The May streaming scene was dominated by streamers creating their own big live-streaming events, including marathon streams, privately hosted tournaments, and even the first globe-spanning foray into streamer-centric football: The Kings World Cup. Many of the top streamers featured here took part in these events, while others leaned into their fan-favorite content to maintain their popularity.
The top 10 live streamers by their average audience throughout May are covered below:
Kai Cenat
Kai Cenat finally managed to take the top spot on the monthly leaderboards, this time with an average minute viewership (AMA) of 91K – a massive 31K higher than in April. Kai Cenat’s high airtime strategy continues to pay dividends, this time hosting an epic 100+ hours Elden Ring marathon stream that dominated Twitch. His celebrity cameos continued as well, with comedian Kevin Hart popping on stream on the 23rd of May.
Caedrel
Caedrel is a top League of Legends streamer whose popularity skyrocketed this month, hitting an AMA of 64K. His coverage of the Mid-Season Invitational 2024 (MSI 2024) was a major contributing factor to his success in May, providing commentary over the almost three-week-long event. The demand for League of Legends esports content continues to power live-streaming viewership.
SXB
After breaking into the top 10 last month, SHoNGxBoNG (SXB) shot up into third place for May with an AMA of 62K. The Arabic-speaking Kick streamer typically keeps his content simple, creating GTA V RPs and showing off his FPS skills in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. However, his exceptionally high viewership for May no doubt comes as a result of his participation in the Kings World Cup, bringing in a massive 991K hours watched on the first day of the event alone.
Jynxzi
After a multi-month reign as the number 1 streamer, Jynxzi finally dropped down to fourth position in May with an AMA of 61K – 18.5K less than his performance in April. The continued drop in Jynxzi’s viewership most likely comes from a lack of big esports events for the month. However, on the 24th of May, Jynxzi did host his own mini Rainbow Six Siege World Cup on his own channel, which gave fans something to get excited about.
n3on
N3on continues to lose viewership as the wave of popularity from his frequent controversial incidents dies off, sitting at an AMA of under 60K for May. In April, we commented on n3on’s involvement with reckless driving streamer Squeeze Benz. This month Squeeze Benz was arrested, with viewers turning to n3on’s channel to hear his opinion on the situation (and to determine if n3on had provided information to the police about Squeeze Benz).
caseoh_
Caseoh_ is the most consistent Twitch streamer on this list, continuously putting out quality content that foregrounds his gregarious, funny personality. His AMA dropped slightly from last month, sitting at 54K. Tending to focus more on chats than any particular game, caseoh_ has found his niche in casual titles like Supermarket Simulator and the recently released Rumble Club. His TikTok clips continue to attract new viewers to his channel.
IShowSpeed
IShowSpeed is the only YouTube Gaming streamer to crack the top 10, re-entering the leaderboard with an AMA of 51.5K. His success is built upon his IRL travel streams, globetrotting from South America to South Korea in search of the best content. His adventures put him in the hospital this time, however, when IShowSpeed competed in the annual cheese-rolling race in Gloucestershire, England.
ibai
As a mainstay of the top Twitch streamers, ibai regularly produces quality esports-centric content. In May, Ibai’s AMA rose from 43K up to 51.5K to maintain his position in the top 10. This month was big for Ibai, with the start of the Kings World Cup. Ibai is a co-founder of the event, having organized the original Kings League back in Spain. His continued effort with the event has seen it spread across the globe, debuting in the Americas earlier this year.
AmineMaTue
French-speaking Twitch streamer AmineMaTue made his first entrance into the top 10 streamers this month with an AMA of 48K. Again, AmineMaTue’s coverage of the Kings World Cup contributed to his popularity, but he has been covering other competitive events as well. One such example is WWE Backlash, which AmineMaTue commentated on from his ringside seat.
WestCOL
Similar to SXB and Ibai, Colombian Kick streamer WestCOL finds himself in the top 10 streamers thanks to his participation in the Kings World Cup. WestCOL just eked onto the leaderboard with an AMA of 45K. Although he occasionally streams Minecraft content, the bulk of WestCOL’s viewership comes from IRL streaming collaborations and hangouts with friends.
IRL content seemed to surge in May, as exemplified by IShowSpeed’s entry into the top 10. But by far the greatest trend was competition, with viewers turning out for football, esports, and even cheese-rolling races. The Trackmania Deep Dip 2 event was another fantastic example of this urge from viewers to see players pitted against one another. Stream Hatchet will see if this trend continues in the coming months.
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