Success on the streaming platform Twitch can come overnight and just as quickly be gone again. Who currently leads among the German streamers can be seen in this list.
What is this list? This is a brief overview of the currently most-watched streamers on German Twitch. If you want more information about each person, you can find it here:
How was this list created? This list was created using data from sullygnome, a website that collects statistics and analysis data on channels and games on Twitch. The streamers are sorted by their average viewer numbers from the last 14 days.
The respective streaming focuses relate to the last 2 weeks (as of: 23.01.2023).
The Top 5
1. Elias “eliasn97” Nerlich
- Average viewers: 35,738
- Followers: 1,381,831
- Focus: Minecraft, Just Chatting
Eliasn97 is actually known as a streamer for FIFA and rose to number 1 on German Twitch in a very short time. When there is no new release of the football simulation, he is often found in Just Chatting.
Currently, like many of his Twitch colleagues, he has been caught up in the Minecraft hype.
2. Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris
- Average viewers: 29,560
- Followers: 4,822,615
- Focus: Minecraft, Just Chatting
MontanaBlack has been around forever compared to EliasN97 and is still number 1 in terms of followers. However, MontanaBlack now streams rather infrequently and irregularly. When he is on air, he still has tens of thousands of viewers.
3. Erik “Gronkh” Range
- Average viewers: 19,347
- Followers: 1,516,478
- Focus: Just Chatting, Variety
Gronkh is a stalwart among German content creators. His let’s plays of games like Minecraft have shaped a whole generation of German gamers.
Nowadays, Gronkh mostly plays casual games in his streams, like the current road-trip simulator The Long Drive.
4. Frederik “NoWay4u” Hinteregger
- Average viewers: 17,510
- Followers: 584,644
- Focus: League of Legends
The thirty-year-old NoWay4U is the leading streamer of League of Legends in Germany.
He was a LoL pro for various teams over many years in the 2010s. After retiring as a pro in 2020, he even made headlines in E-sports as a hobby mid-laner for NNO.
5. NNOPrime
- Average viewers: 13,904
- Followers: 38,398
- Focus: League of Legends
Unlike most other entries on this list, this is not an individual streamer, but the official account of the “Prime League” team of the German e-sports organization No Need Orga (NNO).
The rise to the 1st league was achieved by a team of 5 Twitch streamers, but due to personal and business reasons, other players will now represent NNO in the 1st league.
The channel features the team’s games, which are broadcast, commented on, and then analyzed. On average, more viewers tune in than for the official Prime League channel’s broadcasts.
Places 6 to 15
- 6. “GamerBrother” with 13,115 average viewers
- 7. “Trymacs” with 12,801 average viewers
- 8. “TisiSchubech” with 12,033 average viewers
- 9. “Knossi” with 11,849 average viewers
- 10. “xRohat” with 11,346 average viewers
- 11. “BastiGHG” with 10,110 average viewers
- 12. “Rezo” with 9,779 average viewers
- 13. “Eintracht Spandau” with 9,601 average viewers
- 14. “Papaplatte” with 8,491 average viewers
- 15. “NiklasWilson” with 7,682 average viewers
How should these numbers be interpreted? It is clearly visible that there are currently major trends on Twitch. Besides big streamers like EliasN97, MontanaBlack, and Trymacs, who are almost always in the top 10, specialized streamers like BastiGHG are benefiting from the Minecraft hype.
On January 18th, the Spring Split 2023 of the Prime League started, which is why LoL is currently also strongly represented on Twitch. In addition, FIFA 2023 remains a huge game and Just Chatting is overall the dominant category.
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