Streamer Awards 2026: Every Nominee in Every Category
By Mira Okonkwo··9 min read
Voting opened on October 16 and closes October 31, with the sixth Streamer Awards landing in Los Angeles on November 12. Below is the full list across all 39 awards. Two things are worth knowing before you vote: Kick streamers are eligible for the first time, and the fan vote is no longer the whole story.
Streamer of the Year
presented by YouTube- CaseOh
- IShowSpeed
- Joe Bartolozzi
- Jynxzi
- Stable Ronaldo
IShowSpeed is defending a title he has won twice running, in 2024 and 2025. Before that Kai Cenat took it in 2022 and 2023, and Ludwig Ahgren won the first one in 2021 — so in five editions the award has gone to three people.
Who are the five? A profile each
Two of these names are household ones and two are not, which is the most interesting thing about the category. Here is who each of them actually is and why they are on the list.
CaseOh
The two-time Gamer of the YearA variety streamer and the reigning Gamer of the Year, having taken that award in both 2024 and 2025. He is up for both again this year — Streamer of the Year and Best Variety Streamer — which makes him the nominee with the strongest recent record at this particular show. Of the five, he is the one whose name gets searched most: comfortably the biggest search term in the category.
IShowSpeed
Defending champion, twice overWon Streamer of the Year in 2024 and again in 2025, so a third would make him the first to take it three times running. Four nominations this year — Streamer of the Year, Best IRL Streamer, Best Marathon Stream for the Minecraft Marathon with Kai Cenat, and Best Streamed Series for his World Cup Tour — tying him with Jynxzi and Kai Cenat at the top of the board.
Jynxzi
The Rainbow Six Siege streamer who stopped being only thatBuilt his audience almost entirely on Rainbow Six Siege and won Best Breakthrough Streamer plus Gamer of the Year back in 2023. What changed in 2026 is range: Streams Charts logged him adding over a million followers between January and May while branching into Valorant, CS and League. Wikipedia lists 11.3 million Twitch followers and 6.9 million on YouTube. Four nominations this year, including Gamer of the Year again.
Joe Bartolozzi
The surprise name — and the one you are probably searchingBorn February 6, 2002 in New Jersey, he came up on TikTok before moving to YouTube and Twitch, and his thing is loud comedic reaction and commentary, with variety gaming — Warzone, Rocket League — around it. Third-party trackers put him near 3.76 million Twitch followers with an all-time peak around 41,000 viewers in August 2026. The telling detail: he is nominated for Streamer of the Year and Best Breakout Streamer in the same year, plus President of Chat. Being up for the biggest award and the newcomer award simultaneously is unusual, and it is why he is the name most people are looking up.
Stable Ronaldo
Left FaZe, built his own thing, came back biggerReal name Rani Netz, born January 15, 2003 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He announced his departure from FaZe Clan on December 25, 2025 without explaining why, then spent 2026 co-founding the creator group CORE alongside Adapt, Lacy, Silky, JasonTheWeen and Marlon — which is itself nominated for Best Content Group. Streams Charts has him as roughly the 12th biggest channel on Twitch across 2026, with 5.3 million followers and an all-time peak of 168,044 viewers on July 19. He also picked up the Community Builder Award at Kai Cenat's Streamer University, and appears in Best Reality Streamer, Best Streamer Collab and Best Marathon Stream here.
Follower counts and viewer peaks are third-party tracker figures, not platform-published numbers. We have left out net worth estimates and anything about private lives.
Four rule changes that shape this year
Kick streamers can be nominated for the first time
Until this year the show was effectively Twitch-and-YouTube. Opening it to Kick makes it genuinely platform-agnostic, which is a meaningful shift for an awards show that has spent five years being read as a Twitch event.
It is no longer a pure popularity vote
Fan votes now carry a 30% weighting toward the Streamer Awards panel. That is the single most consequential change and the one most coverage skips — a category can no longer be won on raw audience size alone.
Nominees had to pre-apply to accept
Creators opted in rather than being drafted. It explains some conspicuous absences: not everyone missing from a category was overlooked, some simply did not enter.
Categories shuffled
Best Cozy Game Streamer is new, Best Fortnite Streamer returns after a year away, Best Streamed Collab split into Streamer Collab and Mainstream Collab, and Best Just Chatting is now President of Chat.
Who leads on nominations
Three creators tie at the top with four nominations each — IShowSpeed, Jynxzi and Kai Cenat. Notably, Kai Cenat is not among them in Streamer of the Year: he is in League of Their Own, Best Mainstream Collab, Best Marathon Stream and Best Streamed Event, having already won the top prize twice.
