The German streamer Kevin “Papaplatte” Teller (27) has become almost the most-watched streamer in the world on Twitch in the last 7 days. He is touring Europe with his podcast partner Reeze and streams 12 hours every day. Only a worldwide major event in League of Legends costs Papaplatte his spot in the sun.
How strong is Papaplatte on Twitch right now? In the last 7 days, from September 29 to October 5, Papaplatte was able to increase his viewer hours, the most important statistic on Twitch, by 220%. With 4.27 million viewer hours, he is performing extremely well and ranks second worldwide.
During this time, he has streamed for 85 hours and had an average of 50,319 viewers – peaking at 77,408 concurrent viewers. Papaplatte is on air for about 12 hours every day.
In terms of financially lucrative subs, he is at the top of the German Twitch scene according to Twitch Tracker, with 40,170 (approximately 85,000 €), surpassing German streamers EliasN97 and Zarbex. Internationally, however, Papaplatte is far from the top spots – IronMouse is leading with almost 300,000 subs here.
Papaplatte and Reeze in the RV dominate Twitch
How is Papaplatte winning Twitch? Papaplatte has been touring Europe in an RV with his podcast partner “Reeze” for a week. They call it “Premium Tour 3.0” after their podcast “Edeltalk”, where Papaplatte once experienced a legendary defeat.
The tour started on September 28 and is mainly aimed at Southeast Europe, with destinations including the Czech Republic, Romania, and Albania.
With Reeze, Papaplatte was also seen in the last season of 7 vs. Wild.
Papaplatte frequently streams from the cockpit or shows situations from the trip.
Co-Streaming in LoL is even stronger than Papaplatte
Whom can’t he surpass? Currently, the World Championship in League of Legends is taking place. The main round has just begun.
The English-speaking Twitch streamer Caedrel, an expert in League of Legends, broadcasts and comments on every match through the “Co-Streaming” program of Riot Games. He uses the official Riot stream but overlays his voice onto the matches.
This creates a massive influx of viewers. Papaplatte cannot surpass this either. Caedrel has an average of 74,000 viewers and even peaked at 226,000 concurrent viewers – especially when top players like Faker are streaming, hundreds of thousands tune in.
The combination of a huge e-sport event and an influencer who comes across personally and offers skilled analysis is popular in LoL. More people watch the individual streamer than the professional teams that usually cover the e-sport. This was also a phenomenon in Germany around the streamer Tolkin. In Spain, people watch Ibai.
German Twitch finds itself
What’s behind this: These IRL and event streams, where Twitch functions like a TV format, are a German phenomenon. This has now also caught the attention of the head of Twitch.
Such a thing rarely exists in the USA in this form. Mizkif occasionally does something like a bootcamp where influencers get fit. However, Mizkif is also someone who consciously looks to Europe and streamers like Papaplatte to find new ideas. Otherwise, the bloodless “reaction meta” largely dominates in the USA.
Big events, like a boxing event, do happen sometimes, such as in Spain, but these are events for one evening. Such longer projects over several days are a German thing.
In Germany, this form of Twitch has been especially advanced by Knossi since 2021 with events that resemble RTL2 formats like “the Fishing Camp” or Celebrity Big Brother. The streamer Skyline-TV, who also serves as the cameraman for Knossi and MontanaBlack, has established high-quality IRL streams.
In recent months, an IRL meta has established itself where streamers are on the road with fellow content creators and film their adventures. However, major gaming events from the USA are still a step bigger:
Special gaming events in LoL, WoW, and Counter-Strike dominated Twitch last week
