The German Twitch streamer MontanaBlack has set a new career high for concurrent viewers on Twitch: At his Christmas event, a peak of 257,202 people were watching. He has never had so many viewers before. These are also impressive numbers in absolute terms: No German streamer has had more viewers on Twitch in 3 years. It was almost a record for German Twitch; only during the Corona period did Trymacs and Papaplatte have more eyes on them.
That was the record: On December 22, a peak of 257,202 people watched MontanaBlack’s Twitch stream. This was on a Sunday around 9 p.m. (via sullygnome).
The 257,000 viewers mark is a record on his channel; MontanaBlack did not have that many viewers even during the height of the pandemic or during his gambling phase. His previous high was 202,216 concurrent viewers, from December 17, 2023. That was his last Christmas event.
The viewer record is also the highest value that German Twitch has recorded in 2024. So far, eliasn97 held the record for 2024 with 207,475 concurrent viewers.
In total, the stream lasted over 14 hours: it was watched for 2.5 million hours by an average of 178,387 people. These are extremely strong numbers.
The all-time record for Germany was set by Twitch streamer Trymacs, when he and Papaplatte had 356,000 viewers watching in January 2021. During the corona pandemic, viewer numbers were significantly higher overall. At that time, the two streamers held a Pokémon marathon.
Christmas event brings numerous influencers and musicians together
How did MontanaBlack break the record? The streamer hosts a “Christmas event” once a year, to which numerous influencers from the gaming scene are invited. This year, among others, Zarbex, Marc Gebauer, Max Schadrin, Rohat, Trymacs, Elotrix, Sascha Hellinger, and many more were invited. Additionally, musicians, especially from the rap scene, such as Kollegah and Gzuz, also received invitations.
In advance, the event was critically discussed because there were also individuals invited who are considered controversial.
Twitch streamer SkylineTV felt quite silly in a situation when he didn’t recognize a viewer who introduced himself as MontanaBlack’s father:
Golden Record is Secret Santa Gift
What was a highlight? According to reports from reddit, the highlight turned out to be the Christmas Secret Santa gift exchange. Rapper Kollegah gave away a Golden Record. The gift went to internet personality and chef Bernd Zehner (via x).
You can see the moment when Zehner unwraps the record:
MontanaBlack was for a long time the biggest streamer on German Twitch, but he was overtaken years ago by eliasn97 and later by Papaplatte; however, he remains the most relevant streamer on German Twitch in terms of significance and recognition – despite or perhaps because of many controversies and scandals: These are the 5 most relevant German streamers on Twitch in 2024, according to Google