Several names recur across unrelated categories, which is a decent proxy for the year they have had. Jynxzi and Stable Ronaldo appear together twice over the Chained Together marathon with LosPollosTV. Katie B is up in four places across Minecraft, Sports, Stream Duo and Breakout. TheBurntPeanut is nominated in FPS, VTuber and Gamer of the Year at once.
All 37 voted categories
In rough order of profile, from the headline awards down through the game-specific ones.
Streamer of the Year
presented by YouTube- CaseOh
- IShowSpeed
- Joe Bartolozzi
- Jynxzi
- Stable Ronaldo
Gamer of the Year
- Feinberg
- iiTzTimmy
- Jynxzi
- supertf
- TheBurntPeanut
League of Their Own
- Emily D. Baker
- HasanAbi
- Kai Cenat
- Maya Higa
- MidnightSumo
The Sapphire Award
- ChristinaAndAmber
- Cinna
- Maya Higa
- Vanillamace
- Yonna Jay
Best Breakout Streamer
- Arky
- Joe Bartolozzi
- Katie B
- Marlon
- Yonna Jay
Rising Star Award
presented by Slingshot- Benjy Chavez
- E11ysa
- Madi2Hottyy
- MaxGGs
- T10Nat
Best VTuber
- Crelly
- Gigi Murin
- Ironmouse
- Koseki Bijou
- TheBurntPeanut
Best Variety Streamer
- Agent00
- CaseOh
- CohhCarnage
- Jenn McAllister
- moonmoon
President of Chat
presented by Ch@mobileCalled Best Just Chatting Streamer in nominations and at past shows
- BruceDropEmOff
- Joe Bartolozzi
- Silky
- Vanillamace
- Yourrage
Best IRL Streamer
- cooksux
- Evelyn Ortiz
- ExtraEmily
- IShowSpeed
- Qoqsik
Best Reality Streamer
- 2xRaKai
- Kanel Joseph
- Khan Asadi
- Stable Ronaldo
- willito
Best Vertical Live Streamer
presented by fav.com- Ashby
- Dean Withers
- WardrobeWinter
- Wendy Ortiz
Best International Streamer
- ashswag
- CarterFree
- Peller
- staryuuki
- Young Multi
Best Content Group
- AMP
- Clooless
- CORE
- F.S.L.R. (fuslie, Squeex, Ludwig, Valkyrae)
- QSMP
Best Stream Duo
- Blou & Zias
- E11ysa & FindJeremiah
- Katie B & Vanillamace
- Marlon & Lacy
- pge4 & sugarfree
Best Streamer Collab
New — the old Best Streamed Collab split in two this year
- AriGameplays & Rivers_GG
- JasonTheWeen, NotQuiteLikeDub, TBVNKS & Pudgie16
- Jynxzi, Stable Ronaldo & LosPollosTV
- Maya Higa & Adapt
- YourRage & AustinShow
Best Mainstream Collab
New — for collabs with celebrities rather than other streamers
- BenDadon & Drake
- Cinna & Girlset
- Kai Cenat & Tyla
- N3on & Iggy Azalea
- WardrobeWinter & Lizzo
Best Marathon Stream
- 7 Days Stranded — JasonTheWeen
- Chained Together — Jynxzi, Stable Ronaldo & LosPollosTV
- Cinnathon — Cinna
- Hit-A-Thon — DDG
- Minecraft Marathon — IShowSpeed & Kai Cenat
Best Streamed Event
- 24 Hour Tag — PaymoneyWubby
- Streamer Games — Ludwig
- Streamer University — Kai Cenat
- ZEvent — Zerator
Best Streamed Series
- DVD Week — GoOffKings
- Maybach Monday — JasonTheWeen
- Paranormal Detour — detune
- Survival — Agent00
- World Cup Tour — IShowSpeed
Stream Game of the Year
- Big Walk
- Fortnite
- Meccha Chameleon
- Minecraft
Best Minecraft Streamer
presented by Lunar Client- ashswag
- DrDonut
- Feinberg
- Katie B
Best Fortnite Streamer
presented by Epic GamesBack after sitting out since 2024
- AussieAntics
- Clix
- Faxuty
- HappyHappyGal
Best FPS Streamer
- GOFNS
- itsSpoit
- OhnePixel
- supertf
- TheBurntPeanut
Best Battle Royale Streamer
- Camy
- Diazbiffle
- ImperialHal
- NiceWigg
Best Fighting Game Streamer
- Brian_F
- Diaphone
- loltyler1
- Phidx
Best MOBA Streamer
- Caedrel
- Dantes
- Tenshi
- Topson
Best MMORPG Streamer
- Odablock
- PikabooIRL
- Savix
- Xaryu
Best Strategy Game Streamer
- Hera
- Jillyeon
- RduLive
- Roffle
Best Cozy Game Streamer
Brand new category this year
- Gab Smolders
- GeminiTay
- lilsimsie
- millkberry
Best Speedrun Streamer
- BlueSR
- Feinberg
- hackingnoisess
- Infume
Best Sports Streamer
- Auziomf
- Danny Aarons
- flight23white
- Lacy
Best Role-Play Streamer
- Burn
- Critical Role
- Kaysan
- Will Neff
Best Music Streamer
- AriAtHome
- Bishu
- DDG
- PlaqueBoyMax
Best Creative Arts Streamer
- BarleyTheBurr
- Michael Reeves
- Nurse Huckleberry
- UwosLab
Hidden Gem Award
presented by Jestr- Awkventurer
- Chiseled Adonis
- cnotbusch
- luci_suckz
- SmallFryz
