Invitational 2025
Rainbow Six Siegeโs biggest event of the year reached 15M hours watched, and Jynxzi brought in a massive 3.5M on his own. Co-streaming drove 42.3% of total viewership, supported by a broad base of creators like RazaH, itsSpoit, and Varsity Gaming across 183 unique channels. The Invitational continues to be a reliable stage for community energy to shine through.
Real name โNicholas Stewartโ, Jynxzi began streaming Rainbow Six Siege in 2019 to just a handful of viewers before skyrocketing to become Twitchโs mostโsubscribed streamer by 2023, earning multiple Streamer Awards and even getting his own in-game cosmetic bundle.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Co-streamers for Call of Duty League 2025
With 35M total hours watched, the Call of Duty League 2025 owed a huge share of that attention to co-streamers – 65.1%, to be exact. Scump was the clear MVP, racking up 14.4M hours watched, followed by familiar names like ZooMaa, MysTK, and Octane. Though just 118 unique channels covered the tournament, the scale of these individualsโ influence was massive, proving Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 creators still pack a punch.
Seth โScumpโ Abner is a retired Call of Duty legend, a former 2017 World Champion, two-time X Games gold medalist, and winner of 28 Major tournaments – now one of the most influential CoD content creators for OpTic Gaming.
Sports Events Co-streamers for Kings World Cup Nations
Switching gears a bit, weโre looking at a couple of non-gaming events for our last two examples. Few events leaned into co-streaming as heavily as the Kings World Cup Nations, where 77.4% of total viewership came from creators. Gaules (3M), DjMaRiiO (2.9M), and Westcol (2.3M) helped power the event to 29M hours watched from just 38 hours of airtime. With 131 unique channels covering the event, co-streaming was baked into the formula for this streamer-first event.
In addition to his CS:GO legacy as discussed before, Gaules also served as president for Brazilโs national team in the Kings World Cup Nations (where he scored a perfect penalty!).
Gaming Showcase Co-streamers for Summer Game Fest 2025
Game showcases are another big magnet for co-streamers, as fans live for the hype that streamers show when their favourite franchises receive new updates and trailers. In just 2 hours of airtime, Summer Games Fest 2025 reached 5M hours watched: A staggering feat. Co-streamers made up 61.2% of that total, with zackrawrr, IlloJuan, and alexelcapo drawing big crowds. A whopping 3.7K channels co-streamed the event, turning a short showcase into a massive, distributed media moment.
Zackrawrr is widely appreciated for his authentically comedic streaming style, particularly during live reactions and game festival coverage. Fans often cite how he โdoesnโt need to put up a characterโ: Heโs just himself, delivering humor without pretense.
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Across all the esports events weโve discussed, a clear trend emerges: Thereโs usually one primary co-streamer that audiences turn to per game, with viewership sharply dropping off for the next most popular streamers. This suggests that viewers are split largely into two camps: Viewers that prefer official coverage, and viewers that prefer commentary from another channel. One co-streamer typically takes on the bulk of this alternative audience, making that single co-streamer very influential in the given gameโs esports scene.
Interestingly, this trend doesnโt hold for the two non-gaming events covered here. Viewers seem to prefer their own favourite streamerโs commentary in these cases, with the viewership being much more evenly distributed across multiple channels. When looking to partner with co-streamers, it may be worth hitting up multiple creators for these non-gaming events. Either way, youโll need the expertise of a team that understands the current meta of different esports tournaments and events to find the right creator partners.
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