Top 30 streamers August 2016

Stijn

Netherlands363 Posts

September 05 2016 15:15 GMT

Welcome to this month's top streamers list!

Huh? What's this?
I run Fuzic - which collects statistics and rankings of StarCraft II live streams - and these threads are a summary of the viewer numbers for the past month. They are a continuation of Conti's threads. Check previous month's thread for more info on the differences between these threads and Conti's.

Data is sourced from fuzic, and additional up-to-date stats may be found there. But in these threads - which I will try to post at the beginning of every month - there will be a monthly summary so you can get a quick overview of that month's viewer numbers.

Highlights

Viewbot-powered stream UltraGamer500 is still going strong, topping the charts and pushing Winter to #2 for the first time in uh, very long.
It's worth noting that behind these two big names Chinese streamer Hui has been doing well for a long time, with a reliable audience of nearly 2,000 average viewers, give or take a few hundred depending on the month.
As for events, the charts are dominated by WCS and GSL (as could be expected), with SHOUTCraft also popping in.
BaseTradeTV had a good month too, breaking 2000 average concurrent viewers for the first time since April.
As always, suggestions and requests are welcome!

Inclusion criteria or: why is Winter in the list‽
The rankings list any stream that is reported on by the APIs of the various streaming services (Twitch, Azubu, etc). I have no way of verifying to what extent someone's viewers are legitimate, and therefore will not independently ban someone from the rankings. Please do not start (another) discussion about this in this thread.

The lists
"VxH" is the average amount of viewers multiplied by the amount of hours the streamer has streamed during that month. The list is sorted by this metric, as it gives a good impression of the streamer's activity through the month.

You can click the links below the charts for additional stats and a list you can sort by whichever metric you prefer.

(Full ranking - note that these include streams in which events were streamed, and the above ranking does not)

(Full ranking)

Note that some matches may be missing: this part is reliant on whether the matches were listed in TL's calendar

(More statistics)

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BronzeKnee

United States5165 Posts

September 05 2016 15:19 GMT

Where can I find ultragamer 5000's stream?

Koivusto

Finland541 Posts

September 05 2016 15:23 GMT

On September 06 2016 00:19 BronzeKnee wrote:
Where can I find ultragamer 5000's stream?

Should appear in twitch stream listing as usual when he is on it. Not featured in TL, that's for sure.

Quateras

Germany867 Posts

September 19 2016 12:19 GMT

thanks for the list Stijn, always interesting to see the numbers, and nice change of pace to see the graph go upwards, especially during Summertime :D

Can't wait to see Septembers numbers, for some reason it feels like we are in an upwards trend this month.

CyanEsports

Canada128 Posts

September 19 2016 14:16 GMT

Gotta give props to Hui. He's on the list every month with great numbers. Its really cool to see!

WinterStarcraft

United States109 Posts

September 20 2016 10:08 GMT

An aside, would like to see a combination of myself, Lowko and Rotterdam's streams for Gamescom (Tues Aug 16th to Sunday Aug 21st) as an event. Though there were minimal pro games for that week we were streaming alongside other Blizzard sponsored games and would be relevant to see how it stacked up in the long run.

HsDLTitich

Italy821 Posts

September 20 2016 10:15 GMT

Interesting to see this trend where non-progamers are the most viewed streamers, I guess being able to entertain your audience is just as important now that the Twitch viewership is less hardcore than a couple of years ago.