Especially since the confinements of 2020, Twitch is on the rise! The platform which recently celebrated its 11th anniversary is increasingly popular and this can be explained by the increase in viewers interested in it but also by the colossal number of new creators offering varied content which can then reach a wider audience. audience.
Ibai: The Spanish star hits hard
From the height of his 27 years, Ibai Llanos Garatea just broke the world record for simultaneous viewers on Twitch. The Spanish celebrity was of course already known before this historic turning point on the platform, in particular for his esports cast and his content creations for G2 Esports last year. On Twitch, he counts more than 10 million followers and is part of the world’s TOP 6 channels with the most followers.
A feat that does not stop there since his YouTube channel has more than 8 million subscribers and he has twice won the “Streamer of the Year” award via the Esports Awards. In short, a good track record on the internet who will have greatly helped Ibai to smash the Twitch viewership record on the evening of Saturday June 25, 2022. Named as one of the most influential people in Spain according to a list by Forbes in 2021, Ibai does not count obviously not stop there.
The new viewer record on Twitch
This Saturday, June 25, 2022, around 9:00 p.m., Ibai was streaming a boxing event followed by nearly 2 million Internet users on Twitch. Word of mouth and the various raids will probably have helped the Spaniard to exceed TheGrefG’s record and its 2.4 million viewers (which he had reached in 2021 during the reveal of his Fortnite skin). It was during the match between Momo and Viruzz that the star accumulated more than 3 million 315 thousand spectators simultaneously! Note that in May 2021, Ibai had also managed to attract over 1 million people to watch his boxing event “La Velada Del Año”.
Faced with such an event, TheGrefg himself came forward to congratulate his colleague. “Listen, Ibai, honestly… records are there to be broken and I think if anyone deserves the viewership record, it’s you. You started streaming two years ago and I think it’s This is the reward you deserve for all the hard work you’ve put in. You’re a titan.”
A new record that now seems difficult to exceed. In France, we remind you that ZeratoR holds the record with more than 707,000 viewers at the end of ZEvent 2021.