The German Minister of Economics and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (55, The Greens) had twice as many viewers as the second-placed German streamers NoWay (LoL) and Trymacs on Twitch on January 14, 2025. He is the surprise guest on the gaming streamer’s show HandOfBlood.
What is Habeck doing on Twitch? Habeck is a guest on the Twitch streamer’s show HandOfBlood on the evening of January 14. He chats with the well-known gaming streamer in a casual atmosphere (via Twitch).
At the moment, around 8:50 PM, HandOfBlood’s Twitch stream has 41,000 viewers. That is double the number of viewers that the largest German-speaking Twitch streamers are currently entertaining in second and third place.
- The German LoL streamer NoWay has nearly 20,000 viewers. He is broadcasting training matches in League of Legends.
- Trymacs, who is reacting to a diss track from ApoRed, also has around 20,000 viewers.
- Normally, HandOfBlood has about 10,000 viewers on Twitch – so the Habeck stream brings him a significant increase in viewers.
Habeck joins the Twitch stream as a special guest after about 5 hours
How was Habeck announced? HandOfBlood’s stream had the title “Distract until 7:45 PM, then big special guest!” HandOfBlood had already streamed for about 5 hours when Habeck appeared and was connected.
What are they talking about? Topics of discussion include the general mood on the internet and social media. The conversation touches on Habeck’s departure from the platform Twitter/X and his return to the microblogging service to “not leave the field to the right.”
But the conversation also addresses how Habeck deals with the typical jabs among top politicians.
In the USA, there have been similar streams. For instance, Donald Trump visited the streamer Adin Ross before his election victory. Leftist US politicians like AOC or Bernie Sanders also sought connections with well-known US streamers, especially during the US election campaign: Politician understands Twitch – 600,000 watch her slaughter, marvel, and deceive
Update January 15, 10:01 AM: The stream peaked at 50,892 viewers and continues to spark discussion on social media even the day after. We explored the stream in an article on MeinMMO: Ten years ago, LeFloid had to face Merkel – Now Habeck sits in front of 50,000 viewers on Twitch at HandOfBlood’s tiled table
