On Twitch, the biggest streamers take turns to see who has the most subscribed channel. For a long time, it was Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart, who has now been replaced in the new year 2026. The new, secret number 1 is an AI-powered anime girl.
Who is the secret number 1? On Twitch, you can not only follow a streamer but also support him or her with a subscription. Until now, the streamer Jynxzi had the most paid subscriptions on the platform, with approximately 76,000, leading the corresponding statistics on Twitchtracker.com.
In Jynxzi’s streams, you can find a diverse range of gaming content. In the last 30 days, the streamer mainly played Tom Clancy’s Six Siege X, Clash Royale, and Geometry Dash (source: SullyGnome.com).
Who has overtaken Jynxzi? Since January 2, 2026, the tide has turned. The most subscribed Twitch channel is called Vedal987. As of now, she has over 167,000 active subscriptions on Twitch (source: Twitchtracker.com).
In the stream, you see an anime girl speaking in a sweet voice. The appearance is initially nothing surprising, as she is a VTuber. So, an anime character behind which a real person is hiding. The Twitch streamer Ironmouse is, for example, a VTuber.
But behind Vedal987 is not a human, but an artificial intelligence capable of entertaining an entire Twitch stream by itself. In the last 30 days, Vedal987 had an average of 10,143 viewers in her streams and generated a watch time of 4,699,065 hours (source: SullyGnome.com). The three games she played the most are Minecraft, Cyberpunk 2077, and Pokémon Platinum.
“This is the future of streaming”
How does Jynxzi react to the competition? In one of his streams, Jynxzi reacted to the new number 1 on Twitch. He seemed incredulous and said: “What!? I’ve never heard of that. Chat, this is the future of streaming. […] I’m totally confused. […] I don’t know if anyone will ever overtake this without a Subathon.”
What is behind Vedal987? The AI Twitch streamer was created by a programmer named Vedal and named Neuro-sama. Neuro-sama has been developed since 2019 and has been around on Twitch for a while. She can sing, play games, react to videos, and talk to the Twitch chat in real-time.
In the past, Neuro-sama has already caused a stir:
- After viewers made Neuro-sama say terrible remarks, she was banned in January 2023.
- Neuro-sama then returned and by the end of the year, she was one of the biggest Twitch streamers.
The number of most subscriptions on Twitch is not the only number the AI anime girl can boast. Exactly one year ago, in January 2025, Neuro-sama broke the record for the largest hype train on the platform: Viewers donate cheeky AI on Twitch over €215,000, breaking the record for the largest hype train