Best Brand Partner
- GamerSupps
- Red Bull
- State Farm
- TVU
The two you cannot vote for
This is why you will see both "37 categories" and "39 categories" in coverage, and why both are correct. Two awards sit outside the public vote and have not named anyone yet:
Legacy Award
To be announcedChosen by the Streamer Awards panel
Streamer's Choice Award
To be decidedVoted by the in-person audience on the night
Past Legacy winners give you the shape of it: Pokimane, Jerma985, Maximilian Dood, Shroud and last year Doublelift. It tends to go to someone whose career is the story rather than their year.
Dates and how to vote
| Voting opened | October 16, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Voting closes | October 31, 2026, 11:59 PM PT |
| The show | November 12, 2026 — Los Angeles, hosted by QTCinderella |
| How winners are decided | Public vote with a 30% weighting toward the Streamer Awards panel |
A note on this list
Several early roundups of these nominees have categories crossed over — one widely syndicated version puts Camy and Diazbiffle under Fighting Game when they are Battle Royale nominees, and shuffles the MMORPG, Cozy, Speedrun, Sports, Minecraft, FPS and Strategy sets against each other. We have taken the list from a single internally consistent source rather than merging several, and cross-checked Streamer of the Year against the live voting page, where it matches. If you spot a discrepancy against the official site, that site wins — tell us and we will correct it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is nominated for Streamer of the Year 2026?
Five nominees: CaseOh, IShowSpeed, Joe Bartolozzi, Jynxzi and Stable Ronaldo. The category is presented by YouTube. IShowSpeed is the two-time defending winner, having taken it in both 2024 and 2025, and before him Kai Cenat won it twice and Ludwig Ahgren once.
When does Streamer Awards 2026 voting close?
October 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT. Voting opened on October 16 and runs across 37 publicly voted categories at thestreamerawards.com/vote. The ceremony itself is on November 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, hosted by QTCinderella alongside a second host who has not been announced.
Who has the most nominations at the Streamer Awards 2026?
Three creators are tied on four nominations each: IShowSpeed, Jynxzi and Kai Cenat. IShowSpeed appears in Streamer of the Year, Best IRL Streamer, Best Marathon Stream and Best Streamed Series. Jynxzi is up for Streamer of the Year, Gamer of the Year, Best Streamer Collab and Best Marathon Stream. Kai Cenat is in League of Their Own, Best Mainstream Collab, Best Marathon Stream and Best Streamed Event.
How many categories are there at the Streamer Awards 2026?
This is where coverage disagrees, and both numbers are right. There are 39 awards in total, but only 37 are open to public voting — the Legacy Award is decided by the Streamer Awards panel and the Streamer's Choice Award by the in-person audience on the night, and neither has announced nominees.
Are the Streamer Awards decided purely by fan votes?
Not any more, and this is the biggest rule change of 2026. Public votes now carry a 30% weighting toward the Streamer Awards panel, so the result is a blend rather than a straight popularity count. In previous years the fan vote decided it outright. If you have read elsewhere that the show is 100% fan-voted, that is now out of date.
Can Kick streamers win a Streamer Award?
Yes — 2026 is the first year Kick streamers are eligible for nomination. The show has historically skewed heavily toward Twitch with some YouTube presence, so this is the edition where it becomes genuinely cross-platform. Streamer of the Year itself is presented by YouTube, which tells you something about where the money is coming from.
Where do I vote in the Streamer Awards?
At thestreamerawards.com/vote. You need an account, and you can change your picks until voting closes on October 31. Each category is voted separately, so you can fill in as many or as few as you care about.